I was a 'would be' singer from early on and started to perform in public (first miming to records as a comedy act and then singing) from the age of 18 in the 50's. I sang and accompanied myself with guitar as a solo act initially and then as well as part of a duo and then a trio until the mid 80's, though I never played in a band per se. I performed until I was in my early fifties and then never sang a note until three years ago, when my son bought me a Mac with built in Garageband and the bug bit me again. I have come to know that with age the voice does deteriorate and especially so when it's not used regularly; though I'm pleased that although it will never be what it once was, it has definitely improved since I took up singing and playing again on line. Even so, I sometimes have to wait a few days until my voice is better suited for certain songs. Also having performed most of my adult life for all kinds of people in all kinds of venues, I had to sing whatever suited the audience at the time, which has left me swapping various genres as the moment takes me, song-wise. Until my re-emergence I had previously only written two songs; one in my teens and the other in my 30's, so when I began posting on line, is when I began writing my own material seriously.
Performing on line though really woke me up to the fact that it's not good enough to be able to perform, but we also have to be a kind of 'technician' in order to mix/ record etc. and it's been quite an eye-opener for me; in fact I admit I have a very long way to go in that respect.
Having joined iCompostions I hope you will enjoy my music as much as I'm sure I will enjoy listening to others here.

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Wishing 'Merry Christmas'	Holiday	Dec 17, 2011	210
The Merriest Christmas	Holiday	Dec 17, 2011	130
Carina	Ambient	Nov 12, 2011	144
Autumn Calls	Latin	Oct 3, 2011	178
Breakin' Barriers	Rock	Sep 20, 2011	144
You and You Alone (Bossa)	Latin	Sep 5, 2011	242
Home Today	Other	Aug 13, 2011	173
Is Anybody There	Other	Aug 2, 2011	166
Every Time	Other	Jul 16, 2011	282
Love is Comin'	Jazz	Jul 1, 2011	145
Always be Me and You	Other	Jun 26, 2011	212
I Think of You	Other	May 7, 2011	203
Gypsy Lady	Latin	Apr 23, 2011	286
Christmas, Christmas.	Holiday	Dec 12, 2010	317
A Beautiful Sky	Other	Nov 2, 2010	239
The Time Has Come	Blues	Sep 9, 2010	258
Another Golden Autumn	Other	Aug 31, 2010	299
Dream Train	Rock	Aug 9, 2010	555
My Yiddishe Momma	Pop	Aug 3, 2010	364
Love, Love.	Latin	Jul 26, 2010	411
A Soldier's Dream of Home	Classical	Jun 23, 2010	304
It's The Wond'rin'	R&B	Jun 14, 2010	933
Sea of Life	Pop	Jun 1, 2010	341
Just Smile	Pop	May 17, 2010	273
Come Back Billie	R&B	May 10, 2010	287
Lovely Summer Days	R&B	May 3, 2010	539
You And You Alone	Other	Apr 21, 2010	406
It Can Bite	Comedy	Apr 15, 2010	436
Here Again	Jazz	Apr 8, 2010	385
Hands Up All	R&B	Mar 30, 2010	855
The Hardest Thing	Blues	Mar 19, 2010	417
A Beautiful World	Pop	Mar 3, 2010	262
Come	Latin	Feb 24, 2010	474
Just What Kind Of Magic	Latin	Jan 3, 2010	427
If There Are Angels	Holiday	Dec 24, 2009	547

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
JACARANDA	Pop	Jun 26, 2011	311
Lookin Up	Latin	May 15, 2011	366
The Letter (with Moviz)	Blues	Feb 26, 2011	345
For You, For Me, Forevermore (collab w/ Moviz)	Latin	Jun 23, 2010	402
Willow Weep For Me - collab w/moviz and awigze	Blues	Jun 13, 2010	533

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Inherited Ways	brewchugger	Alternative	203
Take, Take, Take	brewchugger	Alternative	157
Positura Textus (formation structure)	A1K3M1	Other	217
Only by Night [Lost My Mind]	pharmakeus [+1]	Rock	223
Straight In To Me	brewchugger	Alternative	177
Moon Story	LaFayette	Other	406
O Mia Bambbino Caro	TheTiler	Classical	139
Undercover Blown - TV/Film Cue	PaulWilkins	New Age	273
Tomorrows Just Another Day...	RedthruNthru [+2]	R&B	598
4_Axelbreeze_maschine 70bpm_discodub	A1K3M1	Electronica	180
Baby Baby All The Time	Vixen [+1]	Jazz	552
VANILLA STRUT	KCsGROOVE [+1]	Funk	557
Silver Wings	brewchugger	Alternative	218
I CAN'T FIND A WAY	SISTERS	Alternative	248
Everything Will Pass	AnangaRanga [+2]	Folk	451
Brunfelsia (kiss-me-quick)	A1K3M1	Funk	505
The Bird Of Paradise V	Narananda	Ambient	185
Funny how time slips away (W Nelson Cover)	jibes	Pop	742
The Bird Of Paradise III	Narananda	Ambient	230
Drive These Blues Away - Remastered	Olivia_dancedivine	Rock	444
VENTO DI CITTA' ( wind of city © 1996)	CharlyDeeCynthius [+3]	Pop	478
It Has Come (with instrumental backing)	MikeHuntingford	Pop	186
Was macht der Herr da bei Fräulein Gerda	dirigent	A Cappella	597
Maria Elena (Second Version)	TheTiler	Jazz	248
It Has Come	MikeHuntingford	Ambient	204
Do I Move You?	Vixen [+1]	Blues	911
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan	Vixen [+1]	Rock	955
You're The One	RedthruNthru [+1]	Folk	659
Exotic Dreams	MikeHuntingford	Other	395
Blues Bender (Classic Laid Back Jazz)	MikeHuntingford	Jazz	486
Ambiguity	BorisLuxx	Dance	462
THE RIDE	KCsGROOVE [+1]	Rock	889
2 Steps Back {Goodbye}	RAVENS [+1]	Pop	3291
IN MY DREAM	KCsGROOVE [+1]	Rock	942
Open the Door	Brad_Smith	Rock	388
Softly and Tenderly	TheTiler	Jazz	383
IF I COULD FIND A RAINBOW	Lagusaya2	Country	554
My Funny Valentine	RedthruNthru [+1]	Jazz	863
Hunter	pharmakeus	Rock	740
CRAZY THING CALLED LOVE	KCsGROOVE [+1]	Blues	863
If Only...	obikaye	World	668
I'LL TELL YOU	Lagusaya2 [+1]	Pop	504
Come Back To Me - Studio Take - Live	rinny399	R&B	300
Bus Stop	rinny399	Pop	316
More Important than God	obikaye	World	883
A Study In Complex Simplicity (No.3)	guitar55	Inspirational	627
Saturated ++	RAVENS	Other	2320
BLUES FOR YOU	geoffuk	Blues	573
The end of a miserable life	khu	Pop	572
FEEL SO GOOD	KCsGROOVE	Funk	743