Scrapheap

Scrapheap

Well guys,  this is the final song of the project! Today’s song is called “Scrapheap” and was written in response to the Morning Star’s headline “Thrown On The Scrapheap”. The story concerns employees of the firm Remploy being forced to take cumpulsory redundancy – despite many of them being disabled. I can sympathise with these people as my town, Kilmarnock, lost one of its last great employers this year when the drinks giant Diageo closed the Johnnie Walker whisky plant. 

I know it seems like I’m ending the project on a bit of a downer, but I’ve tried to make the song as upbeat as possible despite the lyrics. I hope you like it and I hope you’ve enjoyed listening to all my efforts over the past week.

Listen to Scrapheap here: https://soundcloud.com/not-the-news/scrapheap

Andy K

Change Everything

Change Everything

Hey people, how you doing? I hope you’re better than me, I’ve caught a nasty cold so my singing voice isn’t quite what I’d like it to be right now. Still, onwards and upwards! Today’s song is called “Change Everything” and was written in response to the Daily Telegraph’s headline “£2bn of UK aid to help Third World go green”. I chose this headline in light of a slow news day and most papers still fawning over Britain’s royal family’s good news (fair play to them, but it doesn’t half make for some same-y headlines!). In this song I examine how money affects people and if it really can change things for the better for people in unfortunate circumstances and situations.

Have a listen to the song here: https://soundcloud.com/not-the-news/change-everything

I’ll be back tomorrow with another news-related song. In the meantime, enjoy the song and keep well!

Andy K