Inversions A Thousand Splendid Suns Never A Truer Word

Inversions

Last updated 07/07/2008

A Thousand Splendid Suns

(2007)

Never A Truer Word

(2006)

My long standing, favourite hobby is music. I play any kind of guitar, mainly electric, but accoustic and classical to some degree. I also play bass, and can use a keyboard to get what I need.

I started playing seriously when I was about 13, and am for the most part, entirely self taught. In my teenage years I was a member of several really silly bands, culminating in a stage appearance when I was 17 at some Charity School Concert.

Over the years, my real interest in my music, has been writing and recording my own songs. Back in the 80’s, I used anMy Gear Amstrad 4-track tape-recorder, and the general quality was atrocious. In the 90’s, I bought a digital Zoom Multi-track, and to be frank, it wasn’t all that much better.

However, following a significant gap where things like wives childrens, mortgages and debt were aquired, I did little save work. Then I bought an Apple Mac…..

Today, I record songs using GarageBand with occasionally tweaking in Logic Pro. Logic is far superior, but to achieve what I’ve done with GarageBand, takes me about 10 times as long, so i don’t use it much. I’ve recorded almost two complete ‘albums’ of songs in the last 2 years, which are complete productions, save vocals and regardless of their shortcomings, I am really quite proud of them. In 2006, I recorded most of “Never a Truer Word”, the title track being the first complete and proper song I ever wrote, probably around 1990. In 2007, I’ve recorded a bunch of songs, under the name of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” (the first track I put down). Here, you can download and listen to my songs, feel free to comment and enjoy.

In 2008, I have a brief hiatus playing other peoples music, I’ve started a new collection, “Inversions”.  This is the first music recorded using my Digitech soundboard and Marshall JCM 2000.  Whether the sound is an improvement over the previous Mac only work, only time will tell.  I like the first number :)

My influences shine through, I think. My favourite style of music is progressive rock and metal, highly orchestrated and detailed music - my favourite bands include Maiden, Dream Theater, Bon Jovi, Rush, Priest, Zeppelin etc. Influences, I think that are evident in a number of my songs.

The favourite track of my own is currently ‘Magic Man’.

If you have any difficulty downloading the tracks below, you can also get lower bit-rate versions at my MySpace page.