Steve Thompson I realise the previous stories may a bit name droppy so this one will be a bit of an antidote to that. I have written my fair share of duffers so let’s have a listen to one now shall we. When I quit being in a rock band and decided to concentrate on songwriting it … Read more
Finally, Hurry Home by Wavelength available as a digital download. People who have worn out their vinyl have been contacting me for years about this. The vinyl version is changing hands for anywhere between £1 and £40.
As last weeks SONG STORY SUNDAY featured the Searchers, how about Mike Pender this week. First you’ll hear “It’s Over” which was a solo single for Mike. I did not write this song but I produced the single as well as paying bass and keyboards on it. My co-producer and I, John Verity gave him … Read more
Here is another of my songs going through it’s various stages. Firstly there is my home rough demo using a DR 55 Dr Rhythm drum machine (a very early drum machine ). Next I took it to Guardian Studios in Pity Me (UK) where Paul Smith supplied the drums I did the rest and Dave Black added the vocals. … Read more
Here is the story behind Hurry Home. The audio collage you can hear below starts with my rough demo. Unfortunately auto-tune had not been invented in those days. The rough demo was laid down after a heavy metal session I recall, everyone had left and there was only me and audio engineer Mickey Sweeney in … Read more
I’ve been thinking about this for a while. For any song there will be demos, pre-demos, work-tapes, and perhaps various versions. It means trawling though cassettes and hard drives but I was thinking I might do that with a number of my songs – watch this space.