Category: Song Writing
In running Original Ukulele Songs and Music for Thr Head and Heart I get a lot of artists post on the social media pages and its rare to come across material that stops me in…
I am increasingly convinced that the best hope for the future of great music is through artist collaboration. With setting up Music for the Head and Heart I have been fortunate to meet and interview…
During Covid 19, I’ve been writing and recording at a furious rate across four projects. I started out with working on material for ‘The Caravan of Dreams” and then handed of some tracks which started…
I’m currently organising studio time for 2020 and took a few moments to look about at the songs I have professionally recorded to date. My first band was “The Small Change Diaries” where we recorded…
Here are some of my favorite quotes from artists on songwriting that in my view are well worth a read as these folks have dedicated their lives to this pursuit “Songwriting’s a weird game.…
I just finished “Tales of Dark and Light” for the new Caravan of Dreams ensemble and I was reflecting on the songs I have written to date. The first album for “The Small Change Diaries”…
The Caravan of Dreams album is increasingly different to anything I have worked on before. The last two tracks we recorded in the studio “Open up” and “All that loving, all that fighting” are just…
I’m fascinated by language and words and lament mostly what I hear as lyrics in songs. Often what occurs is “ok” but IMO not great. That said there are a few great ones out there,…
I was wonderfully amused by The Secret Sisters talking about how one particular character who had caused them a lot of grief, was the inspiration for a bunch of songs. In “He’s Fine” they wonderfully…
After the last blog which featured male performers, here are some more terrific entertainers. Victoria Vox Victoria Vox came over to my house with 16 other performers and her husband Jack, this May. They performed…