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also seen twirling their pens were martin brammer,graham gouldman,lucie silvas and another firm favourite, colin campsie.

jon green of the bonfires (a project close to the heart of the swamp) bought the passion back into fashion.it's a rubbish myspace but you can hear some of the fantastic songs.

http://www.myspace.com/thebonfiresmusic

and recently heard laying down a backbeat were superstar session drummer ashley soan.(see pic) and brian bennett of 'the shadows',a little known sixties combo : )

following the passing of my friend and webdesigner, tony young, i am running the grunty fen half marathon for brain tumour UK.
please check out the link and support me! thanks.

http://www.justgiving.com/phil-thornalley



1 ash soan, 2 left to right phil,campsie,mads,3 jon green and mads]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100830-124423 Phil Thornalley Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:44:23 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=10&m=08&entry=entry100830-124423 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100613-120852
A brave,spirited and super-positive character loved by all who knew him.Every holiday saw him cycling across Canada or Cuba or on school trips to Namibia (He was an IT teacher at King Alfred School, Golders Green) and seemed to have packed a lot of living into his limited years.

Also a member of the five a side group Paddington Wrecks FC and a terrible gossip too. Very glad to have known him.A star that shone too briefly .





too.]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100613-120852 Phil Thornalley Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:08:52 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=10&m=06&entry=entry100613-120852 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100531-153432
check out a solo midnight performance by jon green - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvMsekdIxkc

]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100531-153432 Phil Thornalley Mon, 31 May 2010 15:34:32 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=10&m=05&entry=entry100531-153432 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100408-063445
things didn't work out for 'lucy rocket' but happily peugeot are using one of the songs in their ad for a new sporty looking car.

stephanie,mads and i wrote a couple of other crackers ('bon voyage' and 'kiss me kwik') which may now also surface.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xgokjDOSw

recent visitors to the swamp include 'the bonfires',darren hayes and danish pop star (and germany's number one) aura dione.

and to top it off 'cry me out' is on the number one album 'now that's what i call music 75'.

ok enough bragging.
]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100408-063445 Phil Thornalley Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:34:45 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=10&m=04&entry=entry100408-063445 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100327-120312
it was an honour to have so many of my dearest friends at a surprise birthday party.in fact it was overwhelming.a slick live band with various star turns from guest singers like badams (let's get it on ),graham gouldman (a dedicated 'dreadlock holiday' ),wayne hector ('superstition'),lucie silvas ('torn') and paul surety!!!

an amazing evening.love was in the air.

on the keys tim jackson,ben barson
on guitar jon green and richard lobb
on bass mads hauge
on drums tom meadows
on various instruments david munday
on tambourine mister fox.

a couple of weeks later i was lucky enough to attend todd's rehearsals for the hammersmith show.i shook the genius's hand.a wizard.a true star.the show was like crazy theatre.check out the posts on youtube.my inspiration.

meanwhile at the studio this year we've had the fabulous pixie lott come by for some songwriting.voice sounding even better.

also collaborating at 'the swamp' were up and comer liam o'donnell,norwegian pop star lise karlsnes,songwriter ina wroldsen and noisettes drummer jamie morrison.

below you can see mads and pixie deep in creative thought...is it a hit? are we winning?



]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100327-120312 Phil Thornalley Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:03:12 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=10&m=03&entry=entry100327-120312 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100227-114613
pictured below are a couple of our other friends at 'the swamp' namely groove driver tom meadows and songwriter jon green.

tom is pleasuring himself with a delicious sepia toned rhythm on the premier 'royale' kit.

jon is currently wearing a gretsch black falcon whilst working in our new protools room "studio j-krunk"

]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100227-114613 Phil Thornalley Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:46:13 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=10&m=02&entry=entry100227-114613 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091210-174642


Me,Joe Kentish (A&R Pixie Lott) and Mads...I look like a short arse but those other two are actually giants.


According to Nielsen Music Control, Pixie Lott is the only UK or International recording artist of the last 10 years to have their debut three singles chart at Number 1 in the UK Airplay Chart.

Melody and lyrics...a super talented singer...it's that simple.]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091210-174642 Phil Thornalley Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:46:42 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=09&m=12&entry=entry091210-174642 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091208-105654
thanks to bev,joe kentish,bill,venetia mills,georgie mcavenna,jon green,david tench,sally herbert and everton nelson,paul adam and anyone who knows me.

we've just recorded pix singing her own version of 'silent night' for a free christmas i-tunes download and also a cover version of 'when love takes over' that will be available on a deluxe album next year.

other stuff.

we had a 'the first steps' songwriting reunion last saturday.two new songs from chris and me.

mads,jon green and i submitted a song for kylie.hope she sings it.the song is on the new tunes page called 'come home'.

talking of 'home' eliza doolittle releases her EP with our song "go home" included.she's a new UK singer songwriter with a ton of personality.check out the sampler http://www.elizadoolittle.com/?src=mp3.]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091208-105654 Phil Thornalley Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:56:54 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=09&m=12&entry=entry091208-105654 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091122-121036
mads and i had songs on the top 4 compilation albums in the UK chart.

No 1 Clubland 16 Boys & Girls (Pixie Lott)

No2 Pop Party 7 Boys & Girls (Pixie Lott)

No3 Dreamboats and Petticoats Volume 3 Dream Baby Dream,You Won't Catch Me Crying

No4 Live Lounge Mama Do (Newton Falkner cover version not bad at all)

No 8 Now 73 Mama Do (Pixie Lott)

we worked with pixie on her radio one 'live lounge' performance with a coldplay style arrangement of "when love takes over".(originally kelly rowland and david guetto).pixie's band joined by the best string quartet in town.
as usual she sang with soul and made the song her own.

recent visitors to the swamp include lizzy pattinson to sing some of our kylie minogue song pitches.(all refused so far).

also we welcomed back darren hayes and wrote another song for his solo album.a brilliant lyric and plenty of laughs.

ttfn]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091122-121036 Phil Thornalley Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:10:36 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091122-121036 http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091001-081237



a suprise visit from swamp favourites casey shea and wes 'weschester' hutchinson resulted in the soon to be classic kylie cut 'stardust'.

with a little help from stardust band members scarlett skye,silent E and stylist biff.

yes,we are silver dancers.



other recent songwriting colabs with emeli sande,jade williams,lise karlsnes and wayne hector.



pixie lott still #1 UK airplay with 'boys and girls'.working harder than ever.



the musical 'dreamboats and petticoats' featuring my songs 'dream baby dream' and 'you won't catch me crying' now has two shows running.one in the west end and one on the road.it's quite silly but a lot of fun.the flimsiest of scripts introduces songs from pre-beatle england in the style of the queen show 'we will rock you'.but it all works.

http://www.dreamboatsandpetticoats.com/



if you fancy some fantastic alternative clothing then check out my brother's retail business 'the hemp store'.

based in cambridge market.go greener.look meaner.(in the 'cool' sense not the miserly way).

http://www.thehempstore.co.uk/]]> http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091001-081237 Phil Thornalley Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:12:37 GMT http://www.philthornalley.com/blog/comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091001-081237