After I recorded Time Is Right I was happy with the song but thought it was a bit of a vanity project. I was unlikely to have a rock band to play behind me; at best I would be performing at folk clubs or open mics. I decided to re-record the song in a pared back version - in a different key, at a different tempo and with different instrumentation, modified arrangement and laidback feel. It now feels like quite a different song.more

Even though I had played in lots of bands for maybe forty years, when I tried writing songs in the past they never seemed to work - embarrassing self conscious lyrics and derivative music. In 2021, in Covid lockdown I decided to give Garageband another go and the songs flowed. Sometimes you just have to wait until the time is right. This is a song I could see myself playing in Dirranbandi Bushband - rocking out at the end of the night. Pity the band had broken up twenty years earlier.more

I first got Covid in January 2022. It inspired this song even though it's about more than just the virus, it's about lots of different ways to be positive. I thought at the time Covid would pass and my song would quickly become irrelevant. How wrong I was! This was the first time I played around with Garageband strings. more