songwriting
Galway Rain (newer demo)
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 …
I write in cafés
This post on Edible Geography struck a chord with me. I’m definitely one of those people who sits in cafés for hours working. Usually though, people can see what I’m doing, as I’m rarely on a laptop anymore since the death of my Powerbook G4, and I’m usually switching between a notebook (yes, actual paper [...]
Videos uploaded
Added some videos to my youtube page over the last few days. Nothing that you won’t have heard already on my soundcloud page, or via this website, but some people prefer youtube, so I’m starting to use my account there a bit more. youtube playlist with a number of my songs and performances
My First True Love (demo)
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 [...]
Caoineadh (demo)
I’m not a fluent Irish speaker. I didn’t learn Irish very well in school either. Any Irish I do have came from the fact that I was friends with Irish speakers, and joined a youth theatre group at An Taibhdhearc, the National Irish Language Theatre of Ireland, based here in Galway. Thus I will apologise [...]