I wrote this song in 1999 when the neo-conservative Howard government was in power. It's sad that so much about the song is still relevant now that Australia has another neo-conservative government Happy Australia Day!
Monday, 26 January 2015
Thursday, 14 August 2014
One of my songs on latest SCALA CD
I'm pleased to have my song, That's How It Ended, on the latest (15th) SCALA Photographs And Memories double CD album. This is a 36 track album containing winning songs from SCALA's 2012 and 2013 song competitions plus a number of live tracks from SCALA's venue and other contributed tracks. I had a hand in the previous 14 CDs issued by SCALA so I know what effort has to be put into each one and this is a double CD so the effort would have had to be at least double. Congratulations to Adrian Miller who coordinated the recording and compilation of the album and to everyone else involved in its production. Copies of the double CD are available from SCALA and I believe that tracks will soon be available for download from the SCALA store. In the meantime you can listen to my track on my ReverbNation site.
Sunday, 20 April 2014
It was 20 years ago today ....
Robert Childs Elastic Band released the 17 track Revenge on this day in 1994. I'd intended to issue my "follow up" album today but I'm way behind in my recording schedule (Revenge took 2 years to record!). But you can still listen to Revenge online. Oh, by the way, Happy Easter!
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| Robert Childs Elastic Band - Revenge |
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Long Live The People's Revolution
On this day, forty years ago, 11 September 1973, the democratically elected Chilean government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by a military coup led by General Pinochet.
According to Wikipedia:
'After General Pinochet assumed power, United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told President Richard Nixon that the U.S. "didn't do it," but "we helped them...created the conditions as great as possible." (referring to the coup itself).'
According to another Wikipedia article "Pinochet's government killed at least 3,197 people and tortured about 29,000." One of the many killed was singer/songwriter and theatre producer Victor Jara along with many other artists and musicians.
No matter what the opinion of the Allende government might be it's noteworthy that the "people's revolution" in Chile that brought him to power was a democratic election.
According to Wikipedia:
'After General Pinochet assumed power, United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told President Richard Nixon that the U.S. "didn't do it," but "we helped them...created the conditions as great as possible." (referring to the coup itself).'
According to another Wikipedia article "Pinochet's government killed at least 3,197 people and tortured about 29,000." One of the many killed was singer/songwriter and theatre producer Victor Jara along with many other artists and musicians.
No matter what the opinion of the Allende government might be it's noteworthy that the "people's revolution" in Chile that brought him to power was a democratic election.
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Listen to me on RouteNote!
I've joined RouteNote which is a digital distributor that places tracks on popular download sites including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.
My first "single" on the site is Whose Turn Is It Now? which has previously been available on the SCALA Higher Ground album.
I hope to add more songs soon.
Check out my RouteNote page.
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Now on ... TwitMusic!
Nope it's Twitter's solution for musicians who tweet a lot.
You can hear me twittering on my very own TwitMusic Page!
Ornithologists and other twitchers beware!
(tweet, tweet, tweetly-tweet!)
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