Free Download: Water Phoenix (demo)
I knew what I wanted from this song as I wrote it. I knew what I was writing about, and how the song would be structured, more or less. But I was still surprised by the melody that came from the lyrics. Sometimes I can sit and just hear the melody that is meant to [...]
Children’s Stories For Adults, Part 5: A Story For Amanda: Greta The Grinder
Amanda’ coffee grinder is often a cause for concern. So, recently I was in her café one one of those afternoons when the grinder stopped working, and she had to get another. It inspired this addition to my silly children’s stories for adults, which as you are aware, is ~amazing art~ ________________________________ Greta the grinder [...]
Free Download: Is This What They Call Romance? (demo)
This song grew from wanting to write a really upbeat little pop song. The chorus of it is something that would run around my head after I went swimming. No idea why, but the lyrics were basically sketched out while sitting in a sauna. The verses were bits and pieces from various places. Little ideas [...]
Little mention in the Drogheda Independent.
Nice little blurb in the local Drogheda paper promoting the gig tonight. Sessions get under way in Punt Bar FANTASTIC LINE-UP OF ACTS Wednesday January 20 2010 THE Purple Sessions kick off 2010 with a great lineup this coming Friday, January 22nd, upstairs in the Punt Bar, Drogheda. This month the sessions are bringing to [...]
Upcoming gig: Drogheda, Jan 22nd
I’ll be playing the Purple Sessions in Drogheda’s The Punt Bar on January 22nd along with Hugh Patrick, Stephen J Smith, Heirs To Nothing and Bobby Noonan. Have a whole bunch of new songs that I’ve not had a chance to play live yet, so when the offer came through my MySpace I thought why [...]