HexyMusic

The latest tune before heading over to the UK. It's got a good feel to it and with a bit of work might end up quite good.

It's only the first demo, the drums were recorded last, of all things... so its a little out of sync. There was supposed to be a new recording of it by Christmas 2000. Unfortunately, me being in England and my gear in New Zealand makes it a little hard :)

This is a very short acoustic demo. It was just a spur of the moment recording and came out really well. Its nice to listen to and there will definitely be a full length song written with it.

This song was written right after splitting up a quite serious relationship, it's quite personal, but not necessarily the way I feel now.

It's the only song with lyrics I've recorded and they need some work, but it's okay for a listen as well.

The second song written with "The Harry's" for the '97 Smokefree Rockquest. This is a more casual song, with some good steady riffs. It's also got to be one of my favourite feel-good drumming songs when playing it. It just gels.

It also has a proper lead solo, as opposed to the other crap that I spit out... when my fingers didn't work properly.

The Harry's were: - Taui Edmonds (vocals) - Luke Nutley (guitar) - Tony Bryson (bass) - Myself (drums)

This version is instrumental only and was recorded by multi-track years after leaving school.

This was the first ambitious song written while in a band called "The Harry's" at Western Heights High School for the '97 Smokefree Rockquest. The guitar is a little bit inspired by Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello as were the lyrics.

The lyrics (now lost in time somewhere) were based on the old skit "There's a fly in my soup!" and were rapped by lead singer and legend Taui Edmonds. I wish I had a recording with the lyrics, they were really funny.

The Harry's were: - Taui Edmonds (vocals) - Luke Nutley (guitar) - Tony Bryson (bass) - Myself (drums)

This version is instrumental only and was recorded by multi-track years after leaving school.

NB: There is actually no lead solo in this song... if you think you hear something on this track slightly resembling one, you are obviously crazy O_o

This song is nice and BOPPY. Its just got a steady 16beat rhythm and with a more powerful recording would be damned cool...

There has been a lot of good support for this song, so download it and have a listen.

This is the first real demo of 'the fly' and 'the devil may care' back-to-back, but has no bass guitar. Its a lot slower than the current version and is therefore quite interesting to compare.