Harvey/Grey Music & Media

Hey chums, Caitlin here today. This is a blog post I wrote some time ago, but it's still very relevant so I thought I would share it with you on my new Blog. Hope you enjoy it.  How I write songs,   by Caitlin Grey (Harvey/Grey Music) Writing about song writing is a bit weird! As I’m sure many other creative people will tell you, song writers (unless they are also teachers) don’t usually have to analyse the mechanics of what they do. In general, I don’t really think about how I write songs, I just do it! When I first began teaching singing and performance, explaining how I sing and perform came quite naturally, as you could argue that teaching itself is a form of performance. But song writing...mmm? Song writing (to me at least) is a rather personal endeavour, generally involving copious cups of tea and choccy biccies and executed behind closed doors in a small, airless studio. mysterious and secret! When you decide to share how you do it and write it down, y

  Folk songs: A living history we must cherish and protect. by Caitlin Grey I love folk songs.  I admit it. I am a folk song aficionado.  I grew up listening to them, learning them, singing them. When I was a very young child, my mother taught me many songs from her homeland of Ireland and she also introduced me to her favourite songs from other parts of the world, mostly from Scotland and America.  At school, I learned many more songs from diverse places such as Spain, Israel and Hungary and Australia! My early childhood was infused with this music; rich and varied in its heritage. I loved it.  Folk songs are part of our shared history. No matter where we are from. They are, in fact, a living history, as they continue to be performed to this day. More than that, new folk songs, by new singers and songwriters are being composed and performed.   Eventually, these ‘new’ songs will also find their way into the canon, taking their rightful place among the songs of old; enhancing and augmen

Well hello, fellow music lover! Welcome to the Harvey/Grey blog! Caitlin here today and this is the first of many posts (I hope) on our brand new blog site!  Let me introduce myself. My name is Caitlin Grey & I'm a singer, songwriter, lyricist and producer from the UK. I live on my narrowboat Sapphire and I love tea, films of all kinds and a cheeky rioja. I work with my long-time writing partner Neil Harvey. Neil, who started out as a rock guitarist (& still whacks out a pretty mean solo) is an exceptionally gifted composer, songwriter and producer. He also happens to be one of the nicest guys in the business. Well, I'm biased, as he is also my best mate. This brand new Blog site is going to be where we share everything we have learned over the last twenty-five years of navigating the choppy waters of the music & film industries. Hopefully, we can pass on some of our hard-won knowledge to you, so that you can cut a few corners on your way to succe