Said It Before ‘Said It Before’ is song #9 on the ‘Running Behind Time’ album. As with some of my other songs, there was originally no direct connection between the music and lyrics. I had separate ideas for both, a... Oct 29, 2025 Song Stories
Friend of a Lover Now we arrive at ‘Friend of a Lover’ , which is track #8 on the ‘Running Behind Time’ album. The background story is the same as that of ‘Double Kiss’ (see my earlier blog of that song), which is trac... Oct 3, 2025 Song Stories
I Know a Guy ‘I Know a Guy’ comes along as track no. 7 on the ‘Running Behind Time’ album. When originally thinking about the lyrics for the song, it was in the back on my mind how often we use the phrase ‘I Know ... Sep 17, 2025 Song Stories
State of Mind State of Mind is track no. 6 on the ‘ Running Behind Time ’ album. The lyrics tell a story of a whirlwind sequence of two scenarios in a marriage, running completely opposite to each other. The story ... Sep 2, 2025 Song Stories
Night Vision Night Vision is the 4th track on the ‘Running Behind Time’ album, and like Expectation , it’s one of my earliest compositions. Lyrically, it tells the story of a single guy on a night out, looking to ... Aug 8, 2025 Song Stories
Double Kiss My initial concept for the ‘Running Behind Time’ album was to record it as a six-song mini album, since I started the recording process with six of my own compositions written. By the end of that reco... Jul 22, 2025 Song Stories
Memory Memory is the second song on the ‘Running Behind Time’ album, and like Expectation, it’s also one of my early compositions. Although it’s in standard 4 / 4 time, I felt that recording the drums in a s... Jul 2, 2025 Song Stories
Isolation (posted By Trevor) Damien contacted me to see if I would be interested in singing the male part of thesong Isolation, that he had written about the Covid lockdown. We had played in bands together in Ireland many years p... Jun 17, 2025 Song Stories
Expectation Expectation is the opening song on the ‘Running Behind Time’ album, and it’s one of the first songs I wrote. It started as a 2x 16-bar guitar figure that was circling in my head at the time, which pla... Jun 17, 2025 Song Stories
Isolation (Posted by Damien) Background I wrote ‘Isolation’ in late March 2020 just as Covid lockdowns were becoming widespread. Even at that early point in the pandemic, I had a feeling it would not be over and done with as quic... May 14, 2025 Song Stories
Live and Studio drum Gear Gearing up This blog section is for all drummers and drum gear enthusiasts out there. Below I describe my current drums set-up, which is the basic kit with kick, toms, and snare, along with cymbals an... Mar 17, 2025 Drums and Equipment
BackFoot recordings, release, and website I found a recording engineer who played guitar, bass and some keyboards on the first 6 songs, in addition to myself on drums and David on vocals. This was finished in his home studio in 2012 and I dec... Jan 24, 2025 About BackFoot