What I’ve been making, playing, and thinking about — straight from the studio and the stage.
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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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I’m Making an Album! Capturing the Moment
Read the note →: I’m Making an Album! Capturing the MomentPart of my creative process is to just free jam and improvise over an initial idea. The idea is most often just a Splurge (a 20-30 minute quick brain dump of free flow ideas that I do EVERY day, first thing in my studio). These splurges are usually quite bare bones and just the initial…
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🎶January’s Monthly Notes🎶
Read the note →: 🎶January’s Monthly Notes🎶Wow, one month down in 2023, already! It doesn’t help the music planning when I only got back into the Sydney studio on 21 January after some global gallivanting (yeah, I know, 21 century problems 😏). So far, my 2023 musical plans are all up and running: 1. Make an album for release 10 June:I’ve…
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I’m Making an Album! – the splurge and rate process
Read the note →: I’m Making an Album! – the splurge and rate processSo, as planned I was about to do a live stream of a part of my creative process. BUT…. Technology has screwed me again. It’s a few days before I leave my Rome studio and head back to Sydney, and my slackness with streaming over the last while has come back to haunt me…with none…
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Save the Date – “Live” Album Release Party
Read the note →: Save the Date – “Live” Album Release PartyRight, it’s 2023 and about time we got a few dates locked in. Save the date – Saturday 10 June 2023, for the Steve Pottz – Album Release Party. “Live” will officially be available for download on that day and we might just have to a have a bit of a party to celebrate. Venue…
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I’m Making an Album!
Read the note →: I’m Making an Album!2023 it’s all happening! Why? What? When? How? All will be revealed over the next while. All I can say at this stage is that it’s all going to be going down in the first 5 months of 2023. If you’re not already a supporter, sign up here to get all the updates of the…
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5-5-5! A win if I was playing the Pokies?
Read the note →: 5-5-5! A win if I was playing the Pokies?55 years old young on the 5th of December! Eek! That’s a shit load of Fives. No longer can I claim to be in my ‘early fifties’. You don’t get much more mid-fifties than 55. Still I don’t feel 55! Hmmmm? Can’t even really claim that anymore these days, was what I was thinking as…
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Not Built in a Day…
Read the note →: Not Built in a Day…Ciao from Rome. Finally I have escaped the Murphey’s Law vortex that ensued in the month before we managed to leave Sydney and get over here. My temporary studio for the 3 months is set-up, and the creations are flowing. Unlike my previous overseas creative sabbaticals, I haven’t yet worked out what the music goals…
