I have always considered popular contemporary music as a greatly under-utilised means of communication. With the exception of a handful of songwriters the modern song seems to be purely commerce-driven. This has led to a commercial marketplace filled with one-dimensional songs and a listening audience who have become subtly accustomed to this. This process will [...]
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19 Nov
"…And The Sun Refused To Shine…."
Have you ever been in that hideously frustrating situation where you have everything at your disposal to record a song or piece of music but you don’t have a song to write? The general reaction of most songwriters is to sit with pen and paper or at their computer ‘willing’ a song to emerge. This [...]
25 Oct
>Accidentally Like A Martyr
>For the purposes of this entry in which I shall be discussing the recording process measured against the end result, I’ll be talking of my own recording escapades over the last two or so At the risk of sounding patronising, which I’m not (I save that for ‘real life’), most people who listen to music [...]
25 Oct
The Phone Don’t Ring….
At the risk of sounding patronising, which I’m not (I save that for ‘real life’), most people who listen to music and have no connection with musicians don’t give any thought as to how a song actually comes to fruition. I certainly didn’t until my early teens. I am speaking mainly of my own recording [...]
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