Jan 30th. Will play for sleep

Currently going about my daily activities deprived of shut eye as sleep has become a long forgotten dream to me. For the sixth time this week (today being saturday) I'm awake since 2am and feel like a zombie. I'm using my sleepless nights to learn elvis songs and am building up quite a repertoire. Not sleeping, playing elvis tunes and I've got elvis presley ingraved on the neck of my guitar. I may be going mad music fans; just a heads up there. Carry on.
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Jan 20th Murphy's Law

So my day was one of those great ones. I may even look back on this day and think "Crikey! Thank goodness for that!!"
I was very lucky to be at a song writing seminar hosted by Ralph Murphy, a great great songwriter with an unbelievable list of writing and production credits to his name. It was a real eye opener and a chance to learn some lessons in song crafting, and by an accomplished master as well. I learnt so much and I'm mega keen to put things into practice; I really don't want to share the things I've learnt with you but, however, as Ralph himself said...I want you to know everything I know so that we're on an even playing field because then, and only then can I really kick your ass!! Haha!! Too cool :) (still not gonna tell you though!!)

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Jan 18th Blue Monday

Apparently today, the last Monday of January is meant to be the saddest day of the year. The miserable blues are at the height of their strengths today. or so they say anway. I dont mind cold january too much; its that feeling of everything and anything is just around the corner. Well that's me anyway.
Today for me wasnt so much blue monday as pain in the ass monday as i spent most of the day recording vocal and guitar parts for two songs for the record only to be find out that i hadnt set the tracks up right and so had to do the whole lot again. How very very dull. Anyway, its done now and i'm back on track.
I know there hasnt been a cover for you to download for a few days; sorry music fans, there's more of the way soon. In the meantime catch up on the "A Song A Day" link on the site.
Alright, be good.
Franc
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Jan 15th 'buca blues

I'd like to express my gratitude to the gentleman at my show last night who kept on putting shots of sambuca on the stage for me between songs. If this was a measure of how much you enjoyed my playing then thank you kindly. I am at present in a world of pain; we call this the 'buca blues.
I dont think there'll be a free cover for you to download today music fans (see above).
X
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Jan12th choon!

Alrighty. super excited about thursday; not played one of my gigs in a while and it's going to be splendid. I say one of "my" gigs as i've been playing a bunch of gigs around pubs , doing mostly covers to pay the rent and stay out of trouble before the new record is finished. I was meant to play at two different places on sunday (not at the same time of course, that would be silly and quite unlikely) but I managed to blow my PA and on top of that my guitar pick up has just decided it doesnt want to work anymore so i had the dubious pleasure of going to the PA centre on denmark street and now not having a penny..again...yawn!! anyway, no bother, not fussed, come down on thursday, it'll be special. oh and keep up with my covers will you! Our journey into song storytelling and folklore continues with one of the best of the best; strawberry fields. it's perfect. everything about it wants me to be so much better than i can be. enjoy my take on it. see you thursday.
xx

Jan 10th Burning Love

Greetings from COLD london. My fingers are missing their gloves very much. I've got a good one for you today; from the King's very own songbook; "Burning Love", one of the all time greats which i couldnt ignore for my series of song exploration! I've tried to make this a little my own; hope you enjoy; as ever you're feedback is welcomed (as long as you say i'm amazing, if not, straight to the gallows you go! tar & feathered along the way.) Have a day of playing today, a few local pubs round where live, it's fun and it pays the rent. happy days. Alright, need to try and get some sort of set together for today's marathon run, check in with you soon. Download today's tune at the usual link along with any of others you may have missed:

http://goodtimesgoodtimes.co.uk/A_Song_A_Day/

be good.

Jan 8 Slide Away

Alright. Hope you saw the invite for the london show next thursday; it's the first show of the year; a little acoustic hootenanny to break in the new year so if you're in town would be lovely to see you there; it's at fiddlers elbow in kentish town on the 14th and i'm on at 10.
Ok so i got a song done for you lovely people today; it's by one of my favourite song writers who also made me want to pick up a guitar in the first place; i've added a bit of Gram Parsons country flavour to this Noel Gallagher penned gem of a song. Go to the "A Song A Day" link on the site and download from there.
Be good
Xx
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