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News from the  house...

15/12/2021

The last new song of 2021, now up on the music page - 'Save Yourself'.

15/10/2021

Another new one on the Music page - 'I Don't Care'.

14/09/2021

Some demo recording for a new song has been going on during the past couple of weeks using a Boss BR-600 recorder. It's almost time to fire up the studio again!

26/08/2021

New song now up on the music page - 'Last Call'.

24/08/2021

Recording has now finished for the new song and it will be mixed/mastered during the coming days.

30/07/2021

New song written, and recording will start very soon.

12/07/2021

Now up on the music page - 'The Bleach Queen Of New Street'.

11/07/2021

The latest song is now at the mixing and mastering stage - check back soon!

26/06/2021

A new song has been written and lots of recording has already been done.

31/05/2021

Here's another one! 'Too Late', now on the music page.

14/05/2021

Most of the vocals have been recorded for a new song.

16/04/2021

Three brand new songs written and recorded this year, are now up on the music page - 'Catching a Wave', Audience Guaranteed' and 'Next Time'. They're all available at Bandcamp.

13/04/2021

Two brand new songs completed and a third at the mixing/mastering stage. These (and more) songs will be posted at some point... keep checking back!

23/01/2021

From Don Wrong HQ, sounds have been emanating: The scratching of a fountain pen nib, the amplified sound of plastic colliding with steel wires and the vibration of smooth muscle tissue...

07/01/2021

The new album, "The Cat Has Gone", is now available to download or purchase on CD through Bandcamp. Please check the Music or CD page for more details.

02/01/2021

Up on the music page now! The final song for the album - it's called "Guardian Angel".
The album will soon be a download from Bandcamp, but for the moment all tracks are available for purchase separately.

01/01/2021

Happy New Year!
Just putting the finishing touches to a brand new recording which will be the last song for the second Don Wrong & the Apologies album - check back soon!

06/11/2020

Ideas for a brand new song are currently being thrashed out at Don Wrong HQ. Very early days... but stay tuned!

26/10/2020

Track 11, likely to be the album's penultimate track, is finished. It's called "No Place Like Home" and is up on the music page now.
The song only managed to get to the demo stage in 2010, but has been well worth making into a full-blown recording.

9/10/2020

While exploring the attic above Don Wrong & the Apologies HQ, Don finds an old PC hard drive and decides to take a look at the contents...
There was plenty of interesting stuff that he'd forgotten about but, in one folder in particular, there was an MP3 of a demo that he hadn't heard in years. "Hells Bells!" he thought, "why wasn't this made into a full blown recording?". It will be... it will be.

1/10/2020

Track 10 is finished. It's called "Out Of Time" and is up on the music page now.

16/09/2020

Looks like track 10 is underway!

06/09/2020

Here's track nine, "Wash Over Me" - up on the music page!

18/08/2020

New writing and recording underway... stay tuned!

31/07/2020

The eighth track for the new album is now finished - "Sing Along With Me". Now up on the music page!

17/07/2020

Another new song is underway - recording started this week!

22/06/2020

Written and recorded during June, "How She Really Feels"... on the music page now!

23/05/2020

Now up on the music page, the latest song, "I'll Go Your Way".

22/05/2020

Check back very soon for a brand new song. Mixing has been completed and mastering will be underway in the next day or so.

10/04/2020

More recording underway for a new song.

23/03/2020

Number 5 has arrived! "Take Me With You", now up on the music page.

13/03/2020

In February, a quick demo of a couple of verses was recorded on some 'new' equipment (Korg D3200). It was really only done to learn about the 32 track recorder... and for a bit of fun.
This has now developed into a full song and recording is well underway.

07/03/2020

Song number four for the next Don Wrong & the Apologies album, "When Tomorrow Comes", is now up on the music page.

16/02/2020

Working backwards on a new song. Lots of recording done but no lyrics or melody as yet!

08/02/2020

Another brand new song now up on the music page - "The Cat Has Gone".

04/01/2020

Added to the music page - the first Don Wrong & the Apologies song of 2020! - "It Froze".
Hot on its heels... a new song has been written, and recording will start soon.

03/01/2020

Happy New Year!
Coming soon... Just putting the finishing touches to the recording and production of the song which was started back in August 2019 - will post as soon as it's finished.

26/11/2019

A new recording of a song from 2014 is the first recording for the second Don Wrong & the Apologies album. "Say Goodbye" is now on the music page.

20/10/2019

Recording is well underway for the first song for the second Don Wrong & the Apologies album. Not only that... recording for a second song has also been started!

02/09/2019

Back in the studio again, and work has started on the second Don Wrong & the Apologies album. As usual, we'll keep you posted on the progress.

27/07/2019

Now available for download or on CD at Bandcamp! The new album from Don Wrong & the Apologies - 'Mess of Me'. Please visit the 'CD' page for more details.

20/07/2019

All of the CD graphics are now finished and printing has started. CD duplication will start next week... album will be available soon.

12/07/2019

CD/cover design, the order of the tracks, duplicaton of the CD... all underway. Keep checking back!

07/07/2019

The final track for the first Don Wrong & the Apologies album is now on the music page. It's called "Battle-scarred".

09/06/2019

While "Everyone's Busy But Me" was still warm... on June 2nd the writing began for the last track of the first DWatA album. Writing is now finished, and recording has started - will keep you posted.

01/06/2019

New month... and a new track has been uploaded to the music page - "Everyone's Busy But Me". As usual, it's available to download from Bandcamp by clicking the link on the player.

31/05/2019

Track eleven is now mixed, and will hopefully be mastered and up for your delectation this weekend!

10/05/2019

Website now available in blue...

02/05/2019

Just a tweak or two to the lyrics, and track 11 will be written. Hoping to begin recording this weekend.

23/04/2019

It's arrived! Track 10 from DWatA, "This Wasted Time", is now up on the music page and, as usual, available to download from Bandcamp using the link on the player.

20/04/2019

That song mentioned last month, now has a title - "This Wasted Time". The writing has all been done, as has most of the recording.
A vocal harmony line or two, some keyboards for the middle eight and a bit more electric guitar... then we're finished!

17/03/2019

Springing into action again!... a new song is in the early stages. Check back for updates soon.

14/03/2019

"One Day", song number 9 from DWatA, is available to stream (and buy!) through the music page.

27/11/2018

"She's Coming Back To Me", song number 8 from DWatA, is available to stream (and buy!) through the music page.

16/10/2018

Don't Call Me "Us", song number 7 from DWatA, is available to stream (and buy!) through the music page.

12/08/2018

"Here We Go", song number 6 from DWatA, is available to stream (and buy!) through the music page.

24/06/2018

A new ballad called "I'm So Sorry" is available to stream (and buy!) through the music page.
This is song number 5 from DWatA.

03/06/2018

New header design uploaded to all pages.

21/05/2018

Number four! Written and recorded between March and May - "One Who Never Lied". Full stream up on the music page.

02/03/2018

The third DWatA track is now completed and up on the music page... it's called "From Nowhere".
The song that was started on 12/11/2017 is still in the process of being recorded.

12/11/2017

Don puts pen to paper yet again... tune in soon as the next track unfolds.

06/11/2017

In between 28th August and 5th November another song was written and recorded - "Peace Of Mind". Click on the music page to listen.

13/08/2017

After a week spent on production and mixing, the song was mastered. Listen to "Mess Of Me" and other songs on the Music page. This and all of the forthcoming tracks will be available to download from Bandcamp.

06/08/2017

Don realises that his guitar arpeggios aren't working for the chorus, so gets on the phone to Brenda Roads - "we need some synth arpeggios on this new song, and there's a bottle of Gordon's waiting for you".
If she could have been there before Don put the phone down, she would have... needless to say... job's a good'n!

05/08/2017

Don adds an additional guitar part to the verses - nothing complicated (as if!), just some jangly rhythm.

03/08/2017

Some serious production on Leyton's serious drums.

01/08/2017

More "topping and tailing"; this time on vocals and drums, and some production on vocals too!

31/07/2017

Time to delete unwanted guitar audio from beginnings and fade some endings. Don calls it "topping and tailing"... but it's known as editing in the professional world.

30/07/2017

A re-recording of part of the end solo, and more "adjustments" to a fill or two - "That's it for the fills/solos", says Don... but we won't be holding our breath...

29/07/2017

Lead guitar fills recorded for the middle eight.

28/07/2017

More lead guitar fills and a solo for the end section. Also, some re-recording of one of the guitar fills... saw it right off!

27/07/2017

Time for the main guitar solo - Don nails it in one... "The other numerous takes were just rehearsals", he says... yeah, right!

24/07/2017

Don records harmony vocals for the middle eight, and verses two and three.

23/07/2017

Louden is called on again, to record bass for the end section of the song... his work is now done for this one.

22/07/2017

Harmony vocal for the choruses completed.

21/07/2017

Having finished writing the last verse for the song the day before, Don put the last touches to the lead vocals.

18/07/2017

Don replaced his guide vocals with some (you've guessed it) serious lead vocals. The guide was reduced to tears for not having her vocal included... this rock'n roll lark can be cruel sometimes.

09/07/2017

Don calls on Leyton to lay down some serious drums for his rough backing track. By the end of the day, he'd only managed some tongue-in-cheek ones... "That'll do for now", said Don.
During the coming week, Ron recorded some serious guitar and Louden, some serious bass. Leyton told them that they could do with lightening up a little...

27/06/2017

Let the music begin...

Don receives some inspiration... and writes words on a sheet of paper that he had intended for some other use. He has some notes that will fit nicely together with those words... always a good idea when writing a song.

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