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Be entertained with a song and an extended chat, ranging from off the cuff banter/ humour to life observations and song analysis.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Episode #223: Changing Times (Song starts at 4:18 ) The featured song on this episode is song #7 on the album ‘River Walking’, b...
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...
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...
Episode #220: A Quiet Moment (Song starts at 3:31) This episode features the song ‘ A Quiet Moment’, composed by Paul Dredge and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Episode #214: Trust To Receive. (Song starts at 7:12) Hi there & welcome to another episode. Here we are, looking at another song again,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Episode #207: Better Late Than Never (Song starts at 4:30) This song (#659), came about back in 2017. I was on my way to work and there was...
Episode #206: Whirlpool (Song starts at 5:20) I enjoyed recording a demo for this episode. It’s such good fun when I do this. It occurs to m...
Episode #205: Piece This Star Together (Song starts at 4.45) I find it endlessly fascinating, thinking about where a song might come from. &...
Episode #204: The Setting Sun. (Song starts at 4:12) In the studio, I opened the songbook book and thought ‘Hey, why haven’t I featured Sett...
Episode #203: Count On Love (Song starts at 3:42) Welcome to a very relaxed episode. Thanks for tuning in, by the way…it’s great that this p...
Episode #202: Sideways From A Paper Bag (Song starts at 3:55) On this episode I’m going to take you back in time, with a demo recorded in th...
Episode #201: Sleeping On A Wish (Song starts at 4:08) I’m in a fairly relaxed state of mind. I’ve been holidaying, camping beside a stream...
Episode #200 : One Thing We Know. (Song starts at 4:26) Welcome to episode #200! It’s such a great feeling, because I honestly wasn’t sure I...
Episode #199: Song For August (Song starts at 3:08) Welcome to another song – and another 30 mins of observations, humour, with a part...
Episode #198: Only Love Is Real (Song starts at 4:29) This one, Song #660, popped up in amongst a dozen or so songs I had a sing and play th...
Episode #197: Let Her Know (Song starts at 5:19) Song #156, Let Her Know, was composed in 1990. Back then, I was starting to think that’s a...
Episode #196: Home Straight (Song starts at 2:40) This episode’s song would be a ‘protest song’ about the way we are not looking after the w...
Episode #195: White Angels (Song starts at 5:51) On this episode we are looking at the 2nd song I wrote after I arrived in Melbourne in 1997...
Episode #194: Parachutes (Song starts at 4:40) Back in 1993, I had a residency as a pianist at a resort in Wairakei, near Taupo, in New Zeal...
Episode #193: Soul Yo-Yo (Song starts at 5:08) Ever wondered about all the personal ups and downs we have and how – in some of the mor...
Episode #192: When I Was Young (Song starts at 4:52 ) When I Was Young is song #554, composed in 2010. I remember it was a fun piece to writ...
Episode #191: Goodnight (Song starts at 4:20) Here’s another half an hour of music and gentle chat. This isn’t a left brained sort of dry pr...
Episode #190: Driving Home Blues (Song starts at 3:00) I’m really enjoying producing these episodes – it’s a live online gig, really....
Episode #189: Finding This City. (Song starts at 3:42 ) Hi there, this episode was a fun one to put together. To start with, Finding This Ci...
Episode #188: Weather Girl (Song starts at 3:48) Back in the day, when I wrote this one, there used to be a weather girl on TV after the new...
Episode #187: Not Here At All (Song starts at 4:42 ) People ask me: “why do you do a podcast, Peter?” and I just say well I really, really e...
Episode #186: Song For You. (Song starts at 3:38) This is a love song. Just words and a simple tune. It can be a powerful combination. Writt...
Episode #185: Lonely Tune (Chase Those Blues Away). (Song starts at 3:20) It’s been a nice few days. Yesterday was a cracking ‘blue sky day’...
Episode #184: Strange Town (Song starts at 4:41 & 26:00 ) If it’s your first time here, thanks for dropping by. You’ve picked an interes...
Episode #183: Brilliant Sunshine (Song starts at 4:43) I started this song as I was travelling to piano teaching one morning. I was sitting...
Episode #182: Hit The Sun (Song starts at 6:00) Where did ‘Hit The Sun’ come from? Well, as soon as I read through the lyrics, l...
Episode #181: Gone Too Soon (Song starts at 4:12) Here’s one from 2014: song # 620, ‘Gone Too Soon’ It was inspired by a neighbo...
Episode #180: Crossroads (Song starts at 4:04) I wrote crossroads, Song #119, in 1989. When I saw the title of the song in my old green song...
Episode #179: Can’t Sing You A Song (Song starts at 3:38) I had a bit of fun with the demo on this episode. Earlier today, I was supposed to...
Episode #178: Inside (Song starts at 4:21) This episode’s song is #630, written in August, 2015. It was one of those ‘words first, music sec...