What I’ve been making, playing, and thinking about — straight from the studio and the stage.
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🎶December’s Monthly Notes🎶 – aka 2023’s Monthly Notes
Read the note →: 🎶December’s Monthly Notes🎶 – aka 2023’s Monthly NotesWhew! That’s 2023 done… Just checked my last Monthly Notes post and it was from July in Greece…I’ve been slack, or maybe I should say, otherwise occupied outside of things musical. 2023 was not a bad year musically with plenty of live gig opportunities along the way. The photo montage below gives a sense of…
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🎶July’s Monthly Notes🎶 – Hot Tunes in Greece
Read the note →: 🎶July’s Monthly Notes🎶 – Hot Tunes in GreeceJuly was spent in Greece, primarily on Crete. Musically, it was all about getting my album tracks finished to the point where I can hand them over to the Mix and Master engineer. There’s something about working in boardshorts and a singlet, whilst sipping a beer in a Greek taverna, that lends itself to the…
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🎶June’s Monthly Notes🎶 – Worakls stole my Track! (almost)
Read the note →: 🎶June’s Monthly Notes🎶 – Worakls stole my Track! (almost)So, it was 5:30 in the morning and I was getting ready to head out for my morning training run, and I put on my Bluetooth headphones and selected my Daily Mix #5 from Spotify, first track Question Reponse by Worakls, an artist I have only recently discovered (another live electronic muso! So, imagine my…
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🎶May’s Monthly Notes🎶
Read the note →: 🎶May’s Monthly Notes🎶The G.O.A.T.? Well it was for me. Last weekend’s set at our first Cirque de Nuit was (for me) the greatest of all time (so far). OK, so there’s a few caveats! I just finished putting the video together, you’ll see what I mean – what an amazing crowd: Thanks to all those who supported,…
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I’m (still) Making an Album!…just a bit later than planned
Read the note →: I’m (still) Making an Album!…just a bit later than plannedSo, this was always a high likelihood of happening…the Album release is being delayed! I’ve got the tracks selected (an extract from my ‘Pottz Music Machine, my production manager is on the left) and have made a good start at getting them ‘release ready’. But…there is no way I will make the deadline I set…
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🎶April’s Monthly Notes🎶
Read the note →: 🎶April’s Monthly Notes🎶It’s all happening at Cirque de Nuit! I’m super excited to be teaming up with 3 good friends and purveyors of fine music on May 20th, to put on a night of DANCE, MAGIC and MYSTERY. Our playground will be Boogie Mountain (previously the infamous Kit and Kaboodle), right here at the Pottz Point Hotel…
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10 Year Work Anniversary at Fine Tune Pty Ltd
Read the note →: 10 Year Work Anniversary at Fine Tune Pty LtdWow! Today is my 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY working extremely hard (for meagre pay) for Fine Tune Pty Ltd. Ten years ago I swapped out my corporate office for a music studio. And the worst thing is that my boss is withholding all my long service leave (not even sure that’s legal!). So it’s on we…
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I’m Making an Album! THIS is why…
Read the note →: I’m Making an Album! THIS is why…I played a set this last weekend where 80% of the music was brand new….just produced and made it to the ‘Release to BandCamp’ level. I spend 2 weeks putting together the raw stems I would need to improvise these tracks live….and then did it! The goal, to real-time road test if any of this…
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🎶February’s Monthly Notes🎶
Read the note →: 🎶February’s Monthly Notes🎶Playing, but working…Live! So, my monthly Musical Notes for the end of February is out a bit late. However, it’s all the best reasons…February ended, and March started with me playing Live at 2 house parties. At the best of times, I have trouble convincing people I meet, that I actually do WORK! Especially when…
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I’m Making an Album! Test driving new music!
Read the note →: I’m Making an Album! Test driving new music!So, I’m doing a bit of an experiment with the music for the new album. I have a gig next Saturday, and I’m going to play almost 100% new music, that has never been performed live before. I’m made a shortlist of the candidates for the album and will play these live at the gig,…
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