Ballard

I won a raffle a few weeks ago; two prizes with three tickets. A crate of Stella (which I don’t really like) and some sort of duck-shaped sponge were my prizes. It cost me £1, which I’m sure you’ll agree is quite a result. But I can do better than that.

How about some free music? No conditions whatsoever, completely free. You don’t even have to join my mailing list, although I’d love it if you did. Joining that list tells me you like what I do and want to be told as soon as I’ve got more material available.

So what am I giving away? Well, for starters there’s an album I recorded some time between 2001 and 2002, called Two Years Without Oxygen and was the first album I actually cared about enough to have some proper artwork and a printed CD. It’s not perfect but it serves as a good indication of where I was musically at the time.

Pagan Wanderer Lu

Also free is a song called Good Christian Bad Christian. It’s a cover version and was originally written and performed by an artist called Pagan Wanderer Lu. He used to play a lot in my home town and I always liked how he stood apart from every other band. I watched him perform this song one night on his own, just a drum machine, a sequencer and him, and realised how great it would be if it were recorded with more of a band setting. Good songs normally sound good whatever the setting and I think this one is no exception.

Both freebies are available in the music section. Please do let me know if you enjoy them.

Darren