The Kindness of Strangers

Sometimes, despite your best efforts, things go horribly wrong. Last week I was composing a new song and recording it in my Korg M3's sequencer (that's like a digital multi-track recorder for MIDI keyboards).  I was nearly finished with the musical arrangement of the song -- I only needed to tighten up a few things and mix the levels a bit....

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Nina's Song

Can you encapsulate a person's entire life in only one song? I don't know, but I tried anyway. This is a solo piano piece that I wrote for my grandmother, who died last year. She was 89, a smoker, a drinker... she was feisty and wouldn't put up with anyone's bullshit. She had a heart of gold and never forgot anyone's birthday, even the great-great...

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The Root of All Evil

This is a short film / music video I put together for my song "The Root of All Evil." I have released the above video under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License, so it can be remixed and mashed-up if anyone wants to do that, but please note that this Share Alike license applies only to the video imagery, not the soundtrack....

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Coming Soon

Welcome to the official Nannying Tyrants music blog.  It's still under construction, but the site's design is almost finalised.   I hope to launch this blog properly this weekend. In the meantime, why not enjoy this Downfall parody about plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco products in the UK. ...

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