Music : Songwriting : Poetry : Philosophy : Creativity : Food
The last 4 years in particular, if not most of my life, have been pretty up, down and emotional. I’ve hurt people and got hurt myself and ended up in some pretty dark places as a result of both. Lots of people including my kids have seen me at my best and worst recently. No […]
A rare original song I wrote recently. My first in probably 20 years. Lyrics, harmony, melody, piano, guitar, drums, mixing, mastering and video editing by me:
So around about 2003 I decided to record an album of covers from my favourite band, The Doors. I sold 1 copy online! But it was to a friend of Jim Morrison’s in Paris who collects rare bootleg versions and covers of Doors stuff. I was happy enough to retire on the back of that! All […]
First original composition and recording in quite a while. A joint effort with Michael Keane, bassist with the Sunset Strip. https://leonquinn.com/songs/See%20You%20Again.mp3
A song I recorded around 2004 written by a Canadian friend Elaine Kantola to which I put some music. Mandi on backing Vocals. Bit weird! Let me know what ye think.. https://leonquinn.com/songs/Ow%20Ow.mp3
I like Blake’s poetry and got into him through the Doors who were also influenced by his “the Marriage of Heaven and Hell” which speaks “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite….”. I chose to add music to the “Introduction” to Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” […]
“Strange Blues” was written and recorded around 2000 and its just a weird take on the traditional blues form with lyrics describing my ‘strange’ feelings at the time! https://www.leonquinn.ie/songs/strangeblues.mp3
“Outlander” is a song about feeling outcast by society and was written about 1999. It features a strange mix of echoed harmonica and weird chord progressions to produce a chilling, ethereal & spacious soundscape. https://www.leonquinn.ie/songs/outlander.mp3
“Take me Away” is just a short instrument only song which is kinda uplifting and took me away from problems I was having at the time I wrote it around 1998. https://www.leonquinn.ie/songs/takemeaway.mp3