Music
Songwriting, experimental music, etc.
Hat Change
I had a bit of a change of role yesterday in musical terms. There is a local band who needed a stand-in sound man to cover the mixing of their live sound. I got the call-up and took myself along…
Red Hot
Track of the Week The Woman In Red Week 4 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. Both Lee and I have written ‘Mysterious Woman in Colour X’ songs for some reason. Mine was called ‘White Silk’, and may make its…
A Wee Dram
Track of the Week Inverbegnac Week 3 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. Many moons ago we came up with an idea for an exciting new drink, which was to be based on a mix of fruits which would be…
Granfalloonacy
Track of the Week Yet Another Granfalloon (1st movement) Week 2 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. This mp3 is the first part of a three-part instrumental piece of music written in a semi-classical style for a small ‘chamber’ group,…
Opening the Archives
I’ve had a dig around the Deserters archives recently, and have decided that the time has come to open them up and share the goodies within. Track of the Week One Night in the Back of a Fire Engine The…
Change of Direction
We had another jam/recording session at the weekend, and things took an interesting (for me, at least) turn following a bit of between-track banter. We’d been working on a song that just wasn’t quite coming together in the way expected…
Happy New Year
Survived another round of Christmas & Hogmannay festivities? Yes – and welcome to 2006. Eventually. I’m having computer problems by the handful – one thing gets fixed and another gremlin pops its ugly little head into the middle of the…
Embryonic Prog?
This weekend I had a good little jamming/writing session with a friend of similar musical sensibilities and abilities. He played bass and sang, whilst I was on the keyboard. We tried a few things, and got the start of a…
The Etherwave Has Landed
My theremin has arrived. It’s quite wonderful. It’s incredibly difficult to play, but that was expected. It looks fantastic – well-finished wood with 2 big wooden knobs and lots of shiny chrome dials. It sounds out of this world –…
Fly Me To Dunoon
I came across a cache of old half-written songs over the weekend, which brought back lots of memories – it’s amazing how many of the tunes (most of which are still unrecorded) came back to me. I guess that’s a…
