I was sad to hear about Gerry Rafferty passing away yesterday. Obviously I had heard “Stuck in the middle” many times growin’ up, partly because of the popularity it gained from “Reservoir Dogs”. It wasn’t until about 10 years ago I listened to Gerry’s solo music properly. A French dude who had a dodgy old Volkswagen convertible over in Glasgow I was chatting to whilst at uni happened to be playing his “Baker Street” compilation disc in his car with the top down (not exactly something you’d do often in Glasgow) and I just HAD to go out buy the CD myself. I went down to the local record shop, Fopp and bought the CD for £3.99 which in those days was ridiculously cheap (now it seems a more normal price for a CD ).

I was in awe of “Days gone Down”. I love the original version but I always wondered what an acoustic version would sound like (partly because of the piano/vocal only intro). So anyway last night I was playing this through a few times as a mark of respect to my fellow Scotsman. Here it is:

Love the lyrics “You still got that light in your eye”, “The first time I set eyes on you and I listened to you sing / We didn’t have to speak cause the words said everything”….

RIP Gerry…

Happy New year everyone!!!

First off, a little New Year video!

Secondly, here is my attempt at Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek”:

Thirdly, what will 2011 bring? Well I hope it’s a great year for everyone. As for me music-wise 2011; my full length studio album will be completed over the next few months and will be released in the spring. It should be available on Itunes, Amazon and hopefully other places such as Spotify and Bandcamp (on this site). Not just here but I will most likely also be spreading word of my new music via YouTube, Twitter, Soundcloud and Facebook so stay tuned!!

Peace and Love,

Andrew

Little Synthesizer Improv I did when I got the East West Complete Composers Library earlier this year.
The preset used is called “Colossus Pad” which sounds really nice I think.

I recorded this version back in April after I got my hands on the East West Complete Composers Collection library. It was a quick recording of the song without much practice. Not my best but the ending (duet part) isn’t too bad.

Peace,

Andrew