Facing the music (clockwise from left): Jane Aireton, Joe Blackham, Max Mason, Kate Postlethwaite, Serena Brown, Chloe Moore and Henry Rowe, with Father Christmas and Trover the dog. (0691129)

WINDOW cleaner Max Mason is aiming to top the music charts. He has teamed up with lyricist Jane Aireton to set up production company Wowave and since October the pair have been busy writing a string of songs, which they hope will be snapped up by a London record label.

The duo’s first recording, entitled Miracles, which features local saxophonist Kate Postlethwaite and four singers from St Anne’s School, was released this week.

Max, 43, who was signed to Cherry Records as a solo artist in the 1980s, has high hopes for the songs he and Jane have come up with.

‘They have already attracted significant interest from various London record labels and this production of Miracles is an upbeat song aimed at lifting the spirits of the public around Christmas,’ he said.

Jane, who owns pet suppliers Trover Coats, explained how the duo joined forces.

‘I’ve been writing songs as a hobby for years and when I heard Max had his own recording studio I got in touch with him and sent him some lyrics.’

Max and Jane started working together in the autumn and say they have been in the song-writing ‘zone’ ever since.

Jane, 60, added: ‘We are both really enthusiastic about this and believe it is going places.

‘I’ve written quite a few songs in the last few months and Max has been inspired by what I’ve done and come up with melodies for all of them.’

Miracles was recorded earlier this month and digitally mastered by Max in his home studio last week. The track features vocals from local schoolchildren Chloe Moore, Serena Brown, Henry Rowe and Joe Blackham and Max praised the efforts of the youngsters.

‘The children did really well. They sung in pairs and sounded fantastic. If Simon Cowell had heard them, he’d have tried to sign them up.’

Max’s first stab at the music industry came in 1985 when he left his Lancashire home for London, with no money, aged just 20.

He hoped to be a pop star and after knocking on record companies’ doors he eventually signed a two-year deal with Cherry Records.

‘I got to work with a lot of great producers and musicians and was within touching distance of releasing a single, but it got pulled at the last minute. I’d even done a photo shoot with Smash Hits to promote it.’

Max eventually left London for America, where he promoted hit song Doinit – a track that went on to sell more than 750,000 copies worldwide.

l Any profits made from Miracles will be split equally between Alderney Animal Welfare Society and Manchester Dogs’ Home – where Trover the hair-lipped dog, Wowave’s mascot, is from. Miracles can be downloaded for £1 from www.wow.gg.Peter Cunneen reports on the political and economic aftermath of the island’s first ever fully democratic elections