Radio Druid

The nice chap who runs Radio Druid has put some of my songs into the playlist. Have a listen, there are plenty of nice tunes on it.

In addition, there’s the Druidcast podcast, produced monthly, music and interviews. A new one is just out. Also available from iTunes.

Wikipedia names your band

This came to me via Facebook, but I got told off for tagging someone in a picture they weren’t actually in, so I present this groovy meme here as well:

To Do This …

1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random… Read More”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 – Go to “Random quotations”
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 – Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 – Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

Granny Danced a Two-Step

Last song that I wrote for FAWM (February Album Writing month).

Granny Danced a Two-Step music

Lyrics:

VERSE 1
Back when we were young
And dancing was the thing
We’d go out of an evening
To hear them play and sing
They might swing like Bob Willis
Or do a Hank Williams tune
Something about cheatin’
By the light of the moon

VERSE TWO:
Then the grownups would head out
Onto the sawdust floor
While us little kids
Would head for the door
Playing outside
On a warm summer’s night
With music in the air
And the stars shining bright

CHORUS:
And Granny danced a two-step
To a good old country song
Back when we were young
And the nights were long
Everybody faded
But she kept going strong
Dancing that two-step
To a country song

WALTZ BRIDGE:
And sometimes a slow waltz would creep in
Later on when the children were sleepin’
On coats piled up in the corner
Sucking thumbs like little Jack Horner
And sometimes they’d dance out of doors
On a dancefloor made of old boards
Under the stars above
Holding tight to an old dream of love

VERSE THREE:
Now life on the farm
Could be a hard row to how
Getting in the crops
And then the seeds to sow
With fences to mend
And stock to be fed
Then you eat your own supper
And get off to bed

VERSE FOUR:
But things would be different
On a Saturday night
With everybody laughing
And shoes polished bright
We’d go to the dancehall
Where songs could be sung
And cares put aside
And hearts could be young

CHORUS:
And Granny danced a two-step
To a good old country song
Back when we were young
And the nights were long
Everybody faded
But she kept going strong
Dancing that two-step
To a country song

Demo for “This Uncertain World”.

I have created an MP3 file for “This Uncertain World”.

Lyrics

This Uncertain World music

I wrote six songs in February – yay!

Thanks to “February Album Writing Month” (or FAWM, as it’s more colloquially known), I’ve been inspired to write 5 new songs plus one I’d just written before I learned about it. So that makes six songs in Feburary! Yippee! Okay, they are not all gonna win a Grammy, but it has been fun and listening to the brand new music of others is a humbling experience.

Check out my songs, but don’t stop there. Explore the links at the top and hear some top comteporary music – maybe a bit bit rough around the edges, but you heard it here first.

FAWM rock on!

http://fawm.org/fawmers/paulmilne/