The Prettiest Picture
Episode #227: The Prettiest Picture (Song starts at 5:14) I wrote this song for my mother (Mum), back in 1987 {!). I remember like it was ye...
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The Smallest Of Dreams
Episode #226: The Smallest Of Dreams (Song starts at 3:47) I found a quite extensive amount of audio of me composing this one. So I’ve inclu...
One More Cup
Episode #225: One More Cup (Song starts at 4:27) As usual, I thoroughly enjoyed producing this episode. Earlier this evening, I had a feelin...
Old Horse Grey
Episode #224: Old Horse Grey (Song starts at 3:45 ) There’s a state of mind you get into when you’re doing something creative like writing a...
Changing Times
Episode #223: Changing Times (Song starts at 4:18 ) The featured song on this episode is song #7 on the album ‘River Walking’, b...
River Walking
Episode #222: River Walking (Song starts at 4.22) This song is the title track of the album by the same name, by Paul Dredge and myself. It...
Electric Cow
Episode #221: Electric Cow. (Song starts at 4:52) I would say the main take away from this particular episode is perhaps this: no matter how...
A Quiet Moment
Episode #220: A Quiet Moment (Song starts at 3:31) This episode features the song ‘ A Quiet Moment’, composed by Paul Dredge and...
I’ve Loved Life
Episode #219: I’ve Loved Life (Song starts at 6:52) On this episode, I’ve featured a song which is track number 2 on the album ‘River...
All Through The Years
Episode #218: All Through The Years (Song starts at 4:05) I’m really enjoying recording these episodes (obviously I wouldn’t be doing it if...
Sunset Swim
Episode #217: Sunset Swim (Song starts at 5:27) Going back to March 1997, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I had just arrived from New Zealan...
Autumn Evenings
Episode #216: Autumn Evenings (Song starts at 5:33) It was a pleasure to rediscover song #261, Autumn Evenings for this episode. I wrote it...
Righto
Episode #215: Righto (Song starts at 4:10) It struck me tonight as I recorded this episode, how grateful I am to be doing this. It is such a...
Trust To Receive
Episode #214: Trust To Receive. (Song starts at 7:12) Hi there & welcome to another episode. Here we are, looking at another song again,...
Revolving Door
Episode #213: Revolving Door (Song starts at 5:42) I’d completely forgotten about song #453, from 1999, Revolving Door. Well, it isn’t 1999...
New World Dawning
Episode #212: New World Dawning (Song starts at 6:22) I really enjoyed writing song #207, New World Dawning , back in 1992. The lines ‘ I ne...
Got Away On Me Again
Episode #211: Got Away On Me Again (song starts at 4:02). Welcome to another episode. Picture me sitting at my piano, with the microphone on...
Forever
Episode #210: Forever (Song starts at 4:20) I went outside tonight, just before I recorded this episode. The stars are incredible aren’t the...
A Certain Kind Of
Episode #209: A Certain Kind Of (Song starts at 4:41 ) This song, #213, is in a different style to the piano vocal ones that have made up th...
Country Gentleman Jack
Episode #208: Country Gentleman Jack (song starts at 4:30) Back in 1993, I was the piano man at Wairakei resort, in New Zealand’s north isla...