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Songwriting is like welding two cars together but you don’t know where either car came from
I was going to go to an open mic tonight, and practiced three songs of mine and one cover in preparation. I then banged my head on the entrance to a medieval alley – York, knock it all down and start again – and took longer than I expected to make dinner. And lo, was Read more
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The Ballad of Ms Doris Wu
I’ve written another demo. This one has actual lyrics and everything, which I shall post below to help me remember what they are. As always, I only really have one means of writing lyrics: utter stream of consciousness. Let it all hang out, I say. It’s been a while since I published an album of Read more
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Ruthless Window by James Walsh: the story of a debut album
The problem with life, like history, is that it’s just one thing after another. I’ve always struggled to process things while they’re happening, both in terms of what I’ve done (good and bad) and what has been done to me (ditto). Time whooshes by like one of Douglas Adams’ deadlines, and so it’s taken me Read more
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