"Delectably unique music"
Zavvi
2010

Downloads - Bald On The Inside

1. 4 am and I can't Sleep (until I hear the music)
   Written by accident in a lesson whilst tuning someone's guitar - it's funny how chords fall out over themselves. Insomnia results in a man going down the garden, in his boxers, with two microphones to record the birds. What follows is a day in the life piece, ending with an enigmatic sound effect of the bikes'revving.
2. Bald on the Inside
   Sometimes humour is best left unexplained'this is all a rush in one way or another'written on a blue squire strat (or was it someone's girlfriend), a blaze of inspiration enhanced with some base riffs, it all begins with a triangle solo''nuff said.
3. He's got a Wig on
   Around for a while, inspired by Miles, in a kinda' blues/ jazz way but sounding nothing like it!.
4. Friends in the Sky
   Went downstairs one morning and this track fell out of the guitar, before breakfast. It's about losing people close to you, and people you know.
5. Palm House
   The track stems from a concept of doing the cover photography in the palm house at Kew gardens. It just became a great day out, and the music describes the transition between different areas and environments.
6. Exercises for Anoraks
   Instrumental music isn't just a practice. A lot of people say 'you can use it to enhance your bending/ tremolo/ legato/ tapping technique' - just stop there. It doesn't have to have words and it doesn't have to be an exercise for anoraks!
7. New moon on Monday
   A nice, upbeat, major-scale tune' (like running on the spot).
8. Cactus Garden
   Originally going to be called 'Basra'- but obviously this has significant connotations, which still linger on.
9. Lala Ping Fork
   A sweet little Latin number, the name is a mish-mash of unrelated objects. Imagine walking out of a tent and breathing in the sky, then spilling a French-man's champagne and really getting up their nose (en Francais).
10. Steel ¥
    Funky bass, double tracked egg-harp, heart beat recorded with gain up so high you can hear the fridge buzzin'... all combine to make this a very personal track.
11. The Fair
    A track at the centre of it all. Written in desperation, an expression of a dark frame of mind, this was a catalyst for the recordings that followed. The track is universally accessible, with the slightly distorted chromatic progressions of the fair ground recalling the mystery, fear, and excitement of the unknown.

Steve Gudgin

Any licensing enquiries about Tim's compositions should be made directly to MCPS.

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