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We had a party at our place on Saturday - one of those up-until-three-in-the-morning, twenty-or-so-people-squeezed-in-a-room parties we like to have from time to time - and among the many highlights of the evening were the wonderful mojitos prepared by none other than OrangeColumbo... which is a good excuse to mention a new song we've written together, A Slap In The Face.

• A Slap In The Face
  

OrangeColumbo: rock/pop with a distinct air of Americana

I'm currently working with OrangeColumbo on putting together a demo that a couple of record labels have expressed serious interest in hearing. We've already written half a dozen tracks together, and are putting the finishing touches to a few more.

Pull The Stars Down was one of the first lyrics I wrote for him. It came to me more or less in one go, while I was drugged up on penicillin to treat a bout of pneumonia. Dirty Fingernails took a little longer.

• Dirty Fingernails
• Pull The Stars Down

I'm smudie, a Scot living in Paris.

As a lyricist, I write both for and in collaboration with several local artists who sing in English. Some of the people who have sung my lyrics include Nadj, OrangeColumbo, EliotE & the Ritournelles, and Electric Factory.

I'm always on the lookout for interesting new projects. Send me an email if you think we could work together.

Here are some of my lyrics:

• Nadj
• Cactus
• Jesus Freak
• OrangeColumbo
• A Slap In The Face
• Dirty Fingernails
• Pull The Stars Down
• EliotE & the Ritournelles
• Crayon
• Floppy Fringe
• Going Places
• Hog Killin' Time
• Under A Pile Of Bricks
• Electric Factory
• Outer Space Boy
• "Songs in search of a singer"
• A Dollar You Found In The Street
• Ashtray
• Cat Lover