Suspended Disbelief

Once upon a time, I was a musician. I suppose I still am. At the age of 10, I decided I wanted to be an artist and started writing lyrics. At the age of 12 I got my first guitar and began composing music for those lyrics.

Through my teenage years and into my mid-20s I probably sang and played an average of ten hours a day, seven days a week. I considered myself a songwriter first, a musician second and a singer third. I was good and getting better and there were enough flashes of brilliance to allow me to earn a living for a few years in the mid-1990s.

And then the passion died. I recaptured it a few times, tried to put a couple bands together and made a few false starts but with one exception, one incredible inspiration in my early 30's, I no longer write songs, sing, play or perform. I pick up a guitar maybe once a month, for a few minutes but it just isn't there anymore. And I'm not sure why.

Over the years, I've written well over 100 songs and a select few, at least the lyrics, are presented here. I've also included "notes" at the end, just to try to give an idea of what the song would sound like. I suppose, to that end, I should also say my three biggest musical influences were the Beatles, Blue Rodeo and the Alan Parson's Project.

Regards,

Joseph Avery-North