It’s A Troubadour’s Life For Me Some musician’s live for writing that perfect song.Some musicians live for the fame and fortune…If they’re very lucky!Some musician’s live for recording that incredible guitar sound.Me? I’ve always enjoyed performing live the most. When it came time to embark upon my most ambitious three months of touring to date; […]
How Independent Musicians Can Use Technology in 2019 to Help Their Careers Multi-instrumentalist Bishi Image credit: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3824081 From the perspective of an independent musician, the music industry, is much like a feudal system of the 1 per cent (those who have been signed) and the 99 per cent (the independent sector),” explains […]
My Favourite New Songwriters Are Female The above statement shouldn’t be any surprise. The world has never been short of great female songwriters. Carole King, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Amy Winehouse to name but a few. Two American sisters, Patty and Mildrid J. Hill wrote “Happy Birthday To You” for goodness sake! There […]
We’re About To Go: A Little OTT I’m very pleased to unveil my 2018 UK tour with Gavin Osborn. Plus reflections on Summer shows and new songwriting commissions. Are you ready to go a bit overboard? Straight after my Europe tour, I’ll be hitting the road in the UK with the hilarious and marvellous raconteur that is – Mr Gavin Osborn. […]