David Mackin Music

Happy New Year to you. 2026 can be a glorious year on a personal and artistic level. Not so sure on the global level; I think the Doomsday Clock just hit 2.15 am, but that […]

Back in the hottest summer of my childhood, 1976, my parents, along with my Aunty and Uncle, took us to our favourite ever holiday place; a little cottage called ‘Tholah’ (The House of Love and […]

Songwriting is my absolute passion. In just a few minutes, a songwriter can pack a punch with emotions and information that a whole movie or play might miss. The clever use of words and melody […]

My featured song for November 2022 is Tommy The Trencher from my forthcoming album The Hermitage Suite. I wrote this song with Ian Erving around 1994 in our Sunday Night songwriting sessions. It was based […]

This song was written around 1987/88 by Ian Erving and myself. It was quite an unusual style that sort of grew with performance and development. Great Keyboard playing by Darren O’Brien, drumming by Mike Mackin […]