Stockton – Hamburg

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I picked up the following story from Guido Russo on Facebook. It seems just as I was crawling about under the stage, setting up for Stockton Weekender a crowd was “going wild” to one of my songs on another stage in Hamburg, Germany. Was I in the wrong place? The following from Guido.
“I was near Hamburg, Tygers Of Pan Tang were performing their show. I took this picture while the band was playing a beautiful song called Paris By Air. The audience goes crazy but all of a sudden my mind goes to Steve Thompson, the man who wrote this song so many years ago. Many thanks, Steve!”

Hamburg – Stockton

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I picked up the following story from Guido Russo on Facebook. It seems just as I was crawling about under the stage, setting up for Stockton Weekender a crowd was “going wild” to one of my songs on another stage in Hamburg, Germany. Was I in the wrong place? The following from Guido.

“I was near Hamburg, Tygers Of Pan Tang were performing their show. I took this picture while the band was playing a beautiful song called Paris By Air. The audience goes crazy but all of a sudden my mind goes to Steve Thompson, the man who wrote this song so many years ago. Many thanks, Steve!”

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Sleepless Nights

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Caffrey, Morrison & Thompson

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I put a whole bunch of tracks recorded in the nineties through  Digital mastering kit and this album was the result. There are tracks written by me some by Tommy Morrison and some co-writes, all sung by Phil Caffrey who also had a hand in some of the writing. Sadly, Tommy passed away in January 2014 and a song we wrote together for Elkie Brooks was played as he was laid to rest in a packed church in Sunderland. I think of Tommy often.

There is a review of the album here.

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Digital Ideas Tapes

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I’ve got boxes of “ideas tapes” (Cassettes) in the attic. Luckily digital ideas are easier to store and access (see pic)

Back in the 70’s and 80’s my various publishers and production companies were always badgering me for more songs – give is more !! make us money !! – oh the stress. Sometimes the very pressure they exerted staunched the creative flow. Lately new ideas have been dropping from me like … well er… the proverbial dropping off you thing (again see pic). I wonder if my old publishers would be pleased to hear this. The ones I haven’t either sue’d or told to F off that is.

Sadly, I can’t really play you any of this stuff as it is really ruff so just hum along with the picture.

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Digital Ideas Tapes

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I’ve got boxes of “ideas tapes” (Cassettes) in the attic. Luckily digital ideas are easier to store and access (see pic) Back in the 70’s and 80’s my various publishers and production companies were always badgering me for more songs – give is more !! make us money !! – oh the stress. Sometimes the very pressure they exerted staunched the creative flow. Lately new ideas have been dropping from me like … well er… the proverbial dropping off you thing (again see pic). I wonder if my old publishers would be pleased to hear this. The ones I haven’t either sue’d or told to F off that is. Sadly, I can’t really play you any of this stuff as it is really ruff so just hum along with the picture. song-ideas

Steve T

Social Media Optimisation

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I’m making this post on the basis that it should go to all my social media outlets using a mixture of plugins + smoke and mirrors. I’ve pretty much cracked it all but for Google+ – Now, Google + does not play nice with very much else at all. It’s a shame where Google have taken this social network as I thought it had great promise. I would like my postings to go to Google+ as there are people there that I like to connect with. However, I do not like Google+. Firstly the content is scrunched up into little boxes in the center of the screen. Then there’s the fact that Google are trying to channel people into using the network the way Google wants rather than how the people want. This probably goes for all the social networks and it’s a trade off between the benefits and fun we can extract from these tools offset against the annoyance they cause us with constant changes.

Social Media Optimisation

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I’m making this post on the basis that it should go to all my social media outlets using a mixture of plugins + smoke and mirrors. I’ve pretty much cracked it all but for Google+ – Now, Google + does not play nice with very much else at all. It’s a shame where Google have taken this social network as I thought it had great promise. I would like my postings to go to Google+ as there are people there that I like to connect with. However, I do not like Google+. Firstly the content is scrunched up into little boxes in the center of the screen. Then there’s the fact that Google are trying to channel people into using the network the way Google wants rather than how the people want. This probably goes for all the social networks and it’s a trade off between the benefits and fun we can extract from these tools offset against the annoyance they cause us with constant changes.

Steve T

Facelift

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I think it’s time to overhaul my http://stmedia.org website. I quite like the WordPress skin I’m using but it has some odd anomalies. Perhaps it’s time to use a more modern and updated template. I think what I’ll do is create a mirror site and copy the content. Once I’m happy I’ll port the skin over. I want to retain some of the retro stuff and many of the quirks are lost in the mists of time.

Facelift

Steve Thompson Posted on by

I think it’s time to overhaul my http://stmedia.org website. I quite like the WordPress skin I’m using but it has some odd anomalies. Perhaps it’s time to use a more modern and updated template. I think what I’ll do is create a mirror site and copy the content. Once I’m happy I’ll port the skin over. I want to retain some of the retro stuff and many of the quirks are lost in the mists of time.

Steve T

Unfinished Song 2000

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Rediscovered this on my iTunes today. When I was in the Whitaker Band I produced an album “The Tuesday Club” circa 1999. This is one of my many unfinished songs and we slotted it between the tracks as if it got there by accident. Sorry, it’s my naff vocals – maybe I should dust off the rest of the album.

Once I was a loner,
How did I survive?
’till the day you came my way
I was barely alive
Once I was a poor man
with nothing to my name
but a worn overcoat
and a crooked walking cane

Unfinished Song 2000

Steve Thompson Posted on by

Rediscovered this on my iTunes today. When I was in the Whitaker Band I produced an album “The Tuesday Club” circa 1999. This is one of my many unfinished songs and we slotted it between the tracks as if it got there by accident. Sorry, it’s my naff vocals – maybe I should dust off the rest of the album. Once I was a loner, How did I survive? ’till the day you came my way I was barely alive Once I was a poor man with nothing to my name but a worn overcoat and a crooked walking cane

Steve T