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For the love of music…
I thought those music enthusiasts among you might enjoy this chat which I filmed with musician/songwriter/ arranger and music studio owner John Hamilton of EQ Studios. John has produced my songs for the last 5 or so years and...
The remarkable impact of music on our lives
Like millions of others around the planet, music has a very special place in my heart. I love it as a creative, as a singer/songwriter and as a listener. Universally it seems to have and bring so much meaning, feeling, comfort,...
World Full of Wonder – the official video
The funny thing about life is that when you step back and start to look back you start to see all the themes and the patterns. When I was pursuing singing as a living 15 or so years ago the songs were all about life, love,...
Songs from the Soul – album review by David Greenberg
RASHEED OGUNLARU --- SONGS FROM THE SOUL (2012) David Greenberg, August 23, 2012 With Rasheed Ogunlaru’s debut album Songs from the Soul, we witness a pure and honest expression of an artist whose intent is so clearly to share an inspiring and hopeful message with the...
Sooner or Later
Sooner or Later was one of the last tracks written and recorded for 'Songs from the Soul'. When you hear it, it kind of speaks for itself. When the song arrived (they kind of sping into the consciousness) it had a North...
Love is the Answer….the ballad version
You may have seen the video to Love is the Answer here on this site> if so you will have heard the uptempo version of the track produced by Rene Coffey. But interestingly I originally wrote the song as a ballad and when I...
Songs from the Soul
I'm delighted to announce the arrival of Songs from the Soul; my first download album. Always one to do my own thing, I decided to put together a set of songs and make them available here on my own music website. That said there are a few people who I owe my thanks...
Live Before We Die
This song is one of my most proud and lucky musical moments. I was asleep - and when I sleep I'm often quite conscious. I often dream of everyday things. I'm often aware that I'm asleep - sounds strange but it's how it is....
Meanwhile Life Passes By
This is one of the last songs that I wrote for the Songs from the Soul collection. It was inspired by a phrase that my best friend would say that I think was attributed to John Lennon which goes something like 'Life is...
Sunny Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeyZQehnPX0 Sunny Days is one of my favorite songs. It was co-written by Kevin Arnold and myself and was the first song on our last demo recording together. From memory Kevin was on the piano playing a beautiful riff. I walked out into...
The magical thing about music – and movies – is that every now they can be transformational. They touch you and after listening or watching you’re somehow no longer quite the same as you were before.
Listen
A taste of Rasheed's music
Learn to Love
The Awakening
Lifelines
Rasheed Reimagined
Lease of Life
Songs from the Soul
Albums
