Songwriter, Musician, Producer & Blogger
Songwriter, Musician, Producer & Blogger
Ambient legend and visual artist Brian Eno has launched the Turntable II, the second iteration of his signature colour-changing neon record player. How cool! I so want this 🙂 Source: Brian Eno’s new £20,000 LED turntable has LEDs which change…
An organ playing the longest and slowest piece of music in the world has changed chord for the first time in two years. In a remarkable musical event, an organ at the Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, has recently changed…
Call me old fashioned but I still prefer writing songs with a pen to paper rather than to use a computer. There have been many times where I’ve attempted to use a computer keyboard and word processor instead of pen and…
Below is the complete version of “An Incomplete Manifesto For Growth” as mentioned in my last blog post “Some Creative Suggestions For Your Songwriting Process.” This manifesto was conceived in 1998 by Bruce Mau, the creative director of Bruce Mau Design. The purpose of the…
One of my favourite songwriting websites that I visit regularly and I’m a proud member of is called TAXI. Apart from the songwriting A&R services they provide for their members, I really like the articles and helpful tips that they provide on the…
Finally, there has been some progress with the studio build now that Christmas, New Year and my birthday are now out of the way for the year. With some help by the wonderful Henry Sweet, all of the walls now…
We songwriters are very sensory creatures and we have been known to use a variety of stimuli to kick off our songwriting processes. I have, in previous posts mentioned that listening to music or reading some poetry might be a…
You know, as I get on with the day to day business that is my life, I’m realising more and more that for most of the time we are all making up our lives as we go along which to a…
In an earlier blog post I introduced the concept of the “5 Pillars Of The Songwriting Process” which were as follows… Pillar #1: The SongwriterPillar #2: The FoundationPillar #3: The CreationPillar #4: The RevisionPillar #5: The Business In the world of…
In an earlier blog post I introduced the concept of the “5 Pillars Of The Songwriting Process” which were as follows… Pillar #1: The SongwriterPillar #2: The FoundationPillar #3: The CreationPillar #4: The RevisionPillar #5: The Business The journey of crafting…