Strawberry Icecream Champagne

People always ask me what's the inspiration behind my music and I always answer - People and romance.

People and their stories; stories of love and old-fashioned romance. Sometimes being in love can be so painful but the pain can be good too and it's helped me write a lot of songs this way.

I like writing old-fashioned love songs, partly because that's what I hear inside, and partly to fill a big hole in my current music collection. I love old romantic jazz music and sitting down by the fire watching a musical with Fred Astaire or an old black and white with Marlene Dietrich.

A song that I wrote recently called Strawberry Icecream Champagne is an old-fashioned love song inspired by Cole Porter and Natalie Wood. It's a song about all the delicious feelings you get when you're with that special person, you go to a theatre show and then you might go for a boat ride down the moonlit river. For me music is all about that magic, in taking you away to a special place where you can do anything.

Tuan x

Elliott Smith

Sometimes I think Elliott Smith had it easy,
looking down that dark abyss
what did you see
Elliot Smith

nothing but a big gaping hole
where
your
life
could have
(should have)
been.

Stupid and brave
you were
were you

WERE YOU

(yes)

Thank you

Thank you to everyone who came last night to The Regal Rooms in Hammersmith. It was a fantastic night and I enjoyed every minute of it and I hope you did too.

The Band lineup:

Noel Langley - Flugelhorn
Gavin Scott - Double Bass
Moi - Piano and Classical Guitar.

The six song set ran as the following:

1. Strawberry Icecream Champagne
2. Just Five Days
3. My Secret Love
4. This Love-sick Heart
5. London Town
6. Midnight Carnival Show

The Regal Rooms is a beautiful venue in West London and is run by the most excellent Tony Moore who was a brilliant host and a magician too....

Love on this cold winter's day,

tuan x