Al Grandy Music

AL GRANDY


I am a natural 'tune smith' and have written over 300 songs ( it's a long story). I have also become an accomplished 'lyricist' as a result of leading a very varied life. After leaving the business world (England & Canada) I've done all sorts of jobs, mainly manual, and these different experiences have been central to producing the book of songs.
RIGHT NOW

A singer or band to do a mixture of my social comment songs and personal songs. I've set aside 30 songs (15 of each type) to kick start this project.

Here are some samples of these songs

Until The Next Time	A Man of Words
The Right Thing To Do	The Modern Life
Somebody's Daughter	Just Be There
Rich Kids	Playing Safe is Dangerous

I’ve multi-tracked these demos, which I sing myself,
so that the original tune is clear.

If you are a singer or band and this project
interests you, contact me and I'll send you a demo CD and more information:

e-mail al@algrandy.com
Tel:020 8337 9214

Here are some Lyric Extracts
Until The Next Time	She’s learned her lesson, she’s not signing up to love again soon Now she knows the banks foreclose, they don’t ask questions They don’t care who did the dirty on who They just want their money, all they care about is money They don’t care if you live or die Theirs is not to reason why Your cry for help means nothing to them They just want their pound of flesh
The Modern Life	Food is full of chemicals, governments full of clowns Doing the dirty work for the big boys in town Money moves around the world chasing newer slaves God gave up religion, moved into the stock exchange.
Rich Kids	Rich kids living off the fat of the land Rich kids taking it all for granted Rich kids they know that daddy’s always there Rich kids pick up the phone and the cheque will appear They’ve got the smile, that says they know they’ve got it made From the cradle to the grave, you can’t mistake ‘em, I hate ‘em, I hate 'em
A Man of Words	He's a modern politician, a master of his craft He's got a Ph.D. in doublespeak Never been known to give a straight answer You'll never know what he really believes.
Playing Safe is Dangerous	I used to worry that things wouldn’t work out right And I was right, they didn't I used to think I couldn't live without you Did everything I could to make it all nice
The Right Thing To Do	Harry Patch left a legacy We still went to war as we do usually Harry said war is a waste of time Mr. Blair said it’s alright, God is on our side It’s the right thing to do The right thing to do


Here are extracts of some other songs in varied styles - again it's me multi tracked and singing [except for songs 1-4 Rena Prior].

1. Mr. Makebelieve		2. I Got Lucky
3. Love Isn't Waiting		4. Don't Know How to Say Goodbye

5. As Long as You Love Me		6. One Law For All
7. Christmas Like		8. When The Party's Over
9. Back Among The Living		10. Got it Bad

11. Fly Away		12. Funny Old Life
13. First Prize		14. Volcano
15. Friday Night		16. This Can't Be Right
17. The Couscous Song		18. You Have The Right
19. Not For Anything		20. Please Help Me
21. Not Me		22. Love Is More Than This
23. The Right Kind Of Love		24. Why Would I
In some of my songs you will here a jazz influence as that is where I started as a kid - I had a small combo in my teens, before playing soul, pop rock etc.

*I also have a library of instrumental pieces; some have been used in films*
Here are a few examples

Ramp it up		Streets ahead
Kites		Departure
Cool It		Cellars
Good for me		Bit of a turn up
These extracts demonstrate my ability to create in many different styles. I have written to demand for several local films, rehearsal bands, a marionette show in France and other situations. I will always come up with something melodic and appropriate, to enhance visuals, either for stage, film, TV, adverts etc.

BACKGROUND :

In my teens and early 20s I was an amateur jazz musician whilst my career was in business management [UK & Canada]. Having written 40 songs, I decided to quit the business world to see how well I could write, if I gave it my full attention. To support myself I've done dozens of different jobs including warehouse work, lorry and van driving, ice-cream man, studio sound engineer, gigging musician, builder [France 6 years] plus short stints as a cook, driving instructor, progress chaser, on a road gang and, painter/decorator and working in the vineyards. In addition to my personal songs, many songs reflect these varied experiences in the form of social comment, and telling the story of other peoples' lives I've also written several short stories, poems and film scripts and two books. In recent years I've been involved with local film-making, mainly producing documentaries for community projects and charities. At the same time I've been involved with local projects connected with health and environment issues, and local politics. Please contact me if any of these songs or ideas interest you. I live in south London.

Tel: 020 8337 9214 / e-mail: al@algrandy.com / LinkedIn