Music has been in my veins since the earliest days of my African childhood, and I was brought up with tribal rhythms as an everyday soundtrack to my life. My father's love of jazz, brass and big band music also soaked in. And my travels to 75 countries have served to further infuse me with a gumbo soup of 'world' music. Sounds and ideas without borders.

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I've played in a bunch of bands that have been frankly robbed by the Grammy Awards committee, including The Eggbeats, Sunday Drivers, and The Steaming Latrines.(The background pic here is playing with guitarist Joe Cummins and the Heart band at CheckInn 99, Bangkok.)

 

These days, even as I toy around with a couple of side projects Gypsies in the Penthouse (Afro-Latin world fusion), and The Saigon Cowboys (country rock with a twist), I consider myself more a songwriter than a performer. 

 

I've written somewhere around 200 songs (many more if you count the box of songs and snippets I lost in a car fire). I was lucky to be signed by Warner Publishing in 1997 but it's fair to say I have commercially underachieved to date. But the next song is always going to be the best one, the big breakthrough! Right?

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​Below is a small selection of song demos which I'm happy for artists to consider using. I'm also very happy to talk about collaborating with musicians, locally or internationally, because I have a million lyric and melody ideas I'd love to explore further to bring them to life. Just email me or hit me up via Insta or FB.

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(I've been on many sides of the music business, having interviewed and written about artists such as Paul Kelly, REM, Bic Runga, etc.If Oz Rock is more your speed, try my offical biography of chart-toppers Mental as Anything, Started Out Just Drinking Beer.)