The Deserters
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…
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…
Deserted Refurb
I’ve given the Deserters’ website a bit of a make-over, as it was looking pretty sad. It’s still not perfect, and there are various bits of extra info to be added like music clips, lyrics and family tree. Those won’t…
The Songwriters’ Guild
The internet can be a delight on occasion. There I was, searching around for something mundane, when I came across a link to a page about the compilation album the Deserters appeared on many moons ago; “The Songwriters’ Guild“. This…
Got me dem ole Yobstick Blues
Okay, so I saw my favourite Yobstick builder at the weekend and have been mulling over various designs in the back of my head for most of the day. There’s too much other stuff to be doing at the moment…
Website Improvements
I’ve upgraded my website hosting recently, so Deserted, the website at www.the-deserters.co.uk, will be getting a bit of an overhaul soon. I now have more server space and hope to fill it with some sound clips and other goodies…
The Slydee Returns
One of the self-built instruments used by the Deserters in our earlier days was an electronic gadget called the Slydee. It grew from a physics project about transistors where we had to make a circuit to flick between two bulbs.…
Reborn….?
Way back in the mists of time we had a concept for a video for the Deserters’ “Renaissance” period which we considered, at the time, to be a turning point for the band. The song was to be called “Reborn”…
