my contribution to the 2025 rpm season

Maya Mind is a palette of sonic soundscapes whereby listeners can imagine the accompanying storylines.

Maya Mind is a palette of sonic soundscapes whereby listeners can imagine the accompanying storylines.

Track 4 of the EP is a bit of a departure - basically a bit of a Beatles-esque pop tune poking fun at cliched songwriting tropes and vapid music industry trends. WARNING: May contain a 'truckers gearshift' key change in the last chorus.

Track 3 of the Mulligan EP is, like the other tracks, a do-over of a song I'd written and recorded previously. Like 'Don't Belong', this dates back to my college days more than two decades ago. This was the first track I recorded in this project.

Track 2 of the Mulligan EP - a song I originally wrote and recorded in 2003, during my days on a Music Performance & Promotion college course, but given a 2025 lick of paint with everything re-recorded with the benefit of a couple of decades…

Track 1 of my Mulligan EP, recorded for the 2025 RPM Challenge. Inspired by my time working in betting shops, of all things. I used my Variax Standard for most of the guitar sounds, trying to get something like a Biffy Clyro type of sound.

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 11 Written 16th - 17th Feb Demo recorded 22nd Feb **** I'm thinking my name is Wentworth, hers is Elliot, her family are... well... But you can think whatever you want. **** **Catch…

So I'll follow the wind where it leads me today through the valley of silence I'll make my own home way and when the day is done and the sun sinks low I'll listen to the whispers and let my soul go So I'll follow the wind where it…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 09 Written 14th Feb Demo recorded 15th Feb **** **Lost - A A J Russe** We watch As the memories Surely have to fade The past That we used to know Is written in the shade Without…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 08 Written 13th - 14th Feb Demo recorded 15th Feb **** **The Best Of You - A A J Russe** You’ve got a way with words People seem to understand People seem to want to know Both what…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025** Song number 06 Written 9-11th Feb Demo recorded 15th Feb **** You know how Jane-ites (Jane Austen fans) ask "What would Jane do?" for life guidance...? Well, when it came to write this, I asked myself…

Liner Note I feel ambivalent about the emotional tone evoked by the piano section in the context of the video this song was written for. I'm not sure what the proper tone should be, but I don't think this is it. Regardless, if that context…