Hey everybody. Well, another month, another attempt at an Oxford Boy classic. Once again, this month's entry features lyrics by Judy Puckett who is quickly becoming Bernie Taupin to my Elton John. The song is called When Love Disappears and it is posted at 15 Megs of Fame, a new site that offers the titular amount of space to struggling musicians - space for which I am very grateful.

Now, about the song: It's based on that old standby beat, the dreaded 12/8 (AKA 'slow blooze'), infamous for buttressing scores of endless, formless guitar solos back in the heydey of Classic Rock. All in all it turned out well and you may notice that I seem to have licked the latency problem that was plaguing the last few tunes. Thankfully a download of some updated drivers did the trick, sparing us the cost of a new, fancy sound card - although I was secretly looking forward to the purchase of some shiny new gear.

I've also posted some older tunes at the site though you'll be glad to know I'm not counting them against my 'one song a month/twelve songs a year' promise, they're just some old laundry I felt like airing out. Hope you like the material and I'll see you soon.

Let the recovery begin with I'm Yours. It's a decent, if slight, tune but what's important is that in recording it I've discovered a procedural problem that can now be remedied.

I'm sure you've noticed the general sloppiness of the two or three previous songs. Turns out I'm not losing the magic, I just have a bum sound card. Hence tracks were not synching up properly with other tracks and the result was mush. Though a solution has yet to be fully implemented, the workaround has and recordings should improve, at least on the technical end.

The drum loop is from some guys site (can't rcall it though) and I was determined to use it, 'cause it's cool. This is the second tune using it, the first having been discarded upon completion due to its' crappiness, hopefully this one is worthier.

I am terribly vexed. Hang On Every Word was supposed to be the latest smash hit delivered to your neglected ears, but sadly, it falls short of the mark.

I am fully prepared to lay the blame on the drab, thudding drum track (unwisely lifted from a Steve Hackett song). The guitars are nothing special either, other than the one doubling the bass line, which is always a helpful trick. The vocals and the harmonies are fine, though. This is actually the third song written to these lyrics (written by my friend Jackie). One is discussed here, though it is no longer posted anywhere.

In fact, I am running out of space for posting stuff so I've begun deleting redundancies. Eventually, songs will be unavailable online, so get them now. It's unfair, I know, but what are you gonna do?

Hello from the month of March! Lover's Moon is up at Soundclick.com and once again, it falls a bit short of greatness, but since we don't believe in self-censorship (or self-editing apparantly) it remains our gift to you for the 03/05.

We are due for a smash, since the last few tunes have aimed somewhat low and I think I have one in store. Hopefully the month of April with shower you with pop thrills courtesy the Oxford Boys. See you soon.

Before Februaury slips away, I wanted to rush out "Sister City", a semi-credible effort featuring excessive noise due to running mics through the effects unit.

Marginally inspired by our recent move, it is perhaps minor Oxford material, yet as our inaugural number for 2005, we wish it well.

Though Bristol PA will always be our spiritual home (for better or worse) we have decided to make the move to the big city, hence getting a song ready for January might be a tall order. I hate to start off 2005 a song short, especially since February won't be any less nightmarish, but I may have to.

Yes, all those piles of ready cash were getting in the way so we decided to get in over our heads financially, clearing room for eviction notices and bankruptcy forms in the process. What we lose in solvency we will gain in inspiration hopefully, thereby making it easier to catch up on our renewed promise to submit twelve new songs (at least) for the year.

See you soon from the reconstituted Camp O', until then plase feel free to familiarize yourself with the Oxford Boys back catalouge.

Someone must've been very good this year, because you got a bonus Oxford Boy song for Xmas!

Morgantown Volcano is waiting to be unwrapped, so please do.

Hey all, new tune ("Where Are You?") is up at SoundClick and once again my friend Judy Puckett has kindly provided some very inspiring lyrics. Thanks, Judy!

As this is December, I believe that completes my bargain - made so rashly in January of this year - to deliver a song a month. True, I skipped June, but I made up for it with two in July, so I'm still on track. And I never said I wouldn't call in some outside help, so don't try that garbage either!

Enjoy your holidays and the O' Boys will see you in the New Year, should it be kind enough to arrive. Cheers.

Good news! I have changed webhosts and can now offer mp3 streams instead of the dreaded Real Player streams. Woo-hoo!

You're welcome.

Bad news is that I have a tenth of the disc space, so a bunch of tunes are now only available by coming 'round my house and asking nicely.

Hey! New song posted at SoundClick. "A Heart Can Turn Into A Stone" has lyrics written by Judy Puckett, and I'll be working on more stuff to go with her words soon. Please visit and sample the wares, thanks.