Strange Week

2008-02-08T18:53:24Z

Hello again! This week has been good but I felt very strange. Firstly, after all the frantic preparation and nerve wrackingness of last Friday's big gig I felt a bit flat. Don't get me wrong - it went fantastically and I couldn't be happier as to ...

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Album Launch Party

2008-02-03T13:54:43Z

I've finally got some time to sit down and write about the album launch party on Friday. It was FANTASTIC - I couldn't have asked for it to have gone better. I know that I played as well as I could and that the other musicians involved were all BR...

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Blog Holiday

2008-01-30T17:42:43Z

Don't be surprised if you don't see a post here for a few days - things are hotting up this end with final preparations for Friday's gig plus I'll have a houseful of people for the weekend and I need to do the usual shopping and cleaning stuff too...

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Efx down again

2008-01-27T10:50:22Z

I can't get onto Efx at the moment so I'm very glad I've set up this blog at Vox! Quite a lot of my friends read here as well now. Last night I played flute and djembe for a friend at a great little gig in Bristol. We were on first and there were...

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People of This Earth

2008-01-25T13:38:50Z

Here's another track from my album Full Circle which is being released on Feb 1st - hope you enjoy it - this song encapsulates everything I believe about people!

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Gigs and rehearsal

2008-01-25T09:35:47Z

The last couple of evenings I've gone out with various pals to a couple of gigs. The first, at the Prom, was a folk rock band whose name escapes me. Last night I had a band practice for MY gig then we went to a punk gig at The Croft. Very noisy, ...

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I Need A Dream - by Malusi

2008-01-24T00:07:17Z

This young poet is called Malusi and he comes to our songwriting group - he's brilliant. Judge for yourself.

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Quote for my life

2008-01-23T09:37:13Z

I heard this just now on the radio and thought it could be the quote of my life as it resonated so strongly with me: "When your heart speaks, take good notes......" This is my take on it: If you see something that really moves you and you feel...

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Quiet Weekend

2008-01-21T21:12:27Z

Well - unusually for me, I had a really quiet weekend. The weather here in Bristol UK is absolutely foul. We wake up every morning to what feels like the twilight zone - constant grey, grizzly skies and non-stop rain and wind - at least it's not p...

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Femmes Fatales - Gig at The Cube

2008-01-19T00:34:44Z

Just got back from a great gig at The Cube - an old arts cinema in Bristol which also hosts music gigs. I'm not sure of the name of the first performer but after her was Bela Emerson, an amazing cello player who generates extraordinary sounds usi...

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