Right now, I’m in the middle of choosing songs for my next release, which sounds like a nice problem to have until you actually sit down to do it. It means going back through my song demos. All of them.…
I’ve never been one for signs. I don’t think the universe writes you letters, and I’m generally suspicious of anyone who reckons every bit of bad luck is a lesson wearing a disguise. But I do know that there’s a…
A few days ago, my mate Kenneth Doyle passed away and I’ve been trying to write this since then, and every draft has felt too small for the man it’s about. I met Ken back in 2003 and as soon…
Let me say from the get-go: Lindsay Boyd was one of the nicest, sweetest and most genuine human beings I have ever met. He had one of those hard-living, gravelly singing voices that could make Tom Waits sound like Pavarotti,…
Just recently I realised that… “Being a songwriter gives us the extraordinary opportunity to intimately examine our lives and express our vulnerabilities through our songs.” Now, I’ve sat with that line for a bit, and the more I turn it…
A friend asked me recently why I still write my own songs when an AI prompt could get me something similar in thirty seconds. Fair question? The honest answer isn’t really about the song at all. I still remember the…
I was sitting with my thoughts the other night and I found myself turning over a question I hadn’t really examined in a long time. I was thinking about creativity. Specifically, I was thinking about the different ways we humans…
This coming Sunday June 21st, 2026 at the Chiton Restaurant will be my last cover gig EVER. This is because after a lot of thought, I’ve decided to finally retire from playing covers as a professional function. I’m walking away…
Rainer Maria Rilke once issued a challenge. He wrote: “There is only one way: Go within. Search for the cause, find the impetus that bids you write. Put it to this test: Does it stretch out its roots in the…
You know, we’ve never had better tools for making music. You can write, record, produce and release a song this afternoon, from your bedroom, for nothing. The technology is genuinely remarkable. So why are so many musicians anxious, burnt out,…