It has been quite an exciting month here, with the launch of the Haunted Cowboy Sounds album, as well as its companion album, The Wanderer EP (7 Classic Country Songs). Thankfully, the excitement continued this week as The Set…
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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…
Read moreHaunted Cowboy Sounds: How Dreams Inspire Songs
“Day turned to night. Night became years. She came with the rain. She washed over me”
For the past few albums, I have been focused on telling stories based on the feelings in and around falling in love; it’s…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreThe Robotanist Track 11: Five Part Heart
"Well, I have a big heart... I bought it at the dollar store..."
The Robotanist album was written, recorded and mixed. A release date was set and the tracks were being moved to Bandcamp and the online distributors. Everything…
Read moreMy Best Friend B Track 3: Peanut Butter Hair
"There Was a Girl with Peanut Butter Hair..."
If I had to choose a favourite song that I have written and recorded, I would have to say that Peanut Butter Hair from the My Best Friend B (Songs for Kids…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreWho 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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