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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
