Fun times recording with John Wills and Jem
Jem, ace drummer, bosom old friend, and now hip successful uber muso touring with Roisin Murphy of Moloko and THURSTON MOORE, (yes, I just name-dropped my pal and colleague also playing drums for THURSTON MOORE), found time outside his packed hip schedule to come and record the drums for some of the album tracks. We…
2016 Exciting plans
Merry Christmas and a Happy new year! We finished off the year by progressing four demos with super producer John Wills, who’s only one half of one of my all time favourite bands Pumajaw along with the legend that is Pinkie Maclure. I’m so grateful for his help on the demos and look forward to…
Candythief recommends-my top new music tips. William D Drake, Revere Reach.
Edinburgh’s not exactly ‘hotting up’, as we have had a very damp and unprepossessing summer. But the festival circus is about to hit town, posters are going up, the unique festival aroma of stale beer, glitter, popcorn and rain will soon be perfuming the air of Auld Reekie; and I have the next tidbit of choice…
Grand tour of Ireland
So, I’ve been a bit rubbish about keeping the blog updated, but enthused by the example of Johnny The Pictish Trail/Lost Map’s very funny blogs, I’m getting back into it. The main news is that I’m leaving with Anne, the lovely cello player, on Thursday for a tour of IRELAND! I have never had the…
Departure approaches
So I’ve got a day and a half before I take to the road and during this time I’m apparently going to do a bunch more rehearsing with the loop pedal so that I get it right on the first time rather than the third time; I’m going to pack all the bits, make more…
Summer UK dates booked
I’m just making some flyers with the next few gig dates on them and I thought it might be an idea to post them up. It’s been quite hard work booking them, so it’s nice to look down and see a good number coming to fruition. For a few months I’ve been really busy with…
Easter buns
I’ve been making the critical error of ‘waiting till I have time for a proper session’. This is one of the many ways procrastination Gets us, because I do not currently have the life where gentle moments of repose present themselves and therefore must just run the risk of insufficient self editing and post regardless.…
weekend smorgasbord of musical delights
Well, I’m stalling the onset of Monday by ‘working’ ie writing my blog, with its three followers, and reliving the joys of the weekend. I had been feeling a tad uninspired, so decided it was time to seek out some new music. This turned into a weekend mini festival of good sounds. First off, Adam…