15 October 2017
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I used a sharp knife when I was preparing dinner this morning… and managed to slice into the end of my left thumb. Ouch! Protected with a plaster, I was able to carry on with preparing the food but then … Continue reading
1 October 2017
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What makes hymns, in general, easier to sing than most contemporary worship songs? Some of it is familiarity. Songs you sang as a child until they formed a furrow in your mind and which you have returned to from time … Continue reading
24 September 2017
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I have recently been enthusiastically creating music playlists… only 10-15 years late to the game. The truth is that I normally listen to my digital music collection from a computer – making it easy to pick and order the songs … Continue reading
17 September 2017
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Yesterday afternoon’s gig was another outside one and I took the Markbass Nano head I wrote about a couple of months ago. At the previous gig, I was only using my set up for onstage monitoring as there was a … Continue reading
16 September 2017
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You might recognise the post title as from a jazz standard (September in the Rain. Warren / Dubin. 1937). That’s by way of mentioning that I’m out playing jazz again this afternoon although that title isn’t on the list despite … Continue reading
1 September 2017
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Car boots, that is. I’m delighted with the capacity of the Fabia Estate’s boot. This morning, it took a full size music stand and my electro-acoustic bass without raising a sweat. The bass at least would have had to go … Continue reading
30 August 2017
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For some reason, my voice has been extra deep and husky since yesterday. I haven’t got another particular symptoms so I’m not quite sure why this is; it is a safe time since I was singing loudly at Soul Survivor … Continue reading
26 August 2017
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Time to get on my bike and head down to the Black Swan on Crown Street in East Oxford, where The String Project is due on stage in (gulp) 45 minutes at 6pm. Toodle-pip!
12 August 2017
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I remember hearing ukemaster James Hill playing Billie Jean on solo ukulele when he did a show at The Jam Factory in Oxford about three years ago. He managed to combine the bassline, chords and drums on his ukulele (no … Continue reading
29 July 2017
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Advertising gigs on my blog doesn’t seem a particularly effective way of getting people to come along to my gigs so it probably doesn’t matter that the one that I have in mind started four hours ago, with an ad … Continue reading