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  • A flop, a schlep and a lump

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    There were things to celebrate, and things to be sad about. There were fun songs and sad songs. Then after a mix of Moscow mules, Long Island Ice Teas, a single malt, some salty snacks, warehou and chips and a taxi ride home, it was a relatively early flop into the sack on Friday night.…

  • Not a winning ticket

    Not a winning ticket

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    I’ve mentioned how I entered the RNZ Write an original Christmas song competition. The results are in – and my entry is out! Not a winner. There was an amazing array of entries, all very different and most of them sounded really well recorded and produced. Mine was one of 250 or so entered, so…

  • Old loops

    Old loops

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    Found these when digging in the ashes of some previous sessions. Short tracks, silly ditties and auto-generated songs. Which is your favourite? You can find more over at Soundcloud

  • Something special; something finished

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    I write a bit – often in fits and starts. But today I finished something. Radio New Zealand are running a competition to write a Christmas song. When I first heard about it I was on leave, driving down the east coast. I got the first lines reasonably quickly, mulled the rest for a bit.…

  • Begin the benign

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    benign, Adj, from the Old French benigne, who nicked it off the Latin beningus, it means kind, gentle and mild. You can check it at wordnik Perhaps it’s the early onset old-timers, perhaps it’s the desire for a new set of references, or a new routine. Perhaps it’s time to be kind with the future…

  • Right, this time

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    Starting again, for the umpteenth time.