Fans Are Important!
And in celebration of how important fans are to me I’ve made something available for free today! It’s just over a year since “The Space In Between” was released, and to celebrate that and all the amazing fans I have, I opened up my bandcamp …
No One Is Tone Deaf!
It’s something my mother once thought I was… and things seemed to turn out okay for me in a musical sense I think. Not that my singing is any good, it’s actually terrible. But the video below really highlights how no one is tone deaf, …
Nurturing Creativity
Quite how we accomplish this mammoth task of nurturing those around us, and encouraging their creativity is a subject I take pretty seriously. And while researching some things online for my new book I came across this rather wonderful TED talk by sir Ken Robinson. …
Learning By Immersion
It’s a fascinating subject, and one that not only relates to the most basic form of human linguistic communication, but also directly to music as well. Tony Robbins has some very eloquent ways of putting forth some of these concepts and I highly recommend you …
A Lot To Learn
Wow, is there ever! And this was brought to the forefront of my mind last night on a show with my own band in LA. Having been sat behind the laptop for most of the year editing video and coding websites it’s been a bit …
Why you shouldn’t force your practicing!
I just rehearsed a new combination of musicians yesterday for a show in Los Angeles tonight, and after we were finished rehearsing we got onto talking about practicing, and how we’ve all been through periods of questioning how or why we practice. Tom Brechtlein is …
What is the only honest profession?
Well if you check out one of the latest magic tricks from one of my favorite magicians – Marco Tempest – then he might convince you that it’s magic. Ironic? I think so. A magician, as he points out in this video, promises to deceive …
How to confront and overcome human limitation
Having been a guinea pig several times for this speech both in person, and over the phone, I really couldn’t wait until it was given in public. The speech I’m talking about is Jojo Mayer’s keynote speech at the world renowned “TED Talks”. This month …
Working in the family!
So for many years my mother has been a print maker, and worked very hard on her craft. And with my new found knowledge and ability with this new fangled interweb thingy, I thought it appropriate that I should build her a website as a …
Playing Better Over Changes
Musicians: Have you always wanted to play better over changes? It’s probably the question I get asked the most: “how do I play better over changes?” There is, of course, no easy answer. But then again the only, and sometimes difficult answer, could be the …
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