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Sweet, sad and impossible to fully convey: Getting off a plane tonight, a musical idea arose. As I walked through the terminal, it grew stronger and I altered and embellished it in my mind. Just before I got to the...
April 29, 2009: Two gigs in a week!
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Wow, rock and roll! Tonight I played bass for Ms Fi at the Ark, which was very enjoyable. We had one rehearsal beforehand, just enough to refamiliarise myself with the songs so that I could relax and, I hope, provide...
February 17, 2009: Bespoke in the wheel … cancellation!
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Those curious about the Band With Ever Changing Names, who became Bespoke, will have to wait a little longer I’m afraid. We were to have made our debut on Thursday at the Ark but our drummer Pete has sustained what...
February 7, 2009: Ghosts of the past
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I've started collecting up some past exploits, starting with Hungry Ghosts. This is apposite, as the world girds its loins for the launch of Bespoke, three of whom are former Ghosts. We start with a BBC radio session here.
February 3, 2009: The Chase
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I've put the song The Chase up on Reverbnation. This was always planned to be on Roadblock but in the end I pulled it, partly because I didn't think the performance was strong enough, but partly because it didn't sit...
January 31, 2009: A dip in the pool
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Home from London (the second day of the conference was much better), a day's catching up and trying to harness some of the ideas flying around from the conference, then a rehearsal with a rather fragile Bespoke. Getting home to...
January 21, 2009: Back to the tracks
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Having the second of two unexpected days off, and having got most of the 'stuff' out of the way on the first day, I resolved to put the time to good use and start some recording, the first I've done...
January 13, 2009: February gig
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Giving you plenty of notice of this gig as it's going to be a doozie! Fri 13th February The Lot, 46 Grassmarket 8pm This is a CD launch night for Darren Thornberry's band and you shouldn't miss Paul Gilbody
January 13, 2009: Retro Necro
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Momus writes an interesting article about what he calls Retro Necro - the tendency of music nowadays to constantly reference the last forty years as if nothing new is possible. There's a very simple, very big problem for today's pop...
January 8, 2009: Alliterative lashing from the List
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The List gave me a review, which sounds friendly and positive, but so hell-bent on alliteration that it's a little strange. I love the 'comes of age' bit. I could probably have grandsired the reviewer. But it's a nice thought....
