Miles Davis ‘Kind of Blue’ – Album Review
After last week’s catch up blog, today I return to my series of classic album reviews with the only instrumental disc in the collection; Miles Davis’ seminal jazz record, ‘Kind
Update from Oz
Recent blog posts have been album reviews of some of my favourite records but for the last 2-3 weeks, I’ve been either traveling in Cambodia or visiting family in Australia
Damien Rice ‘O’ Album Review
If I had to choose only five artists who had truly been an inspiration on my career as a composer, Damien Rice would undoubtedly be up for inclusion. This despite
Tracy Chapman Album Review
Of the 12 albums I plan to review over the coming weeks I think the wonderful 1988 debut from Tracy Chapman is the only one for which I can say
Paul Simon – Graceland Album Review
Having enjoyed reviewing the playing styles of some of my guitar playing heroes in recent blog posts, I’ve decided to do a series of reviews of my very favourite albums.
The Jam Station
In recent weeks I’ve had a huge amount of work as a lyricist – writing songs for/with clients in Paris and Toulouse in France, as well as Switzerland, Senegal and
Brian May Style Analysis
Before I get onto Brian May… This last week has been incredibly busy for me, which is good news! I was working in Toulouse with french pop/soul singer Kessy, with
Jimi Hendrix Playing Analysis
As promised and following on from last week’s analysis of Jimmy Page, here is an article discussing the guitar playing Jimi Hendrix taken from my 2014 Licentiate thesis with the
Jimmy Page Playing Style Analysis
Jimmy Page… While recently searching some old work on a hard-drive I found an article that I wrote for my Licentiate Diploma with the London College of Music in 2014.
Adding Guitar to the 27 Film Soundtrack
27…. As I’ve said before the majority of my work these days is as a lyricist and composer though I entered this business many years ago as a session guitarist