New songs and updates: Hi all,and many many thanks for the almost 5,000 plays my songs have received in only my first month as an artist on soundclick ! My first song "come home " will be going back to the drawing board in the next week or so for a revamp as i have learnt so much about recording over the last few weeks that i feel it deserves an mot and new upload. Saying that, my 2nd song " one day at a time has just been edited to add a string section and i must say that i am delighted with the outcome,,, what a difference it has made. My latest song " how long " has just gone on my page and i am happy enough w...

Musical Pleasures: My first musical instrument was a steel string acoustic guitar, a gift from my step dad when I was 13-ish. Back then, some of the popular rock songs were Love of a Lifetime (Firehouse), Two Steps Behind (Deff Leppard) and Wild World (Mr. Big). I taught myself to play chords using the chart found in “Song Hits”, a thin booklet of probably less than a hundred songs with lyrics and chords. The chords were easy to learn and in no time, I was playing and singing along. I would prop myself on the floor for the next few hours or so, totally absorbed learning a song or working out the kinks in a famil...

grasshopper: One day a grasshopper goes into a bar, hops onto a stool and orders a beer. As the bartender sets the mug in front of the bug, he says, "You know, we have a drink named after you." "Really?" asks the grasshopper. "You have a drink named Charlie?"