This should be required reading for everyone in branding world. When it comes to the problem of purpose, nobody is more clear-sighted and compelling than Nick

The Road to Hell is... open for pre-orders!

Out on 13th May.

Cover by David Pearson

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Final cover for Graham Caveney’s The Body in the Library.
Published in May by Peninsula Press.
Art direction by Samuel Fisher.

Finally got round to this. Such a great conversation. Talking Scared is a treasure

Here's a lovely 1935 cartoon that somehow matches a song by me and Kate van der Borgh. We talk about it in our latest post, pondering whether the seven basic plots have something to do with it. And we get into Rachmaninoff, Radiohead and Horace Walpole's idea of serendipity.

And a fourth song to add: Songbird, a sad-happy song about love lost and found again. I love the high-flying harmonies and simple bass / finger-clicks in this one, c/o Kate van der Borgh

Set to scenes from The Song of the Bird (Max Fleischer, 1935)

Lyrics:

Songbird,
singing as I

Latest from Songwritings – a song I wrote, reinvented with high-flying harmonies by Kate van der Borgh and set to a lovely and appropriate 1935 cartoon by Max Fleischer.

It is frankly scary how Nick manages to hit the bullseye every single time

Working with Nick Asbury on Songwritings has been such a highlight of this year. Delighted that there'll be more to come in 2024. Books and songs forever 🥳

🥳 love this mention

To which naked mole rat do I apply for this job

Sunday read/listen: a song by me and Kate van der Borgh and a conversation about corporate purpose, tortured artists, tortured commuters and the Red Hand Files.
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Another post from Songwritings! I so loved recording I Delight In You, a song so full of heart ❤️ Great to chat about it (and life and work and many other things) with Nick Asbury

So happy to share our latest song! The arrangement started out as a bit of a joke and then at some point I realised I was obsessed with it. To the heart machine!

Tempting

I am howling

Oof

Formative