This is a work tape of version 2, based on some feedback from here on Frettie on the work tape of version 1 - I'd be interested to know if I managed to make it better and captured what the feedback intended The original is at http://frettie.com/track_detail/1695

Title, then chorus, then thought that it would sound like a guy keeping in the "friend zone" to end up here, and did not want that - realized then that as a duet it told the story I had in mind. Only me singing both parts in this work tape

A lightly comedic song that I hope puts a smile on folks' faces - in keeping with this year's "write 'em and demo 'em without spending ages polishing what's just a demo", here is Pinball Machine!

Took the expression "Does what it says on the tin" and reversed it, thinking about how addictions of all sorts promise something but never deliver. Recorded in rougher form.

When I was appalled that the US would withdraw from various climate accords - I wondered what kind of message we were sending to the generations who were to follow. This one recorded in rougher form.

One of two tracks written about becoming a naturalized American citizen in 2017.

I always find writing verses harder than choruses... and I realized how this is like the weekends (choruses) being fun, and the weekdays (verses) hard work, so wrote this song about that!

My Celtic background shows in the guitar sounds in this one, with a folk/rock kind of feel. The song was once again about loss, and accepting the passing of time. Session singer used on this one.

I like electronic / instrumental music too, and this one is something of a cross-over with various synth sounds having inspired and shaped it.