< originally posted to my music blog - 30/11/08 >

Hey folks, been a while since my last update and things have been hectic as ever but I’m back with something a little different for you this time. It’s a theme tune I wrote for my cousin’s new podcast. He’s just started a podcast with a friend which is very loosely about tea and the title of the show is “Fancy A Brew”. On listening to the first episode I noticed they had no theme music, it was sometime around then that this funny little ditty appeared and lodged itself in my brain. I had to get it out so decided to record and send it to the guys on the off chance they might find a use for it.

It’s only very short and it’s meant to be a bit funny and memorable as an intro for the show. It has a bit of a bluesy or ragtime feel to it I think and I attempted to sing a bit like Noel Coward for the full “I say, we’re British and we drink tea old boy” effect The instrumentation and recording process were not particularly exciting or exotic, it was just performed live in my studio on the acoustic guitar and all recorded with one mic. I often do separate guitar and vocal tracks even on demos but this was all just one mic in the room and I think it works pretty well, this was the first take and ended up being the best in my opinion.

It’s only short at 35ish seconds but I wanted share it with all of you as I found it quite amusing and fun to record, the whole thing came out of nowhere but then I suppose the best things always do. You can check out the podcast here if you’re interested and I hope you enjoy the song. As always comments and constructive criticism are more than welcome so feel free to post any thoughts about the tune you may have.

I hope to be back with some new music for you before Christmas so till then take care of yourselves and I’ll see you very soon

Dan