Since the last time I posted about The Soul Trader Podcast (with good mate Simon James Betts), there have been five more episodes all done and dusted for your aural pleasure. Go on, have a listen. You’ll find them all…
While going through my song archives some time ago I noticed that I have a lot of songs written in the very early days of my musical journey that would never see the light of day. However, I still remember…
According to renowned Zen Buddhist and interpreter of Chinese and Indian philosophies to the West, Alan Watts (1915-1973), the correlation between life and music is a closely knit and intertwining one. Through his lectures and his vast audio archive, he…
This video I’m about to share with you is for me, the single most inspirational piece of media I have ever witnessed. I would go so far as saying that if I hadn’t stumbled across this video then my musical journey…
Right now I’m sitting in front of my computer typing out this blog post and on the other screen is an open project on Logic Pro X and I’m really, really torn between completing this post and just doing some…
When accepting his BMI Icon award in 2010, songwriter David Foster gave a speech which was more like a ten commandments for all songwriters to live by. Here are those ten songwriting tips in a nutshell: Save your money Don’t get married Learn an instrument…
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a confession to make… I am a tragic hoarder of information. I love collecting information, researching or any activity that can be used as an excuse to not move forward with something. I don’t know where…
According to this video from the popular science YouTube channel Vsauce the answer is “not very likely” which is a good thing I suppose otherwise I would be out of a job. It seems that if you quantified all of…
In order to master the craft of songwriting you must first fully embrace the fact that there’s always something to learn about it. The more you know, the more you need to learn. I know of some songwriters that are…
Here is a very interesting video I found recently of one of my favourite musicians and sound artists of all time, Brian Eno being interviewed by Jools Holland in 2001. In the video, Eno talks about the concept of his Oblique Strategies cards and how they…