Songwriting at speed...

It was certainly a record for me - a song that hadn't existed even in my head at lunchtime on Monday had been written and performed by the end of that evening! Naturally it's been fiddled with a good deal since then, as is my wont - and as should be the wont of any serious songwriter - but it was satisfying and a useful exercise to get something out there so speedily. The reactions of the discerning listeners at the Old Anchor session in Abingdon at such an early stage in the song's life were also very helpful in terms of the subsequent revisions I've made to it. And now, at 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning, I can say - though not with 100% certainty, admittedly - that I've just put the finishing touches to it and will have a go at recording it later today. I'm playing at the open mic at Joules Yard in Market Harborough on Thursday, so maybe I'll give the (possibly) finished number another airing then. Or maybe I won't ... Who knows? Depends on how intrepid I'm feeling and how friendly the crowd seems...

Speaking of Joules Yard, I'm playing a 40-minute set there on 4 October, at one of Bob Renwick's Friday evening 'Early Doors' sessions from 6 to 8 pm.

And the Hillingdon fundraiser for the Women's Centre that I mentioned previously will be at Brunel University on Saturday 28 September, with me and Lara A King doing a song swap evening, singing everything from comic to serious songs, with a few parodies thrown in for good measure! More details to follow...

And so to bed. After one more play of the new song, that is...