Every Song

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. 3 months. 54 episodes. 120 songs. If my math is correct (which it rarely ever is). This here is the season finale of the first season of Every Song. Oh, how very fitting that I am once again, sick for the very last episode and my nose is so stuffy yet runny and...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. This is the second to last episode of the first season. The song I’m going to play today is called The Last Melody. I initially thought to play this as the last song of the last episode tomorrow because the title would be fitting, but I decided against it. I di...

Welcome, you are listening to Evey Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. This is a song I wrote to manifest better love in my life. Wait, I hate that word “manifest”. It sounds so woo-woo. Basically, this is a song I wrote after my horribly horrendous first relationship ended, which went on for 6 or so years. I wrote this as I imagin...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. I am lumping these two songs I’m going to play today because they are ones that were prompted by my mate Peter. Not exactly co-wrote because we didn’t write these songs together. I just got ideas for these songs from a couple of riffs he played to me in passing...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. This episode is about my late friend, Fiso Tanuvasa. He passed away in 2014. Fiso and I met when we were 9 years old at St. Joseph’s primary school, Onehunga, 2001. And we were friends right until the end. I don’t even know what else to say. This song came abou...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. Here are a couple of songs I wrote on the ukulele when I first got one. I think I got it for Christmas or at least around Christmas of 2009. The first song for today is one that (I’m pretty sure) is about the guy I talked about on episode 17, the song called Of...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. This is a song I wrote it just a few months ago as a songwriting exercise when I was trying to get myself out of a funk with writing and composition. It wasn’t a complete writer’s block since every now and then I had ideas for lines of lyrics and melodies, but...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. This is The Boy From Waiuku. 080612 The Boy From Waiuku Looking in front of the mirror Knowing that I am alone Today is just simply clearer Not minding that I’m flying solo And I want to be free So, just leave me be And I’m going to let go So I can rock n roll...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. The couple of songs I’m going to play today are both songwriting exercises. Therefore they are not about any one pers on in particular. For the most part, they are thematically inspired by the general emotions I felt during these events, but pulled from interac...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. It’s a beautiful day today here in Melbourne .. It’s allegedly set to be 30 degrees later in the arvo. That is my jam. I thrive in the heat and shrivel up in the winter. Anything colder than 25 degrees is freeeeezing to me. So, I’m quite happy about that but it...

Every Song 42 Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. Oh my God. I’ve been feeling incredibly run down lately. I’ve gotten sick again. This time between the move plus I got my period at the same bloody time and it’s been rough. I feel like I’ve been sick a lot this year and I only usually get sick li...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behidn them. Here’s a song I wrote when I was 15, called Run. 060917 Run What did I tell you ‘bout it now Didn’t I tell you to forget I have every reason to let you go One thing I do remember now Is what this b******t’s all about I’m all out of reason to let you know That/C...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. In today’s episode I have a couple of sad songs to play. Boohoo… This first one is called The Remedy, written on the 9th of September 2008. 080909 The Remedy Have you ever been so unhappy You’ve felt paralysed Have you ever been so angry That you could kill the...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. In this episode I’m playing three songs that I wrote within just a few days of each other. Similar to last week’s episode 34. And also similarly to another bunch of songs, episode 15, to be precise, I will play these songs back to back. These three songs just c...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. The songs for today are ones I wrote and dedicated to one day putting money where my mouth is and actually moving! I woke up today in a brand new country. I actually did it. We flew into Naarm from Tāmaki Makaurau last night to live here somewhat permanently. I...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. The first song today is called Solution - Conclusions. I wrote this on the 7th of March 2007. 070307 Solution - Conclusions Once again I fail To hide but you can tell That I’ve outdone myself With bidding you farewell Oh sure you want to hear The reasons why bu...

Every Song 36 Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. This first song is one I wrote about the feeling of guilt when you end it with someone, even though you know it was the right thing to do. It’s actually about the same person that the first song in episode 10 was about, Patch Up a Friendship. It’s...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. This is a one-song episode. Keeping it short and simple today because I’ve still got so much to do with moving admin and I’m running around like a headless chicken these days. Here is a song I wrote during the Covid lockdown of August 2020. It’s about (how do I...

Every Song 34 Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behidn them. I’ve got three songs I want to play today. I wrote them all within a few days of each other at the start of 2007. Let’s start with this one. It’s called Trust, written on the 1st of January 2007. The first day of the new year. 070101 Trust Remembe...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. Now, I am about 2 weeks or so behind on my scheduled posting because it’s been hectic planning moving overseas, getting our affairs in order and such as. But I managed to find some time this afternoon after work and now I’m recording this episode. For today, I’...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. Here’s a song I wrote when I was 13 called Take Me Away. 040900 Take Me Away It’s funny how we should find ourselves Still tied up in sorrow When we could dry our tears And stand while we wait for tomorrow, oh You’ve got the best of me Take me away, take me awa...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. Here’s a song I wrote in my sleep, literally. It’s called Dammit Joanna, written on the 21st of June 2020. 200621 Dammit Joanna Dammit Joanna Your words are like stars Floating in galaxies Light years afar And if he ever listened enough He would crumble in tear...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs that I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. Got another special one going on today. In this episoide I am going to be sharing some songs I wrote during my time at music school, some written with others in a band and some written for my solo assignments. So, let’s time travel again. Back 12 years ago...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. This episode I am going to be playing two songs that serve as companion pieces to each other. They are called Fool and Fooled Again. The titles already say as much, I suppose. The first on, Fool is about sex and the sexual awakening as a young adult. I wrote it...

Welcome, you are listening to Every Song. A series where I play songs I’ve written throughout the years and share the stories behind them. Here is another song about being friendzoned. In the late 90’s and early 2000’s there was a lot of tv shows, movies, songs, books that applied the narrative of unrequited love within the context of friendships or friendships that had underpinning themes of roma...