After weeks of preparation, my new ‘shop’ is open.  I’ve recorded several tracks of piano music by Billy Mayerl, which you can buy and download from my website. Visit the shop!

Billy Mayerl was the famous pianist of the Savoy Hotel in London in the 1920s. His sparkling piano music is some of the best light music I know. Some years ago, I recorded a whole album of it for Virgin Classics. People often ask me if there’s going to be another album. I realised I could follow the lead of those artists who’ve successfully recorded themselves playing in their own basements. I thought it would be fun to be able to record on my own piano, in my own living-room, so I’ve called the recordings ‘Tomes at Home’.

In my MP3 store you can listen to sound samples and buy these tracks:

• Song of the Fir Tree
• From a Spanish Lattice
• Parade of the Sandwich-Board Men
• Marigold
• Funny Peculiar
• Ace of Clubs

You don’t need a PayPal account to buy a track; you can also use a credit card. Just follow the steps described in the MP3 Shopping Instructions. You can buy just a single track, or more than one at a time. You can also write in to receive a free track download of me playing ‘Ace of Diamonds’.

Visit my MP3 store and tell me what you think. More tracks will be available soon. Do you have a favourite Billy Mayerl piece you’d like me to record?