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I haven't put anything on my website recently because I'm working on a new one. Hope you will still visit me! It'll be ready for the New Year.
October 26, 2011: How to sing a cover version
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Next week Out of the Bedroom's tenth anniversary evening has an invitation to songwriters to cover songs by fellow OOTBers, and my preparations have had me thinking about what I do when I do a cover version. Firstly I think...
October 22, 2011: Secret CDs 48 *OOTB special* at Voodoo Rooms Wed 2nd November
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This is part of the celebration of 100 years of Out of the Bedroom (OK, 10 years) and we’ll be up there with some of our favourites from OOTB - 7.45: Freeloading Frank 8.30: Jill Hepburn 9.15: Gordon Ballboy 10.00:...
October 9, 2011: Sun is shining
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... metaphorically of course. I mean the sun is casting benevolence on my musical life at the moment. There's light at the end of the tunnel of my musical woes, and its name is Reaper. Persuaded by a friend to...
October 7, 2011: Captain's Bar Sat 8 Oct
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The Invisible Helpers The Wright Brothers Sam Barber James 'Trip Hazard' Whyte 8 till midnight Free!! Clean, thrilling fun! Cleans you! Thrills you! Cleans AND thrills you! Fun! Tomorrow!
October 5, 2011: Ne Me Quitte Pas
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Here's a video wherein I sing Jacques Brel's great song, probably one of the greatest songs of the 20th century, with Nelson Wright at our farewell Wright Brothers gig. The song is better known in English as 'If You Go...
September 27, 2011: Arty French Film
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The Wright Brothers on Sunday, doing my favourite Wright Brothers song. Thanks to Fi and John for filming and Fi for inadvertent backing vocals at the beginning!
September 11, 2011: Autumn Almanyack
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Into September already. A quick roundup of things I've been doing: The Invisible Helpers is about a year old now, and is beginning to know what it is. When the band started we worked on a core of songs from...
August 3, 2011: Waveforms in August
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I'll be playing a short set of Waveforms at Sacred Space in St John's Church (corner of Princes St and Lothian Road) on three dates in August. Unlike previous years this'll be in daytime, which will lend a different dynamic....
July 17, 2011: How to write songs (as told by Paul Simon)
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This little statement is in the sleevenotes of So Beautiful or So What and, as I get engaged with writing again, it rings as true as any description I've ever heard of the creative process: How do the fingers of...
