Song suggestion update Following some really interesting comments and suggestions regarding which song from 'The Tramp: The Music of Robert Aitken’ I should submit for the Vanda and Young song competition, I found the responses, regarding not only the music but lyric content, interesting and insightful with the following front-runners: the self-demanding tale in 'Hold [...]
Tiger Dreaming
So, which song should I choose?
onHello all, a couple of days to go before I upload my choice for the Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition. At the moment front runners are 'Beast Blues' and 'Cottage by the Sea' so I've decided to submit both, which means I'll be donating $100 to a great cause - unless any others come up [...]
So, which song should I choose?
onI have decided to donate $50 to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia. Well actually, to the Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition to be exact. APRA AMCOS, of which I'm a proud member, tell us this is the world's most prestigious songwriting competition; 'It aims to support talented songwriters while raising much-needed funds for not-for-profit organisation [...]
Inspiration
onHere comes another day, and it’s hauntingly familiar. She left without a word, there's not much one can say.
So, what happened next?
onSince its release in February 2017, many responses I have received from happy readers of The Tramp have been encouraging, flattering — even inspirational (ego-busting, my wife suggests). From the music's perspective, listeners have commented that the thirteen songs on the CD take on a completely different meaning once one has read the story — [...]
Tiger Dreaming 