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Haunted Cowboy Sounds: The Instrumentals

"Sometimes we don't need words to express ourselves..."

- The Robotanist

 

As a singer-songwriter, it had never really occurred to me in my almost 30-years of songwriting to create an instrumental song for an album. After all, as a musical…

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The Story Behind The Wanderer EP

“On a lonely dusty trail 

Walks a lonely broken soul 

He’s so far from home 

     There’s nowhere left to go…” 

 

For those of you that know me personally or follow along regularly on Instagram and the other social media channels…

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Creating the Haunted Cowboy Sounds Cover Art

Album titles, and album covers… Along with the actual writing and recording of music, creating the titles and covers are two of my favourite things about the process. It’s a fantastic way to add a little personality to a project…

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Haunted Cowboy Sounds Track 2: Candace

“This old tree reminds me of, 

    A love we used to share. 

You had to go, 

    I know that now...” 

 

Ah, Candace… Honestly, probably my favourite song off the Haunted Cowboy Sounds album, that’s why I wanted to include…

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The Story Behind the Haunted Cowboy Sounds Album

Introducing Haunted Cowboy Sounds - A 10-song collection of sadly-optimistic indie folk songs, exploring the highs and lows of love. The uplifting feeling of finding love - the heartbreak of saying goodbye. 

 

If you have been following along on my…

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The Robotanist Track 6: Wednesday Song

This song holds a special place in my heart - it was written with a very kind-hearted friend in mind, and Wednesday Song marks the first time I have written and recorded an instrumental song. It came about quite by…

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Who or What is The Robotanist?

“Whatever it is going to be, it becomes that.” - George Harrison in Get Back 

 

It is a question I am often asked, and it is a question I will never tire of answering. Who, or what, is a Robotanist…

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What is Sadly-Optimistic Indie Folk?

Ah, labels. We all do it. I think it helps us to keep things sorted in our mind if we can put things into certain categories. That’s especially true for music. From an industry perspective, labelling music as a certain…

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Welcome to The Blog

Howdy!

 

Well, if you made it this far, you have made my day. Seriously, you have - thank you. Welcome to the first post on The Blog.

 

As some of you already know, for almost 30 years now, I have…

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