Monday 27 November 2017

NO SONG ATTACHED

Reflecting the chosen title for some of the work I do i.e SONGS AND IMAGES FROM GLASGOW HAIDA GWAII AND IN- BETWEEN perhaps the emphasis has been too much on the songs and not enough on the images Although I have used copies of my paintings and photographs on the sleeves of the various CD's which are now out there

The image below appeared this morning as I was sorting out some computer files It was taken from the window of my hotel room on waking one morning in Canada a long time ago now Another photograph I took at the same time has been used on my web site at http://www.sheilakcameron.com/id102.html 

And the one below evoked such memories of my time in Canada I felt impelled - and entirely for my own very personal reasons - to use it in this post And it is something of a relief to say it has nothing whatsoever to do with a song


Friday 10 November 2017

FOR AS LONG AS IT LASTED

When Iain Anderson featured me as songwriter of the week on his BBC Scotland Radio Show in August this year it went to my head And it stayed there And while it was there I told him he had got me believing I was a song writer


Iain Anderson
I have explained this before It's not that I don't know that I write songs but thinking of myself as a song writer is something 'other'

Something other could have been the title of this post

Anyway, while it lasted, I was what he said I was That could also have been the title for this post i.e I was what he said I was

However, this morning on waking early with a need to write these words (and yesterday having sent him one of my latest songs) I realised that what had gone to my head seemed to have gone elsewhere

Where it is I have no idea and although I had enjoyed it being there - very much - I now intend to enjoy what I was before it went there i.e someone who, along with what else I am and do - writes songs

The link to the Iain Anderson Show is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hkv

The link to the song I sent to the Iain Anderson Show is
https://sheilakcameron.bandcamp.com/track/all-you-really-need-is-the-sea

PS The laid back vocal in the sent song is rather quaky but the track does benefit greatly from the delicate arrangement by John Saich and Mags Russell of Wild Biscuit Music And it would be good if what the track lacks does not get in the way of what it also offers The song was written and recorded by me sometime around a stay on the Island of Tiree in the summer of 2017

Wednesday 8 November 2017

BROKEN BITS

This morning I came across the song on You Tube about a bad girl who gets shown the door and finds refuge as a blackbird in a doorless nest 
I'd forgotten about it - but not about bad girls with broken bits So here's to them and wha's like us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF9D6tAdKCc

Saturday 4 November 2017

ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS THE SEA

Following on from the previous post is news of the song All You Really Need is the Sea 
It can now be heard on Bandcamp at https://sheilakcameron.bandcamp.com/track/all-you-really-need-is-the-sea

And there is a bit more about it in the next post 

Thursday 2 November 2017

IS THIS THE ONE TO GO WITH THE ONE THAT MAY BE THE ONE

The title of the post refers to the image I am using for a song which is on the way to being mastered and made ready to be heard

I did like the song when I first recorded it as a song (it had previously been recorded as a spoken word track) but now that it has been arranged by John Saich and Mags Russell of Wild Biscuit Music I love it 
Its much easier to love a track that is not all ones own

As they have done with other songs of mine Wild Biscuit have made it so much more than it was and made it sound exactly as I had wanted it to sound
In some ways it is hardly there at all - which might make more sense after it has been listened to

And as it approaches being heard by others I am wondering if I will care how it is responded to Today, I don't think I will care at all - although that might change

What I can say is that when it gets to the last few notes I am pleased to have heard it Such responses have led me to question whether this is the closest I have yet come to writing a 'good' song 

But that is a question for another day


The link to the Wild Biscuit Music site is www.wildbiscuit.com  When the song is ready to be heard it will be made available on Bandcamp and elsewhere and news of that happening will be posted on this site 

Wednesday 1 November 2017

THE FEET HAVE BEEN REFRESHED

On a recent visit to the CAVA STUDIOS GLASGOW the track FEET FEET FEET was given some additional beef by FRASER SPIERS and BRIAN YOUNG 
It was mastered by GEOFF ALLAN and the fresher version can be heard on Bandcamp at https://sheilakcameron.bandcamp.com/track/feet-feet-feet