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
Writing Lyrics for Kessy, So Swagging
2019 has been a good year. Having spent the first five months of the year working, swagging, and touring around Italy (what a wonderful country!) I also had a much
Thank F**k It’s Monday… I can do some sound design
A quick update on this week’s work. I’ve just done some sound design on a cool jingle for fitness and lifestyle coach, Mark Laws, who runs a motivational blog called
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Give it a go on Skype…
A quick update because of a rather hectic few weeks where I’ve moved house, enjoyed a short working-weekend break to the Lake District and a number of gigs in far
A music video and a casual smoker
Before I talk about our recently filmed music video, I’m going to quickly talk about my friend Ben Caplan’s new album. Social Context Music and the arts in general get
The Cat Empire and a new website!
One very useful piece of feedback I’ve received since giving this site a facelift, is that I now have a very professional website full of great clips and music, but