FADED - His Mother's Son (single, 2024)

I spent a few days studying Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band for this one - “more Hovis” was the call!

Brass band music tugs at the heart strings of every Northern lad and lass, so diving into that music to see how it ticks taught me that no set of articulations available (in any software, anywhere) can truly get anywhere close to an ensemble of that level of skill, and nuance.

But, we tried, and in the middle of the song, you might catch a sense of the music that echoed through the streets of the English North in the previous century. Two world wars leaves its mark, and then… Thatcher. So, this is a minor tribute to their resilience.

• Piano, string arrangement
• Editing
• Mixing
• Mastering
• Production

From the forthcoming album, “Found Sound”