02: My Distant Star
03: Anything You Want
04: I Was Made For The Blues
05: Please Stop Hurting Me
06: No Way Out
07: I Keep Thinking Of You
08: Once Upon A Time
09: Cultures
10: Haven't Seen You For A While
11: Don't Bother Calling
12: Wheel Of Life
13: Requeim
14: Nag-a-tivity Blues
15: Living In Poverty
The songs
Music and Life.
I've been playing music for more than 40 years now and this album brings out all the things that have influenced me musically.
Music to me is a means of expressing thoughts and feelings: deep and intimate details can somehow be put into a song, without the sense of loss of privacy.
In January 2006, I decided to spend a year of my life to put together the story of my life in song and music. That year became 2 years. And the result is this album. I have used a variety of musical styles to bring out my stories.
Peace. I trust you will be able to relate to many of my songs. May your world be a better place tomorrow than today.
If you'd like to know more about the songs and how/why each came about, you can click on the song titles on the left which will take you to each song's own page. There you will find the story behind each song, as well as lyrics and notes from a musician's viewpoint.
The songs in this project are in a wide range of styles, reflecting my eclectic (it means "belongs in a nuthouse"!) musical influences.
Maybe Some Day: a Country ballad
Anything You Want: an exuberant Country song
Wheel Of Life: uptempo pop
Don't Bother Calling: a holiday song, Country
Requiem: A Contemplative Instrumental
I Keep Thinking Of You: a sad Latin-style ballad
Cultures: An instrumental, fusion of Eastern and Western music forms
Nag-ativity Blues: Good old 12-bar Blues! Keyboards by Mark Holley, drums by Hans Mulders
No Way Out: 70's Rock
I Was Made For The Blues: Blues-Rock!
Wheel Of Life: pop-rock
Living In Poverty: Euro-dance, but dark message about Darfur,Sudan.