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On the Rise
Vanden Plas

Cross That Bridge
Graheme Wilson

Arkadia (Remastered)
Vicia Faba


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The Sahajal Ride Out
Callabars Castle
Spirit of Light
Princess (Demo)

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Country Guitar Riffs

Its fun to play country guitar riffs, whatever style of music you play. The art of guitar playing is all about broadening the scope of your musical vista. You can incorporate styles of other music into your favourite style and come up with something new. Here is Joe Dalton on YouTube Joe Dalton


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A mouse mat makes an excellent drumming pad. So remember to take your sticks into work!


European Copyright Extended to 70 Years

It has been confirmed that on Monday 12 September 2011, the Council of the European Union agreed to extend the copyright term for performers and record companies to 70 years from the release of the recording. The term used to be 50 years. That probably seemed enough. Who could predict how popular those old recordings would be? The means for example that Cliff Richards 1958 recording of Move It will stay in copyright until 2028. It also prevents the Beatles early sixties records such as Love Me Do which was released in 1962 from falling out of copyright next year. The PPL who represent record companies have spent the last ten years lobbying the council for this decision. The full story is available here:
It is important to note that the copyright of the song is not affected by this decision. This only relates to the copyright of the sound recording. There are two copyrights that exist for a record, a copyright in the song which is shared between the publisher and the songwriter and the copyright of the recording which is owned by the record company that released it.


Vicia Faba's New CD

(Impossible deep voice over) Coming to a CD player near you very soon...
The follow up to Arkadia for our own Vicia Faba is The Sahajal Ride Out. We have managed to seek out two demo tracks without anyone noticing, so far, so don't play these tracks to anyone else. promise?

Click on the music player on the right for your own private preview in the privacy of your own mp3 playing type device.



Graheme's Stories and Cartoons

Stories and Cartoons
Choices four panel cartoon as circle is meshed in tighter lines



Graheme's Instruments: No 1

Today I have mostly been playing this carson 608 keyboard :

Carson 608 toy keyboard

Here is a recording of the humble carson 608 playing Frere Jacques,enjoy.
Here are the lyrics in a wide choice of languages

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May you have a good one and fulfill all your resolutions!. Here at Yew Tree Music Towers we still resolutely keep to one we made a few years back. What was it? Click here to find out!



Graheme Wilson Wins NaNoWriMo

We have a winner! As Well as writing songs our own Graheme Wilson writes novels. For the second year he has entered NaNoWriMo. The misson for all entrants is simple:
NaNoWriMo Winner 2010

Write a 50,000 word novel in the 30 days of November.
Graheme is writing the third novel in his series 'The Black Hawk Banner'. The current book is called The Blue Pyramid.



Vicia Faba are No1

Its the Offical Reverbnation Chart. Its amazing news. Finally we have a chart topping band in our galaxy of stars. Congratulations to the band for a wonderful achievement.
Vicia Faba at Reverbnation
Show the band your support by signing up for the bands mailing list. See the form on the right.



New Music Player

After scouring the internet we have located a compact juke box that will fit on the sideboard. Look to the right and press play to get started.



Graheme playing SG guitar
Graheme in the Studio

Graheme is currently working in the studio engineering and mixing Vanden Plas. The tracks are for the VP's new album «On the Rise»


Visit the all new Bookshop
Here is a selection of books on songwriting which we have believe will be useful to musicians and songwriters. We receive a lot of requests for advice and now we are able to host - via Amazon our pick of the bunch! There is plenty here to choose from - why not tell us about your favourite?



Vanden Plas News

David, Jon and Graheme have booked themselves into various West Sussex studios to blow the cobwebs off the old songs in preparations for a 2009 Spring CD release of their original live set.

Yew Tree Music plan to release the album the VP's never got round to finishing before. Its working title is «ON THE RISE» Bassist David tells me that the rehearsals are going very well "It's like we've never been away"

Graheme and David are busy writing and demoing songs for the follow up album and so far they have four completed demos between them for «TERMS AND CONDITIONS»

Vanden Plas split in 1996 but have now signed a deal with YEW TREE MUSIC. The deal includes new recordings of the original set and a new album.

I have been busy adding more videos from the 1992 show at the Portsmouth Pyramids. The tracks now available are :

  1. I Want to Stay
  2. Winter Sun
  3. Wheres Red
  4. I Want to Make Love to You
  5. On the Road
  6. Claire's Song




Graheme Wilson News

Graheme tells me that he is still working in the studio on his new CD which will be called Year of Return'. Our art department has been busy coming up with a selection of designs for approval. The track listing for the CD has not yet been finalised.

Graheme Playing Bass Live in Petersfield

We have heard that three of the earlier EP cassette releases are being remastered and bonus tracks that are remixed and remade new versions of the originals songs are to be included to make full CD releases. David Wilson has already remixed and made a version of 'Sailway' which originally appeared on the 1989 release entitled 'Cartoon'.



Vicia Faba News
Our own Vicia Faba is now on soundlink.com. Find the band at Vicia Faba at Soundlink Vicia Faba Logo

You can also find out about the music and the tunes from the second album Travellers with Strange Stories





Resolution Answer

We resolved to never make another resolution and so far we have kept to it!
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