Some More Of That Shed Music

Hey I'm back, it took a while longer than expected. Like all best laid plans my intentions of recording a load of new material after writing that last update didn't quite come off. Life got in the way as it's wont to do I suppose and it never worked out. I did do a load …

Just When You Thought It Was Safe...

I'M BACK Wow it's been a while, I just looked and it's 3 months since I posted any new music, I didn't realise how the time had passed sorry. Anyway, as I said I'm back and I have some new music for you, never before heard anywhere in the world.. ok maybe when I was …

Only In It For The Money

...shame cos we never made any hehehe Hey folks, I'm back on a boiling hot day here. I'm even wearing shorts so avert your eyes. I'm struggling to find the motivation to write this in the heat but I realised I've neglected you all a bit lately, I'm sorry. It's about …

She must be very special...

Howdy one and all, I'm back with another track. It's something of an "oldy" this time but if I may be permitted to say so, also I think a "goody". Another song I recorded as part of my Shed Music project which you can read about in earlier posts. This was on the album …

GeekSpeak TV Theme

Hey folks, sorry it's been a while. Anyway, I do have something brand new for you to listen to, it's a theme tune I made recently for my friends Sheryl & Ken's new show GeekSpeak TV. They're gonna be doing the show as a video podcast I think but I'm not sure of all the …

Words Mate, Words?!

Alright folks, sorry it's been a couple of weeks since the last update. I've been pretty busy of late with this and that. Anyway, I do have another classic track for you to check out. I use the word "classic" as a nice way of saying old really, I'm not being …

The Oystercatcher's Escape (demo version)

Just when you thought it was safe... I'm back. It's been a busy couple of weeks but I finally have a new track for you all to check out. I say new track but really it's another older track I revitalised. It's called The Oystercatcher's Escape which to be honest sounds …

Take Me Home

Hey folks, another one of my solo tracks this time and again it's something a little different. The track is called Take Me Home, it's quite an old tune really. I wrote it back in my music college days about 10 years ago. This version was recorded a year or two ago in …

Soap On A Rope

Hey folks, I've got a new track for you to have a listen to. It's another one from my old band Kagnee this time and another one we recorded in that barn near Wigan, if you've read the earlier post that will make sense.

As you'd expect if you've heard any other Kagnee …

That's One Funky Monkey!!

Hey folks, sorry it's been a while since my last update. I've not been too well lately and I've also been very busy but I'm back now with a new track for you anyway

As I've mentioned a few times I really do love to play pretty much any style of music and I certainly …

Sit-coms and Reality

Here's another acoustic track for you to have a listen to. It's also another one I recorded while in France a couple of years back. It's a simple arrangement with just 2 acoustic guitars and a vocal but when I wrote the song it just seemed like the sort of thing best …

I Ain't No Tommy Lee

Hey folks, another track for you to wrap your ears around. I've gone for something quite old this time, it's my old band Kagnee. I played bass and did some singing in the band along with various other things. We were a good band I thought but possibly lacking some …

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't?

Well, hot on the heels of the first track the other day I've got another one for you. It's just a quick acoustic thing this time though and it's a cover of an old Jazz/Blues tune by Louis Jordan, "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't?" ... my baby Shocking grammar I know but a …

Is This Thing On?

Hi folks, welcome to my new music blog. I've been a musician since I was young and I play a few different instruments, some well, some not so well. Anyway, I've been recording stuff in my home studio for years and record production is a big passion of mine. I thought …

Some Music To Get Us Started

Well this is it the first track for this new blog/podcast or whatever it is, maybe I could call it a blogcast. Too much? Anyway, this is a track most of you who know me will already know pretty well. It's called "Truth" and it's quite an old tune. I first wrote it years …

I'm on Last FM!! Cool or what? :)

Hey folks I'm now on Last FM, I'm really chuffed. I'm rubbing shoulders with all my heroes... haha ok ok maybe not but it's a start isn't it. Check out my artist page here - http://www.last.fm/music/Sonic+Real+Estate

If you're a musician or record label you can …

Slight blog hickup, normal service has been resumed ;)

I merged this music blog with my computer/tech blog by accident earlier today. I have removed the tech blog now though so this should just be about music again sorry :) This blog was flooded with tech stories earlier today which may have confused some people but normal …

Windows Source Code Leaked

A quick look a some of the leaked Windows source code confirms all our suspicions about how seriously Microsoft take software quality. This article is very interesting. I'm sure a lot of the comments in this code were never meant to see the light of day. There's no …

You call that unlimited??!!!

I received an email this morning about a petition to stop broadband companies calling their products unlimited when they're not. It's a subject close to my heart after my experiences with Tiscali lately.

I bought an "unlimited" broadband package from them last September …

Rolling On Rails

I've been a web developer for a few years now, some of the time professionally, sometimes as slave labour and others just for fun. I always like to try my hand at new technologies. I've tried all kinds down the years: ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, Perl CGI scripting... …