Malcolm Middleton - Red Travellin' Socks - One Track Mind

I have listened to Malcolm Middleton's "Red Travellin' Socks" 10 times since finding it on One Track Mind yesterday (the track is streaming now and you can download it too!) I can fall in love with all kinds of tracks but there is something about Summer and high energy, up tempo tracks that just changes my attitude and puts me in a great mood.

I checked out Malcolm's site last night - a former member of Arab Strap - his new album Waxing Gibbous was released on June 1; he's an interesting character and he's Scottish too- what's not to like!?

I've got a number of posts up my sleeve about the process of finding new music - more on that another time -but I do recommend One Track Mind. Not quite sure how I came across them - probably twitter - but their approach appeals to how I see music discovery going forward. I like how they've set up their site and the review process is super easy - good execution all round.

---------------- Now playing: Malcolm Middleton - Red Travellin' Socks via One Track Mind

Emma - 20 minutes 4 seconds

Piano track written for a friend who was fighting cancer at the time .

For Emma who fought the Blowfish and won.

This piano track was written to give Emma something to listen to while dealing with the chemo crap. After a while I did a second piece for her based on her "numbers" - although I gotta say - this is my favorite. Emma is a remarkable women; her battle with cancer was picked up by BBC Radio Solent and run as part of their 100 Lives project. This article tells Emma's story better than I can - check it out.

She is another of my favorite people and her brother's not bad either!

---------------- Now playing: music2work2 - Emma via music2work2

Victoria - 7 minutes 15 seconds

Sisters rock and Victoria Richardson rocks more than most...

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Written for my sister Victoria's 40th, this starts out as a very delicate, almost melancholic piece and turns into something rather beautiful. The major melody at 4:50 is sung in my head as 4 distinct notes: "Vic-to...-ri-a."

Happy Birthday Vic - remember any of these...?

Standing up for me when I was being bullied
Letting me hang out with your cool friends
Dancing In the gay bars in Glasgow
Establishing whether people cook Turkey or not
The attic in Germany – the poor people –
The leaning bloody tower of Piza!
The artist vs. business
The "Fuck You Forehead"
Paris
T In the Park
Meeting Wendi
Hearing about Dan
Meeting Dan
Meeting Callum
Meeting Charlotte

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Victoria is part of The Thinker's Playlist.