Hamlel

Category: Music

Music and lyrics by Andrew Charman-Williams and Spiral Net

  • Walking in my Sleep

    A song written for a ukulele forum

    Lyrics: Walking in my Sleep

    In the depths of night
    I start to roam
    alone I stride
    far from home

    moonlight guides
    my silent strides
    secrets hide
    on every side

    walking in my sleep
    lots of things I find
    some I’d like to keep
    some to leave behind
    walking in my sleep

    fields of gold
    rivers of sighs
    dark and cold 
    under midnight skies

    let me wander
    let me ponder
    let me roam 
    far from home

    walking in my sleep
    lots of things I find
    some I’d like to keep
    some to leave behind
    walking in my sleep

  • Waiting in the Rain

    A song written for a ukulele forum

    Lyrics: Waiting in the Rain

    Waiting in the rain for you,
    I should leave but still I stay
    In case you arrive I remain ,
    Waiting in the rain for you.

    Huddled on this corner soaked to the bone
    Broken umbrella heart filled with ache
    Time ticks slowly waiting on my own
    Realising our mistakes 

    I watch the world pass in shades of grey
    Time passes and still no sign
    No glimpse of you coming back to stay

    Memories dance in the misty air
    While I stand in the pouring rain
    Promises broken lies laid bare
    So much hurt so much pain

  • Abandoned Home

    An initial ukulele based version written in response to a ukulele forum.

    Lyrics: Abandoned Home

    quiet corner, shadows play,
    ivy creeps, memories lay,
    there’s a house, all alone,
    stories etched, every stone.

    windows stare, longing gaze,
    distant echoes, bygone days,
    through doors ajar, the breeze,
    flows through the memories.

    abandoned home, full of memories,
    whispers linger in the autumn breeze,
    floors that creak with the weight of years,
    yet in the silence, love still appears.

    the fireplace emits no light,
    cold embers in the night,
    in its ashes, the stories remain,
    echoing laughter, echoing pain.

    rooms a canvas, life’s design,
    faded colours of heart and mind,
    furniture draped, sheets of white,
    waiting for one last night.

    abandoned home, full of memories,
    whispers linger in the autumn breeze,
    nature reclaims, with vines entwined,
    yet in the ruins, love you’ll find.

    abandoned home, full of memories,
    whispers linger in the autumn breeze,
    guarding secrets, tales untold,
    in this home, now still and cold.

  • Blackwood Gully

    A first rough recording of a tune called Blackwood Gully played finger style on tenor guitar in GDAE. I haven’t transcribed it yet so a recording was a good way of documenting it. Probably still a work in progress.

  • Gentle Breeze

    Gentle Breeze is an instrumental for tenor guitar in GDAE.

  • 5 4 3 5 3 4 5

    This is a first rough recording of 5 4 3 5 3 4 5 which is an instrumental composition for a plucked string ensemble of mandolins, acoustic lap steel guitar, tenor guitar and Irish bouzouki. I couldn’t think of a title so I went with a simplification of the time signature structure (the 4 is actually probably 8 made up of 3, 3 2).

  • Winter’s Touch

    Winter’s Touch is an instrumental piece by Andrew Charman-Williams played on a tenor guitar by Peter Coombe (GDAE tuning). First recording of a brand new piece – I did think about layering it with a few more instruments but at the moment I like it stripped back to just the two tenor guitar parts.



  • Morning Light

    Morning Light is an instrumental for high G ukulele.

  • Waiting (Twiddling Thumbs)

    Waiting (Twiddling Thumbs) is an instrumental study for high G ukulele.

    Notation

  • Droplets

    Droplets is an instrumental tune for high G ukulele.

    Notation