All the music was created using samples I found in the Acoustica Mixcraft 9 program I use. It took a couple of hours to get it right, and the vocals completed the project. Simple and effective, but that is probably the limit with these samples. Lyrics I went into work today It was hard and I didn’t want to stay Got fired so I went away And left with my weekly pay   Went home and I went to bed Don’t care what they said It’s not gonna mess with my head I’ll go out with my mates

I wanted do try a blues type song, Gary Moore style. The guitar was digital and initial attempts at 80 beats per minute sounded painful. I upped it to 120 bpm, added a heavier rhythm guitar, and it worked, but lost most of the blues sound! The middle guitar solo was never meant to sound like Mike Oldfield, it was a fluke. Lyrics When you walked out my life, you thought that I’d be blue But You didn’t see me when I held the door for you You took all your things, you took half

Inspired by a simple Instagram video using a 4 note piano motif. After much trial and error, had the opening piano piece. The vocals and the rest of the song were quite straight forward, the middle piano solo massively complicated, but worth it. All piano pieces were digital. The initial sound brought to mind the smoky jazz bars of the 1940's and 50's, so I kept it all simple. I tried using AI to create images for the video, for more difficult than it should be, as evidenced

I started 2 songs, about a year apart, and come up with a similar melody and found that the vocals could be adapted for both songs. This...

I started 2 songs, about a year apart, and come up with a similar melody and found that the vocals could be adapted for both songs. I had...

This started as a deep house song but deviated a bit. The echo like vocals add character and mystery with a soulful synth mourns the sad...

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This was always intended to be the second part of a long electronic suite, think Jean Michel Jarre, but I could never find a way to open...

An interesting, low key instrumental, an early attempt to use several interacting string parts. I started with the ending, having heard...

This started life as a simple 50's/60's old fashioned rock and roll song. Using the same structure and melodies, it becomes more of a...

Having done the Rock Edition, this is a stripped down version, much closer the the rock and roll songs of the 50's/60's. The simplified...

An attempt at a Motown style song, but apart from the drum and base line, it comes across as a retro 1960's/70's song. Having said that,...

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This started out as an instrumental to be used with a video of Mat's next competition. Somehow, I got diverted, and it morphed into I...

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Future Past started life as an intro and nothing else. I thought it was a good start, but could not find a way to use it, despite regular...

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I had always wanted to do a reggae track, but it was in the 'Too difficult' box. And so it turned out! Not understanding what makes up a...