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Episode #227: The Prettiest Picture (Song starts at 5:14)I wrote this song for my mother (Mum), back in 1987 {!). I remember like it was yesterday.It was Mother’s Day, in the morning and I’d remembered. I like to give some sort of an origina
Episode #226: The Smallest Of Dreams (Song starts at 3:47)I found a quite extensive amount of audio of me composing this one. So I’ve included some of it on this episode. As I listened back to the process of the smallest of dreams coming tog
Episode #225: One More Cup (Song starts at 4:27)As usual, I thoroughly enjoyed producing this episode. Earlier this evening, I had a feeling I had some recordings of myself composing One More Cup - somewhere on one of my hard drives…By some
Episode #224: Old Horse Grey (Song starts at 3:45 )There’s a state of mind you get into when you’re doing something creative like writing a song lyric, composing the accompanying music & arranging the instruments during the recording process.
Episode #223: Changing Times (Song starts at 4:18 )The featured song on this episode is song #7 on the album 'River Walking', by Paul Dredge and myself. At the time of recording this episode, the album has not long been out and I’m working my
Episode #222: River Walking (Song starts at 4.22)This song is the title track of the album by the same name, by Paul Dredge and myself. It was fun looking back to see how 'River Walking' came together.Although it was written in sections, by
Episode #221: Electric Cow. (Song starts at 4:52)I would say the main take away from this particular episode is perhaps this: no matter how strange, how silly, how childlike a creative idea that pops into your head is, I would suggest it’s re
Episode #220: A Quiet Moment (Song starts at 3:31)This episode features the song 'A Quiet Moment', composed by Paul Dredge and myself.It’s a song about reflecting back on the history of a friendship, so it’s a quite a personal document, in
Episode #219: I’ve Loved Life (Song starts at 6:52)On this episode, I’ve featured a song which is track number 2 on the album 'River Walking', which I’ve written and recorded with Paul Dredge.The gist of the meaning of I’ve Loved Life is: t
Episode #218: All Through The Years (Song starts at 4:05)I’m really enjoying recording these episodes (obviously I wouldn’t be doing it if I wasn’t). It’s my online weekly gig.The song 'All Through The Years' ( #541) was written in 2007.
Episode #217: Sunset Swim (Song starts at 5:27)Going back to March 1997, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I had just arrived from New Zealand to settle into the big city of Melbourne, Australia.This was the first song I wrote since we’d left N
Episode #216: Autumn Evenings (Song starts at 5:33)It was a pleasure to rediscover song #261, Autumn Evenings for this episode. I wrote it in 1993.Here we are now, in 2023 - I’ve written about 800 songs now.At the market this week, people we
Episode #215: Righto (Song starts at 4:10)It struck me tonight as I recorded this episode, how grateful I am to be doing this. It is such a buzz, letting the song lead the way as I look at the creative process of how a song comes together.Do
Episode #214: Trust To Receive. (Song starts at 7:12)Hi there & welcome to another episode. Here we are, looking at another song again, in a ‘songwriter speaks’ style - inclusive, casual fun, entertaining.… this time it’s Trust To Receive
Episode #213: Revolving Door (Song starts at 5:42)I’d completely forgotten about song #453, from 1999, Revolving Door. Well, it isn’t 1999 now! The years have certainly whizzed by.The great thing about being a songwriter (or doing any creati
Episode #212: New World Dawning (Song starts at 6:22)I really enjoyed writing song #207, New World Dawning, back in 1992.The lines ‘I never thought I’d cry tears You can buy at the chemist’ Were never going to shake the foundations of anyone
Episode #211: Got Away On Me Again (song starts at 4:02).Welcome to another episode. Picture me sitting at my piano, with the microphone on. Before me I have my songbooks. I’ve picked out a song Got Away On Me Again (Song # 663, written in 2
Episode #210: Forever (Song starts at 4:20)I went outside tonight, just before I recorded this episode. The stars are incredible aren’t they? Infinite. Makes you realise how insignificant we are, really.I like to think we all count. We all m
Episode #209: A Certain Kind Of (Song starts at 4:41 )This song, #213, is in a different style to the piano vocal ones that have made up the bulk of the songs featured on this podcast. It was written in 1992 by myself and with Paul Dredge on
Episode #208: Country Gentleman Jack (song starts at 4:30)Back in 1993, I was the piano man at Wairakei resort, in New Zealand’s north island, near Taupo - beautiful place.Outside of my regular entertainment in the restaurant hours, I wrote s
Episode #207: Better Late Than Never (Song starts at 4:30)This song (#659), came about back in 2017. I was on my way to work and there was a bit of difficulty getting there, due to the public transport not exactly running smoothly.I was o
Episode #206: Whirlpool (Song starts at 5:20)I enjoyed recording a demo for this episode. It’s such good fun when I do this. It occurs to me as I write these show notes, it’s been a great way to archive some old songs (and of course putting t
Episode #205: Piece This Star Together (Song starts at 4.45)I find it endlessly fascinating, thinking about where a song might come from. 'Piece This Star Together' came from something my grandfather, Harry, said. My mum passed it on to me, w
Episode #204: The Setting Sun. (Song starts at 4:12)In the studio, I opened the songbook book and thought ‘Hey, why haven’t I featured Setting Sun on on an episode yet? It’s been sitting there since 2013’. So here we go.I thought I’d have a
Episode #203: Count On Love (Song starts at 3:42)Welcome to a very relaxed episode. Thanks for tuning in, by the way…it’s great that this podcast is being listened by people all around the world. Music is the international language isn’t,
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