Calling My Name

I actually wrote this piece some time back and meant to go back and finish it off. Any which way, it will now be used in an original production that a friend of mine has written for the school where I have the privilege of teaching. Bethany and Ian fixed up some of the rough… Continue reading Calling My Name

Hymn Songs – When I survey & Be Thou My Vision

My son was working on a song that required this really cool tuning, CGCGCE. I was doodling around and ended up working on a theme around a few hymns. I kept working on it and eventually played through a mixing desk with some creative reverb. What you hear is one of the many versions that I… Continue reading Hymn Songs – When I survey & Be Thou My Vision

Two in One

Background: When I heard that my lovely sister was soon to be married I wanted to contribute something to the wedding. I had been messing around on my nylon string guitar. I figured out a little kind of light jazz piece and thought it had something going for it. I realised it needed a bit more and… Continue reading Two in One

Late Night Musings

I wrote this piece of music after hearing a student at school play a jazz piece. I thought, if they can write a jazz type piece, could I? It was not as simple as I thought, however, I have grown up with plenty of jazzy music being played at home, so it is not like… Continue reading Late Night Musings

Running Free

I started meandering along with this piece back in 2010. I laid down the main structure of the song all in one sitting pretty much. I hadn’t intended to even write a song as I recall, but it is amazing what comes out of a person when you sit down and pour out your heart.… Continue reading Running Free

Waiting

Ever felt like you are waiting for something or someone? Life often seems to have many  opportunities to hurry up and wait. This is my first recording, it began with a vague sense of a reflective  sythn & keys pattern, that developed more form over time. Friends and whanau added their part of the conversation. … Continue reading Waiting

Pray, Love, Dance

Heard Dave Garrett speak on the weekend urging us to speak in tongues as often as we can. To aid this practice, he encouraged us to take a rythym and pray alone to it. So I created this track (20 mins) for Mal Buchanan ( An awesome brother I meet in the weekend) and thought… Continue reading Pray, Love, Dance

Distressed

When I asked Andrew what he wanted to say about this song, he said “Wow, isn’t this amazing!”… and it is.  You will have to ask him why it’s called “distressed”, but it may relate to his upcoming NCEA exams… or not…. This is a song that Andrew wrote in Auckland, with one guitar, several… Continue reading Distressed