Recording my new band
Exciting times ahead this weekend, as my new band From Light To Sound (although it’s been going for a year, so I should probably stop calling it ‘new’) goes into the studio this weekend to record our first tracks together. It should be an interesting process for me particularly, as I’ve never done a ‘traditional’ [...]
Top 10 albums of 2008
Looking back over my records at the end of the year as usual, I was pleased to see that I had bought/been exposed to loads of new stuff this year, which makes a top ten worth bothering with. I also noticed that there was loads of stuff from this year that I keep meaning to [...]
Doing your first gig
Well, my new band, From Light To Sound, played our first ever gig this weekend, so I thought I’d post a belated reflection on what that was like and how it went. I also play in Sunnyvale Noise Sub-element, and have played in The Evenings, so it was far from my first gig of all [...]
1-2-3-4
Hey, here’s something exciting. I’m in a movie! The guitarist from our band, Giles, hasn’t played with us for the best part of a year because he’s been writing, directing, producing and now promoting his first full-length film. Earlier in the year, we went down to a dingy north London gig venue to appear in [...]
Every gig I’ve ever played
By crikey, that took longer than I thought it would. Below is a timeline of every gig I think I’ve ever played throughout my not-exactly-enormous musical career with two bands. I’m planning on working my way through annotating it with memories from every show, and then adding every gig I’ve promoted on top of there [...]
101 miles per Sunnyvale track
Just back from a week away from computers, the internet and all things digital. While I have admittedly hopped right back on the wagon, it’s been just great not thinking about emails, blogs or ANYTHING for a few days, and a welcome reminder that in the average week I get about five emails of interest [...]
