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New Recordings

New versions of Down the Rabbit Hole and Advice from a Caterpillar are now up!
Recordings of Pig and Pepper and A Mad Tea Party will be made shortly :)

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New/Redone songs

I just uploaded 2 more songs from the Alice in Wonderland collection.

I’ve been experimenting with open tunings recently, so these two are recorded in CGCFGE tuning, which sounds pretty nice!

I’ll also re-record a few more of the songs in CGCGAE in the coming weeks.

Have a listen!

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Another Game

I seem to get bored a lot.
When that happens I usually traipse across the internet searching for things to do.
This is one game I came across which helps to pass the time.

The Album Art Game.

Step 1. Go to Wikipedia and click the Random Article button. The title of the article will be your band name.

Step 2. Go here. The last few (<6) words of the last quote on the page will be your album title.

Step 3. Go to flickr and explore the last 7 days. The third picture is your album cover.

Now put it together in Photoshop or similar.

Here’s a few I’ve come up with.

lawrence model lodging houses

goldenwhiteeye

endofarm

The last one is my favourite.

Credit to original artists for their flickr pictures.

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NEW STUFF

I’ve done a few new recordings.

Firstly, I rerecorded Down The Rabbit Hole. It’s slightly different. Capo 4 makes it better.

Second, I’ve recorded A Mad Tea Party. Marking chapter 7 of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, documenting the often fine line that can exist between two extremes. Genius and madness being the obvious example. The opening of the song is a bit sketchy, missed notes aplenty, just bear with it. Also, beware of the clipping in the chorus. My mic was up too high… I promise I’ll record this again soon!

Lastly, I wrote a new song called 100.

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Two New Tracks

A few more quick tracks, Awaken and Night Terror. Both written as I went along, with pretty much one take on everything. More of an experiment in sound than songs as such.

Have a listen.

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Mmmm, lofi.

I found an old lofi banjo recording of a song that I’ve yet to rerecord.
Last Hallowe’en should be uploaded on the music page now.

I love lofi.

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You’re Not Here

A song I wrote a while ago about losing a friend. I rerecorded it today as I thought it was long overdue. It’s on the Music page now.

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When MC Hammer met Sir Mixalot

I got quite bored the other day and made this.

LISTEN HERE

It’s not meant to be good, it’s not meant to be professionally done, it’s just funny.

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Pig and Pepper take 2

I did a slight rewrite and rerecord of Pig and Pepper, it’s uploaded now, and the upload went smoothly so hopefully it should all be fully working now…

You know sometimes when you just can’t stand the sound of your own voice?

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It’s Official

I received my unconditional offer to study for my PhD in Particle Physics at the University of Birmingham today. In addition, I also found a place to live and put down the deposit so all that’s left to do is fill in the forms and collect my keys!
It all feels like it’s falling into place now and I am quite excited about the prospect of moving to Birmingham.
Hopefully while I’m there, I’ll be part of an amazing Physics project (ATLAS); meet plenty of new friends; have plenty of visits from old friends; make a lot of new music drawing from brand new inspirations; actually get somewhere with it…

The last point is probably a bit ambitious, but one can hope!

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