“If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no-one around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Dr. George Berkley Creativity is an essential part of the human experience, and it is something that is often deeply personal and meaningful to the creator. However, I believe that creativity is not just a private […]
Be yourself. Everyone else is taken Oscar Wilde Did you know that YOU are the only YOU that exists right now? Did you also know that YOU are the only YOU that has ever existed and will ever exist? Think about that for just a moment… This means that from the time the universe came […]
Now that today is the first day of 2023, I thought I’d start off the year on a positive note and list five things in 2022 that I’m thankful for. I’m sure that if I thought about it a bit more I’d come up with a bigger list than the five things below but, I […]
Historically for me, the month of December has always been a time where I would take stock of what’s happened during the year and map out what will be happening in the next year. I find this mix of the learning of lessons and the discovery of possibilities very exciting indeed. Over the last couple […]
I’m not a fan of Xmas songs but I am a fan of this… Merry Xmas to everyone and I hope that your 2023 is everything that you want it to be (and more). Peace, Corey 🙂
As of last Tuesday, December 13th, I am now officially living in my new place in Yankalilla. The rooms have been painted, the furniture moved in, the fridge and pantry have been stocked, gas and electricity is switched on, the NBN connected and the office and (temporary) studio is all ready to go. NB: Yes, […]
Today marks the second anniversary of Mara’s passing and I look back on a previous entry to help me reflect on what has transpired over the last two years. In this previous entry I noted that what I had learned was that… I still think and feel these things but since then I have also […]
To increase your ability to generate songwriting ideas, it’s necessary to increase your life experience, and that means getting out of your comfort zone and embracing what life has to offer you. Imagine having the confidence to fully experience your life with the knowledge that there’s a great song to be written as a result of […]
Below is some light weekend reading for all you live musicians out there… Now this rant has been around the internet for a while now and I first stumbled across this on Facebook. My initial thoughts were that the following passage below was hilarious but at the same time a little too close to home […]
As I’m now getting ready to play live again, I need to remind myself that I don’t ever want to fall back into the trap of just playing covers for the sake of it and at the cost of performing my own material. I do want to explore, however, the concept of being an interpreter […]