It’s taken me a while but I’ve now set up my Neureille YouTube page and there’s a couple of videos on it with more in the pipeline. Firstly an animation, the first of a series I’m planning which will include all the songs from the Sufi Pataphysics album using illustrations done for me by Mog… Continue reading Neureille on YouTube
Category: songwriting
Granite Mix IXX
It’s time for another mix. This one’s pretty random though manually so. Here’s a few comments about the tracks. El Bachín was a bar in Buenos Aires, now demolished but the name has been transferred to another establishment. The little boy of Piazzolla’s song was called Pablo Alberto González. In an interview he said that… Continue reading Granite Mix IXX
does it matter?
next week i’m going into the studio to start recording a new album that will consist of a number of songs nearly all of which i’ve written in the last four years which was when i last laid an album (yes it’s an egg-like process for me). the one exception was a song i wrote… Continue reading does it matter?
March date
Actually I’ve got another gig in 2 day’s time which will precede this one so that’s a good warm up. On Tuesday it’s just me accompanied by Nacho on cojón, but the gig on the teenth will be with Everton Hartley on bass guitar and there will be at least one guest performer hopefully 2… Continue reading March date
Chaco Canyon
I’ve written six songs this year, which is probably, I feel, about the right number. The first book I read this year was by Brian M Fagan and it’s called Ancient North America. Sometimes it can be a bit repetitive but it’s a good introduction to get you thinking about pre-Columbus North America. The section… Continue reading Chaco Canyon
end of august
I had to buy myself a new nylon string guitar earlier this year because I was having problems with the pick-up on my old one and anyway thought it was time to get a more expensive instrument. I chose a Taylor 314ce and I must say I’m happy with it. I’ve done some rough recordings… Continue reading end of august
Absurd Rhymes
the final recording session for the new neureille album is a few days away. the last time i was working on an album i wrote a post about which animals featured in which songs. i’m not going to go quite into that detail this time but here’s a few words about some of the features… Continue reading Absurd Rhymes
mus et ursus
In 1974 probably in the 8 week term that is known as hilary I wrote a song which is the oldest song that I have on a cd. In fact I have it on 2 cds. And that is why this the 3rd series of repeated songs exists. The first version was recorded in 1980… Continue reading mus et ursus
coathanger trail 3
The 3rd line of the song Coathanger is the paintings are northern too which is a reference to a song I wrote in 1977 or 1978 which was called Northern Painting. I gave the song that title as a reference to the few months I spent living in Manchester in late 1976 early 1977 where… Continue reading coathanger trail 3
coathanger trail part 1
In a recent post I wrote and presented a couple of versions of a song called Coathanger and through that was born a new category which is called Coathanger Trail in which I work my way through the songs that are referenced in that song. And first off we have Beagles Wag. A song that… Continue reading coathanger trail part 1