” Radio Owlsnest Episode 25 “
Please join me my feathered OwlHeads for another hour of random nonsense and mayhem. We’re coming towards the end of season two, can you bloody believe it? This songwriter’s podcast was just supposed to be one show… I’m sure you hoped it would be; but alas I’m here to play more rare demos from my vintage song archives.
I’ll be spinning a very early demo that reflects upon the perils of seeking success in the ‘City of Angels’ (Los Angeles), where the bright lights can quickly turn into dark shadows. I had a glimpse of that when I first arrived in LA and hung out at a party frequented by members of a great soul band I worshiped … the incredible ‘Rufus’.
I’ll be stripping off ‘naked’ - (psychologically that is) … when I play you a brand new song right at the beginning of it’s very creation. Warts and all! Funny that still, after all these years of professional songwriting - playing a new idea can prompt a nervous breakdown! We artists are so bloody fragile!
And I’ll alight upon a fascinating occurrence when an original rough 16 track demo I’d written and recorded with the great Paul Young in my home studio, was transferred in its entirety to a 24 track in a professional Hollywood studio and became the total and absolute untouched finished MASTER on one of his successful solo albums produced by Don Was - a bit of slight of hand going on here folks - a true story of the pauper really becoming the prince,(musically that is!). Promoting the question …When is a demo a master and when is a master a demo … confusingly, hopefully all will be revealed.
I’ll be releasing the ‘Kraken’ with an 8O’s flashback track… beware!
Our office mascot cat - the black ‘tuxedo’ existential philosopher ‘Bootsie’ will answer a distraught Japanese fan’s nagging question about pursuing a career in Karaoke?
Haven’t we all desired at one time in our lives, to be a karaoke superstar …? Usually for me, it’s when I’m in the shower.
I’ll also play a brand new solo track that contains many personal references… memories of my grandmother Vera come to the fore.
So throw caution to the wind ‘thy noble OwlHeads’, - be brave - and let yourselves be entertained for a wee hour in a most unconventional way.
Glad to have you along for this very bumpy ride
Martin
