WRITING MODE
IT'S TIME ... TO GET SOME SONGS FINISHED What with Folk In The Road in full gig mode, work, dogs, kids and just general stuff I have not put the necessary time in to putting music to a backlog [...]
AGENDA WARS
The next issue on the Lockdown Lyrics Agenda is … AGENDA WARS If this isn’t a song for the moment not sure what would be AGENDA WARS are happening all around us with a new one starting every day. [...]
LOCKDOWN BLUES
The next installment of my Lockdown Lyrics Series ... is appropriately LOCKDOWN BLUES If I have ever written a song that requires no further explanation this is probably it. Simple 12 Bar in E ... anyone can and if [...]
THE SANDS OF TIME
The next installment of my LOCKDOWN LYRICS is THE SANDS OF TIME I wrote this song in 2015 and the observation that set the original lyrics in motion was seeing on the news one of those warring tribes [...]
PACIFIC NATURE
A bit of cool Pacific breeze for this beautiful sunny Sunday ... with Folk In The Road https://soundcloud.com/user-171047206/pacific-nature
FOLK IN THE ROAD – MEET THE BAND
FOLK IN THE ROAD A group of four diverse veteran musicians and songwriters have come together to write, play and perform original folk rock music (and a few covers) in venues and festivals around Australia ... and the world. [...]
TRACKIN’ YOUR EVERY MOVE
TRACKIN’ YOUR EVERY MOVE -Demo Well we are almost out of complete isolation the band is back rehearsing and so this will be the last song in my Isolation Demonstration Series…for now anyway. I wrote this song [...]
MOTHER LISTEN NOW
MOTHER LISTEN NOW – Demo I wrote the lyrics to this song in 1983 prior to having enough understanding of music theory to actually put it to music, I’ve learned a thing or two since and they [...]
BOTTOMS UP
BOTTOMS UP – Demo The latest inclusion in my Isolation Demonstration Series, Bottoms Up. Like all good socially conscious folk rock songwriters it was almost imperative to write a song about the peaceful Occupy Wall Street [...]
SEEDS OF CHANGE
SEEDS OF CHANGE – Demo Not much to say about this song the message is abundantly clear. There are numerous difficult and disturbing issues effecting areas of not only our individual communities but of human society [...]