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This is not the tale of rags to riches, or fame and fortune, or of being accepted deep in to the heart of the music industry. Nope. This is entirely another story. And more than likely, a more common one. More real, more normal than than the kind where our hero eventually becomes an international superstar, critically acclaimed, famous, financially rewarded, recognised by his or her peers, and sort after for many a lucrative film deal… until he dies young in plane crash, or from an overdose… No. This story, probably similar to many thousands of others, is about a teenage boy simply addicted to listening to, performing and making music… no matter what the cost, no matter what the outcome, no matter what the obstacle. The story now spans more than thirty-six years. It’s a story of the highest highs and lowest lows; of the closest friendships, and the most despicable betrayals; and of the deepest insights and almost laughable naivety. Most of all it’s a story of recording songs. The recordings vary from 4-track cassette demonstration tapes recorded in various bedrooms, to fully professional 48-track master recordings in absolute world class studios, from analogue two inch tape to digital solid state hard drives. Recordings made possible by begging, stealing and borrowing, by doing deals on the dodgiest street and in top executive suites in London, L.A., NYC and Moscow, by super rich backers, by almost penniless friends, by slipping in to an empty studio late at night and greasing the security guard’s palm, by favours, by schmoozing, by double bluffing predators, by back-handers, and by never giving up, never quite being able to just quit while slightly ahead. Some recordings made in next-to-no-time or laboured over day and night for weeks and months, recordings made alone, with a sequencer, or with other musicians, some similarly addicted to their craft, trying to carve out a niche, some making it big, some never making it to the next year. Recordings of songs commissioned and made-to-measure, and others totally from the heart. Recordings of songs of all levels of quality - rough sketches, demonstration-tapes, nowhere near unfinished ideas, almost completed ideas, and fully completed masters. Recordings of songs sold in every manner you can imagine - homemade mix-cassettes sold in Kensington High Street Arcade, or Camden market, or in the bar at Camden Palace, or at gigs around the UK and Europe, limited edition white labels sold for twenty-five quid a pop to the hippest DJs, self-paid-for short pressing runs of seven and twelve inch vinyl sold in fives and tens to independent record shops, major record company backed national and international releases through the mainstream music business networks to the corporate high street outlets, grass roots friend-to-friend and independent labels….. you name it, every possible flavour and variation. And for what? Well, all in all perhaps one-hundred to one-hundred-and-twenty-five songs. None international hits. None super-well known. Here is a short sample of an unsung songwriter’s mother-load, a small percentage of the entire catalogue, warts and all. If not otherwise indicated I wrote the songs entirely. There are many other singers, male and female, performing my songs. Like I say, every combination of level of quality and musicianship can be found here, there is some real rubbish and some real diamonds too, and some not-half bad attempts, but you decide for yourself. For me this is a tough call, it’s like letting someone read your private diary or intimate letters, or to show them something unfinished that you know could be so much better. But like I say, it’s all from back in the day warts and all, no point in just leaving all this music to disappear in a pile of dust… or maybe you’ll disagree...
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