Music
Songwriting, experimental music, etc.
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Track of the Week Brain Drain Rap Week 9 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. OK, I missed a couple of weeks. Here’s a concerted effort to fill the gap… This song was written by Lee, and deals with the…
E-Bow Heaven
Track of the Week Mask of Deceit (excerpt) Week 8 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. Here’s last week’s missing track… It is an EBow solo from my song ‘Mask of Deceit’ which deals with and was inspired by similar…
Moog Envy
Being a bit of a skinflint, almost all of my musical gear is either second-hand or end-of-line stock, but I’ve got a deep hunger for the new Moog synth. It’s the last project from the legendary Dr Bob, and what…
Theremin Update #1
I thought I’d put a little bit of blurb up here about my progress with the theremin. After a couple of months with no progress, mainly due to not being able to find somewhere suitable for it to live, I’ve…
White Silk
Track of the Week White Silk Week 7 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. From the ridiculous to the sublime. White Silk was written by me after seeing a mysterious dark-haired young lady, dressed all in white, walking towards the…
Nee Naw
Track of the Week Fire Engine Disco Remix (part 2) Week 6 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. Time for a little light relief. This one goes way back to 1985 and our first album. It features the whole band…
Ivor Cutler – RIP
I’ve just learned that Ivor Cutler passed away last Friday. Quite disgusted that there was no mention of it on the news (even the local Scottish news) – unless I blinked and missed it. He was a true original, and…
Podcastability
I like podcasting. I have a cheap and cheerful little mp3 player which I take with me whenever I travel. It only holds about 2 CDs’ worth of music at once, but it is near indestructible and runs for hours…
Yet Another…
Track of the Week Yet Another Granfalloon (2nd movement) Week 5 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. No, I hadn’t forgotten about this week’s tune, but some positive comments about part 1 of Granfalloon have inspired me to re-think my…
Your Place or MySpace?
Seems the place to be these days is over at MySpace.com. Or so I’m told. Whilst I don’t really want to end up being scattered all over the place when it comes to providing a web presence for the Deserters…