And it has landed, my new record. It's hard to explain the excitement of seeing a project through from start to finish. I often wonder if all artists feel the same? There are many battles getting to this point - especially the songs left out. I have some which I will now have to record separately - next project I guess. Of course that is if I can get over the 'impostor syndrome' - which is another artistic condition. Will anyone like it; it's rubbish why will anyone like; I'll cancel the launch because no one will come anyway... sounds a bit crazy I know but its an honest assessment when completing an artistic effort. If you would like to hear the first track just click on here - just me and my guitar in a single take, can't get any simpler: Fairground

Fairground: Brighton’s seafront (where I live now) offers an amazing juxtaposition between the carnivalesque Palace Pier and the crumbling wreck of the West Pier, where the endless possibilities of a fickle world become compressed in the smell, the sound, the sight and the invitation to take the plunge into a wild swim of life. Composed during the Covid lockdown period when the streets and beach were empty, the song is about confronting the fragility of health and well-being – and the cure and solace that love and friendship can bring to a troubled soul - well that's how it felt at the time. The ghost train’s asleep, there’s no lights on the carousel and the fairground’s been closed all year...