We didn’t start the rhyming.
Maybe someone should tell the Guardian’s higher education columnist David Cohen that claiming to not know Billy Joel doesn’t make anyone look younger – just a little ignorant. Ignorant though he may be about pop-classics, Mr Cohen writes about a very entertaining website called ‘philosophy songs’ featuring a number of philosophically inspired re-lyricised cover versions [...]
read onOh, oh, on the radio…
Before I forget it, my song “Wait and See” will be played on Australian radio! Graham Hendersen, a radio host of a show called “The Real Deal”, which is showcasing emerging artists and writers at Hope FM 103.9 Esperance Western Australia, listened to it on Songramp.com and asked me if he could play it. That’s [...]
read onBritney at Songramp
A couple of days ago, I discovered a web community of singers and songwriters who comment on each others pieces. So I became a member and put some of the songs you can hear on tapsmusic online there as well. Including one that you cannot listen to here: “Britney” – a quick song demo about [...]
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My Wicked Ways, Pt. 2
My Wicked Ways is actually one of the first songs I’ve ever written – back in 1993. Back then I did not write lyrics for the song, so I added those last year when I listened to some of my “earlier” stuff.
read onDr Deaver
Dr Deaver is a song with less autobiographic lyrics than some may think. Actually, I think it was a friend who suggested writing a song about a chapter headline he had read in a British sex education booklet for teenagers.
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New Year’s Resolution (you’re ugly inside)
New Year’s Resolution is a song that I wrote a while ago and now decided to put online. I wrote the first version in early 2003 and now arranged it with more electric guitars and a “twist of Keane”-piano in the background.
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Fool Cruel Gone One (fcgo)
FCGO is an older song. I wrote it in the Summer of 2002 and occasionally revisited it thereafter, mostly because I wasn’t too happy with the lyrics.
read onComments & Spam.
Since the entries in my music blog are supposed to remain on the main page, they are particularly vulnerable to comment spam. So, lacking a better alternative at the moment, I have decided to close all comment threads except the one for the most recently published song. So whatever you might have to say, please [...]
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You Save My Life.
A very light and romantic tune I wrote for the wedding of two good friends last weekend.
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When You Look At Me.
Melancholic yet light song I originally wrote for solo piano and with different lyrics for a friend’s wedding in 2003.
read onIrony, Sarcasm, or Cynicism?
I’m hearing Mel C’s (tafka Sporty Spice) latest single whereever I go these days… and still I’m not sure about its deeper meaning…
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Crying Out For Love.
Song written for a German Rock/Pop-Starlet’s album. Words and music by Tobias Schwarz, 2004.
A female vocal track is still being worked on…
Crossroads.
A power ballad I wrote in February 2005 for the wedding of two close friends this March.
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GW Blues
A song about a regular Texan guy’s blues in the White House, which I wrote in early 2003.
read onMary Hodder is right
to state that not all blogs that are inactive are abandoned. Take this one for example. See, I haven’t updated my proto diary for a month now and not even written anything over on afoe but that doesn’t imply I have given up blogging much as I haven’t stopped reading in the meantime. I have [...]
read onPretty Good.
The George W Bush Don’t Worry, be Happy List by Tim Dunlop. Oh, and did I mention I composed a song called “George W Blues”…. well, it’s not actually blues, it’s got more of a Texan country feel in the latest version. It’s about a dyslexic boy whose dad once read to him from Machiavelli [...]
read onProof that Xavier Naidoo is wrong.
Alright, I’m posting this simply because Xavier Naidoo just sang “There’s nothing as beautiful as you” (that means me, no?) on the radio. He’s wrong. Clearly wrong. Want proof? Have a look at the ladies competing in this years Miss Universe beauty pageant. Well, I mean, I have personally witnessed how make-up artists and skilled [...]
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(barely) aLive and (rather) Acoustic
Gentle readers, it’s a shame. The very talented Californian singer/songwriter Cindy Alexander is touring Germany for the second time in only two years and I won’t be able to attend any of her concerts for I am not in a state to leave my bed for much more than brief stops at the trusted pharmacy [...]
read onI want to read The Sun tomorrow!
The annual Eurovision Song Contest is over. And Turkey is taking the cup to Ankara. As usual, however hyped, there’s no reason to watch the entire event if you are able to catch the replays intended to remind the voting public of earlier entrants. These ten minutes are usually not only sufficient but at times [...]
read onOde An Die Freude.
Brad DeLong always finds a new twist to inquire about the fundamentals of human civilisation – here’s what he writes today: “By what right is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony so damn good? Why do we like it so much?” The 4th movement was my first hit-single, believe it or not. And deaf Ludwig van B. was [...]
read onThey’ll get the pricing wrong.
For at least five years. If you search my blog you will find that I have repeatedly said that all attempts to sell musical downloads will suffer from problematic price policy. Apple’s new itunes download service is no exception. True, it is probably closer than anything previously seen to actually enhancing the user experience with [...]
read onThey take no chances.
If this report by Telepolis is right, then Hillary Rose, the former chief RIAA lobbyist, is currently rewriting the copyright laws of Iraq. Just in case the Iraqi ideas about intellectual property rights should differ from the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). Actually, the journalist Gregory Palast is not unjustifiedly wondering whether the combination of [...]
read onChampagne Blogging
this is my first attempt at live-blogging, so give me some credit here… i am writing this on a public terminal in the museum fuer kommunikation in frankfurt, typing with only one hand, as i am holding a glass of champagne in the other. it is the “long night of museums” here and on of [...]
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