Welcome to the world of Rockidle
Rs written close to 400 songs.
Rockidle is singer-songwriter Derek Hagan who has written close to 400 songs.
This website tells his story, inspiration to music, reviews, the latest music and music releases.
Any artists looking for songwriters, anyone who stumbled across this site by accident, or, has been pointed to its existence by someone, then read on, and click the links on digital channels Spotify, YouTube and iTunes to have a listen. Appreciated.
Rockidle - how it all began
About Rockidle the songwriter
Born and raised in Ireland, grew up in England, and finally settled down in Finland. A keen songwriter for many years, with close to 400 songs written. Most of these won´t (fortunately) ever get to see the light of day, but by the end of November about 45 of those songs will be captured on a recording. I do not have and have never been in a band. I could not play an instrument well enough, and there's always going to be compromises with other members of a band over pretty much anything.
I am not a musician, and would never call myself one. I was in my 20's when I bought an acoustic guitar. Before that, it was writing songs on Casio keyboards, and seeing what I could come up with. Doorbell music tunes mostly. I was writing lyrics in my teens, I suppose it was my way of expressing myself, getting my thoughts down on paper. Once I was able to play some chords on an acoustic, then I got into writing more and more.
No different to a lot of songwriters, regardless of the genre of music, it’s about trying to write or find a melody or a hook, and take it from there. Songs are stories, they should have a start, middle, an end, have content, and mean something. The songs are like children, they are born with me playing some chords on an acoustic guitar, lyrics, and having an idea of how you want them to sound. Hopefully some of them grow up, develop, flourish, and when released or shared, they leave home.
When I grow up (if I ever do), I would like to be a songwriter. That is the thing about music, you don’t need to grow up, or you’re never too old for it.
Maybe someone, somewhere, at some time is looking for a songwriter, or listens to one of the songs I have written, and thinks, yeah, good song, this guy can write. We’ve got an artist that needs songs like this. If that ever happens, then email me 📧. Until that happens, I´ll dream on.
All music records
The recorded work of Rockidle, and the latest music releases.
2021
Relationships 2
Listen to Relationships 2 the album on Spotify
2021
Autumn Air
Listen to Autumn Air the single on Spotify
2021
Vinyl Junkies
Listen to Vinyl Junkies the single on Spotify.
2021
Degeneration
Listen to Degeneration the single on Spotify.
2021
Give Me My Life Back
Listen to Give Me My Life Back the single on Spotify.
2020
Relationships
Check out Relationships album at Digital Albums.
2005
Belvedere Drive
Check out Belvedere Drive album at Digital Albums.
2003
Sunny Side Up
Check out Sunny Side album at Digital Albums.
2020-2021
Rockidle Video channel
Plenty of videos available on YouTube.
The greatest people & bands who have inspired to write songs.
Songwriting inspiration
Songwriting inspiration, musically Mike Peters and The Alarm. Acoustic guitars are always synonymous with slow, stripped down, singer-songwriter material. Here was a band who started out playing acoustic guitars at a frantic pace. I saw them 5 times on the last tour of the original line up in 1991, to promote their 5th studio album Raw, and was shocked when Mike announced his departure from the band after 10 years, at a gig at Brixton Academy in June 1991.