... is now uploaded to YouTube:
 

https://youtu.be/kqgfPBbYQis

 

I'm rather pleased with this one. I think it's probably the most complete song I've yet produced. 

The song's genesis came about from a number of different directions. Firstly, I read an article about the then Secretary of State for…

I can only speak for myself, of course, on the way that songs "arrive" but for me they generally start with a phrase - music and words both arriving together. This might be a fragment of a chorus or a…

I love songs where the lyrics are seemingly at odds with the music. A classic example is Sting's "They Dance Alone" - a hauntingly beautiful song about one of the worst dictators of the 20th century. 

The Beatles did it…