I am just a person that likes to right down my thoughts and, when time allows, turn them into songs. My lyrics are often about self-belief, love, hope, success and doubt (with a lost connection kind of influence). I use puns and metaphors, as well as innuendos, in between the deep and meaningful stuff.
Here is the complete (30+ years) history of my writing and recording of songs. I tried to write songs when at school in the early 1980’s and had many unfinished songs by the late 1980’s, but it wasn’t until 1989 that I finally confirmed my very first set of lyrics complete – Music (aptly enough).
30 years later I decided to unleash my songs to the world. ‘The Best Of 2011 – 2019’ features 87 recordings which I thought were worth sharing. My first release was, ‘Lost Property’ in December 2019, which contained 18 songs that were more personal and relevant to me. Some of the songs on this debut album were also included on the ‘Best Of’ collection. Some, however, which may have been worthy of being included, weren’t. It was a hard process trying to choose my best songs and, what was originally going to be just a double album, became 5 albums.
The 7th album to be released was, ‘Mask Of Reality – Reality In Dreamland’. This was a story I created in the 1990’s. It was recorded using a 4 -Track Tape Recorder. The production was okay, but over the years the sound quality unfortunately diminished. I tried my best to recuperate the sound quality before releasing it and am currently re-writing the story in hopes that it will become a film one day. The story has changed slightly since it was first written in 1994-1998 and, by waiting 22 years, it has improved the concept completely. Watch this space!!!!
The 8th album, ‘2020 Vision‘ was released at the end of 2020, after the release of the single, ‘Voluntary Redundancy‘, from the album.
In September of 2021 I released 2 more albums, making a total of 10 so far. The 9th was ‘The New Lost World ’19-20-21‘ that contained songs recorded during the last couple of years mainly. In the latter part of 2020 and in 2021 I had loads of time to work on my music, co-write with people and learn more about the equipment I had and how to utilise it better. This was a whole new world for me, and many changes occurred – all of which were good and hopefully it showed on this album.
The 10th album, ‘The Lost & Found History (Song Update)‘ featured the friend I have known since I was a very young boy. We formed a band when at school, in the early 80’s. Tim is a drummer, but in the late 80’s he also learnt guitar and could sing. By 1999 we managed to co-write songs and they were recorded reasonably well. In 2010 six of the songs were released and, in 2013, a single was released. As none were available anymore, and the collection of songs we had now recorded was up to a dozen, I decided to release them on a new album. The production was improved slightly, but still far from perfect on many of the tracks. I added vocals to some of the tracks to reinforce the sound. It was good to release an album featuring a guitar and someone else’s vocals throughout.
‘Won’t Stop!‘ was released as a single on 08-08-22 and is a shorter version than the one that will be the first song on the album. ‘We Won’t Stop’ is an even newer version, featuring guitar accompaniments as well, which will be the last track on the album (+ the original jam session that inspired this song).
‘I Am Just Me‘ was the 2nd single to be released in 2022 (12-09-22).
‘Forever Together, Me And You’ was also released on the7th November, as the last song for the album had not been completed yet. I may not have been the best song choice, but it was the most heartfelt and showed my other side.
‘Whatever Happened‘, the 11th album, was finally completed and released before the end of 2022.
A small amount was paid for Spotify promotions for each of the singles and ‘We Won’t Stop!’, just to bring them (and the album) to people’s attention.
As we near the end of 2023, another album was nearly ready, but after months of tweaking, Before Then After was finally released in May 2024. There are no future albums planned, but a single maybe released in September – Our Big Day The song was recorded last year but it will probably be recorded if released. I may also release a Christmas EP featuring 4 songs, (Christmas Song History).
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My book, ‘The Words Behind The Music – Volume One: Lost In Reality’, is scheduled for release on July 19th, 2024..