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Check out my songs
Listen to the songs by clicking the play button next to the song title. If you don’t know where to start, try pop songs, quirky songs or my current favourites. Then explore the tag links on the right to find what you’re looking for.
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Beaten Up
“Stories of love, stories of pain, of suddenly feeling old” – I’m always complaining about feeling beaten up by you. Why not give me some better stories? A campfire classic.
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Bubble Bath World
“Everybody wants to live in a bubble bath world” – people shield themselves from real life with luxuries, nostalgia and entertainment. A quirky builder.
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Dressing Up
“I love dressing up like the other boys.” – I’m a sucker for fashion, even though I know it’s ridiculous. An anthem for trendoids everywhere.
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I Call It Me
“There’s a place I’ve always wanted to be, and I call it me” – I’m happy just to be me. A folk-country ballad.
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Living Legend
“I’ve got just what it takes to be so cool people think I’m not” – I’m in love with the Monday sandwich lady at my office. A lounge superhero nerd ballad.
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Never Felt This Way Before
“I’m dancing, dancing as lightly as Fred Astaire” – I’m head over heels in love. An old-school boy band ballad.
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Never Gonna Get Better
“So you fell off the bench at the merry-go-round and you found yourself a little shaken” – You’ll never know how wonderful love can be if you don’t try it. A quirky teen-pop single.
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One Long Weekend
“Now life’s just one long weekend living without you. Can’t get the week to start again” – mourning an old friend. A melancholy ballad for male and female vocal.
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See Through It
“I want to show you but maybe you’re frightened to see, I want to know you but you can see right through me” – Unrequited love. A slow builder.
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Seriously
“Are you ever going to take me seriously?” – A young girl bemoans her perceived immaturity. An Avril Lavigne-style pop single.
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Sometimes I Break Down
“Everybody said we’d be where we are today, when we turn away. ‘Cause we are the renegades” – our forbidden love has driven us out of town. A country-rock band number.
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Ten
“Whatever you’re doing, just do it again ‘cause you times me by ten” – you’ve made me so much better than I ever was. A lateral thinking love song.
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The Boy Who's Made Of Stone
“It’s always the same / You smile, I’m bored. You think I’m yours” – introversion causes despair. A cinematic vignette.
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The Cutest Fish In The Sea
“You jumped right up and said ‘Hello Ben!’ / Then you swam away again” – true love retold in fishing metaphor. A cute, happy acoustic doowop tune.
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The New World Order Store
“You want to spend your Sundays riding on a giant balloon / While a team of artists paints your face on the side of the moon” – materialism is not good. A peaceful protest.
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Validate Me
“I put three or four roses by the side of your bed / I know it’s not many but the shop didn’t have any more” – emotional insecurity of a nerd. A comedy piano pop rollercoaster.
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“You have a great pop writing style.”
Angela Wallis, BBC New Talent
acoustic guitar,
angst,
atmospheric,
ballad,
cheesy,
country,
drums,
favourite,
female vocal,
folk,
happy,
harmonica,
harmonies,
lounge,
love song,
male vocal,
melancholy,
piano,
pop,
quirky,
rap,
strings,
synth,
upbeat
Key
Songs written for other people to cover have the cassette symbol. Click the cassette to view only demos.
Finished master recordings have the CD symbol. Click the CD to view only masters.
All about me
I am looking for a really great singer who wants to team up to write some hits. I have some good industry leads, and some great cowriters.
I write splendid songs with artists, producers and other songwriters, and create soundtrack music for films and software.
I have studied music at Oxford and Berklee, played piano with some great musicians, and quietly dominated the Oxford music scene for years.
Get in touch
- ben@wallpaperjazz.com
- +44 (0)7812 204396