These are demos of my current work, created to document and assess musical ideas, and to help decide what to work on next.

The song titles are links to the lyrics, the dates are when I wrote them, and in parentheses, the recording presented.

1: Help 12/13/24 (12/19/24)

2: Dirty Work 11/26/24 (11/28/24)

3: In or Out About You 12/2/24 (12/3/24)

4: Compass Rose 11/23/24 (11/23/24)

5: I Wonder 12/22/24 (12/23/24)

6: Make You Sunshine 12/26/24 (12/28/24)

7: Love Is Warming (Kittens Are Fuzzy) 12/2/24 (12/3/24)

8: Funerals 12/8/24 (12/8/24)

9: Secret Code 12/5/24 (12/5/24)

10: Strangers 12/9/24 (12/9/24)

11: Talk to Your Girl 12/26/24 (12/26/24)

12: I Was Alone 12/26/24 (1/4/25)

13: Someone Like You 12/2/24 (12/4/24)

14: A Fire 12/15/24 (12/17/24)

15: So This Is Mary 12/26/24 (12/26/24)

16: Shots and Yachts 12/9/24 (12/12/24)

17: Accomplished (A.F.) 12/28/24

Technically, a "demo" is either a rough idea for a song brought to band practice, or a home-made or low-budget recording submitted to a record company. These lie somewhere in between, since I have neither a band nor a record company.

© Huw Powell
humanthoughts.org

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