Vale Lindsay Boyd…
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,…
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Songwriting: The Quiet Risk of Writing the Truth
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…
How To Stay Sane In An Insane World
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion going around right now, and it’s not the kind that a good night’s sleep will fix. It’s the exhaustion of keeping up. Of waking up each morning not quite knowing what fresh chaos the…
Are We Already Over AI? The #2016 Hashtag Trend Says a Lot
There’s something quietly fascinating happening online right now, and I think it says more about where we’re headed than most people realise. According to a recent article on Reprtoir, millions of people have been flooding social media with the hashtag…
What Writing Songs Has Taught Me About Being Human
I didn’t start writing songs to become a better person. I started because I loved music. Because I was drawn to melody. Because there were things inside me that felt too big, too confusing, or too private to say out…
Your Truth VS The Truth, And Why The Difference Matters
You know, lately I keep hearing a phrase pop up everywhere. On the surface, it sounds healthy. Empowering, even. It feels like a pushback against being silenced or dismissed, and in many cases, that’s exactly where it came from. People…
Five Simple Resolutions for a Slow, Steady, Simple and Silent 2026
For a long time, I thought a slower life would arrive once I did enough, achieved enough, or figured enough things out. What I’ve come to understand is that slowness isn’t something you reach. It’s something you remove obstacles from.…
My Relationship With Grief – 5 Years On
November 22nd, 2025 marked the 5th anniversary of Mara’s passing and although the latter part of November is always going to be a challenge to get through (as November 19th is also Mara’s birthday), I found that this time around…
The Beautiful, Messy Truth of Being Human
You know, life sure has a habit of refusing to stay tidy. It can feel uncomfortable, incomplete, lonely, confusing, and at the same time strangely beautiful. That mix isn’t a mistake. It’s just the raw material we’re all made from.…
Vale Philip Hayward-Surry (1945 – 2025)
Last week, I lost a good friend. The world lost a good man. And I lost one of my greatest musical champions… Philip Hayward-Surry. I first met Phil when I was 16 and back then, I was just a young…