Midsummer Audio Uploads:
A very happy Midsummer to you all!
And here are five bonus tracks to celebrate, including the first from the University College Salford era.
Enjoy.
- NOW IS THE TIME (Tech Cut 2) – FULL VERSION – 1995:
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This song was actually conceived in about 1991 or so, though was never properly recorded until 1995 in the studios at University College Salford. That said, there probably exists a QY10 backing / my own vocals version on cassette somewhere in the vaults. But it wasn’t until I got P.J (vocals) and Phil Mayers (guitar / rap) on board that I could do the track any sort of justice. It’s a little raw in places, but it remains one of the tracks from this era that I can happily return to without cringing my spine loose.
- THE WEDDING RECEPTION – FULL VERSION – 2013:
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This is a little ditty that I wrote back in the Wayward Wolf Years intended for use as the accompaniment to wedding videos or slide shows. And judging by the number of times it got downloaded from an old Sound Cloud account of mine, it appears to have got plenty of use over time! And I’m glad to have contributed to people’s happy memories over the years. The pictures in the video are from Peter and Sandra’s lovely Swedish wedding all those many years ago.
- CHOCOLATE BAR ADVERT IDENT – FULL VERSION – 2011:
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Think Charlie and The Chocolate Factory here. I’d completely forgotten about this little track actually. But I love the way it turned out, although I can barely remember having worked on it at all. The backing is the work of Peter Godfrey, and all melodies, vocals and lyrics are my handy work. Another of our many CGN Songs collaborations. Couldn’t tell you which chocolate bar this was written for though, or if anything ever came of it.
- SLIPPERY – SECTIONS – 2013:
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Slippery was a general use library track written back in the Wayward Wolf Years. I’ve blended a number of sections together here.
- THEY WERE THE TIMES – SONG SAMPLE – SKETCH – 2011:
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This sample is of the main chorus idea for a song that was written at the time of (though not necessarily about) the London Riots of 2011. Incredible to think that they were so long ago now. It’s very much a rough cut, but hopefully you’ll get the idea of where this track was ultimately going. I performed all vocals and wrote all lyrics.
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