Emboldened by TropicalRob’s musical postings on You Tube, I’ve decided to inflict some more “product” on my readers - safe in the knowledge that, after all, you don’t have to listen to any of it. Above, you'll find "Jamabilly", which I’m rather pleased with. It’s a jaunty but controlled little number with few surprises, but some classic rockabilly guitar riffs and a cheeky little organ part: "Jamabilly".
Next up, "Big Ones in Texas", which started off as a slow Texas Blues drone (E5, G5, A5, G5, E5 etc.), but which was so dreary I changed all the guitars around, inserted some “Green Onions”-style organ sections near the end, and whacked the beats-per-minute up by 25 to 150.
Having used my own voice on a number of tracks, I recently came up with one which I can just about bear to post. It’s my take on the Carl Perkins rockabilly classic, "Matchbox". I’ve adopted a Sleepy La Beef bass baritone for the number, which sounds slightly less awful than my other attempts at singing:
Finally, here’s one I made earlier - six years ago, to be precise, when I was still trapped in the nightmare “Blue Screen of Death” world of Bill Gates. “Ziggy’s Return” (our cat had been lost for six weeks and I was just finishing this off when my wife finally located him - hence the title). It’s a bit bonkers: I was that kid let loose in a sweet-shop, only the sweets were VST instruments. Still, for all its myriad faults , I’ve always been quite fond of it (the song, not the cat). I warn you - it’s very loud compared to the other tracks.
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