http://www.misterebby.com pianist and songwriter from galway : condemned to wires and hammers.. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:31:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/01/demo-is-this-what-they-call-romance/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/01/demo-is-this-what-they-call-romance/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:57:49 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=959 This song was previously demo’d about a year ago, and even shoddier than this demo I’m posting today, but nonetheless, the song has come together more in my head, and I’ve a clearer idea of it now than I did 12 months ago. It’s a cute little pop song that kept popping into my head [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/01/demo-is-this-what-they-call-romance/feed/ 1 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/12/galway-rain-newer-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/12/galway-rain-newer-demo/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:33:58 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=896 I was going through all the stuff I’ve demo’d and seeing what needed improving, and did two re-demos of two songs last night. This is the first of them : “Galway Rain”, which I’ve written about before. I have an awful habit of being really “free” in my approach to rhythm and keeping a steady [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/12/galway-rain-newer-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/my-first-true-love-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/my-first-true-love-demo/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:08:41 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=843 This song was written at the same time as Helen (don’t make a sound) back in 2007 sometime. Both songs were inspired by novels I’d read or recently read at the time. I’ve noted previously that I tend to work on songs in batches of two or three at the same time. Sometimes an idea [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/my-first-true-love-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/helen-dont-make-a-sound-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/helen-dont-make-a-sound-demo/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:45:59 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=815 I wrote this way back when I was sharing a house with Anna and playing piano with her a lot in gigs and the like. At the time I was focusing more on other people’s music than on my own, but the house was a very music filled house, which was inspiring. I was working [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/helen-dont-make-a-sound-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/the-comfort-of-the-keys/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/the-comfort-of-the-keys/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:46:22 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=781 I’m not sure what I think of this song. It’s really in a style that is far more straight-forward than what I usually write. It’s odd, there’s little things about it that completely put me off the song, but other parts of it that really endear it to me. In essence, it’s a love song [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/the-comfort-of-the-keys/feed/ 1 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/maria-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/maria-demo/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:22:35 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=655 The lyrics for this song were written years ago, I think circa 2002 or so, but didn’t become a song until some time in 2006. I wrote the music for this and another song Caoineadh initially as piano instrumentals first. The lyrics for Caoineadh started to come as I was playing through the music for [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/maria-demo/feed/ 1 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/friday-night-friends-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/friday-night-friends-demo/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:34:04 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=654 This song kinda came together in dribs and drabs over a wee period of time. The main chunk of the lyrics were written all at once, in a longer form that I edited down a good time later. But it didn’t really start to come together until I added what became the middle section and [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/friday-night-friends-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/06/the-best-of-me-newer-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/06/the-best-of-me-newer-demo/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:38:41 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=645 When the wonderful Anna Lee was visiting back in May, we re-demo’d some of my songs, including “The Best Of Me”. Since the previous demo, I’d changed what key I was doing this song in, and quite simply, I wanted to just demo that much for now. I’m happy enough with the piano & vocal [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/06/the-best-of-me-newer-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/05/free-download-donut-song/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/05/free-download-donut-song/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 19:35:15 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=625 I remember the first time I listened to a Tori Amos album – it changed my idea of what a piano could do. It was Under The Pink, which I listened to all the way through a few times alone in my room. Before listening to Tori, my notions of piano music were limited to [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/05/free-download-donut-song/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/04/download-galway-rain-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/04/download-galway-rain-demo/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:19:41 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=545 I’ve had the house to myself again today, so after spending a while in town being sociable I came home and spent the evening playing with the cat, cooking dinner, and demoing a song. This song is one that popped up in the video clips from a gig I did in January, so I’ve been [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/04/download-galway-rain-demo/feed/ 0