The "Dead Man's Cake" blogs, issue #8
It's time to wrap up this blog series. My CD Dead Man's Cake was released in early 2012, and it's now nearly 2 years later. It may seem like I haven't done much with the record but I'm still working on a live act, a kind of "one man band with a laptop" thing where I can render the tunes properly in a live environment. I think it's a good record and I'd be grateful if you'd buy it; either the physical CD, which is a lovely object, or find it on iTunes, Spotify, etc. It's essentially a creative work written to deal with a traumatic event, an attempt to create beauty from pain, as I've discussed previously. Part of the proceeds go to mental health charities including the UK charity Sane . Please see the previous related posts at the home page of this blog . This post is about Tracks 5 - 11 of Dead Man's Cake. "Don't Dwell On It David", track 5, refers to something my Dad used to say, after my Mom committed s