What I’ve been making, playing, and thinking about — straight from the studio and the stage.
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A splurge a day…
Read the note →: A splurge a day…Creative writers swear by the habit of Morning Pages – three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, ideally done first thing in the morning. Well, I do the musical equivalent of Morning Pages – daily Splurges….here: A splurge is ~ 30 minutes of uncritical, kinda ‘stream of consciousness’ music dumping, and always culminates in…
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I think I deserve a B+
Read the note →: I think I deserve a B+It’s that time of the year (actually, it’s 2 days later than that time) to take stock of how I went with my music goals for 2019. My Report Card is below. I think it’s about a B+! I had plenty of under shoots on many of my goals, but I overachieved on my #1…
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2019 Pottz Scorecard…
Read the note →: 2019 Pottz Scorecard……will be coming soon. I’ll be kicking off 2020 with a set on NYD at a private party, so right now I’m just chilling before the fun and games start on day #1 2020. I do want to wrap up 2019 by saying a massive thank you to all the people who continue to encourage…
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One more month…
Read the note →: One more month…Already December! Eek! I’m a bit behind my targeted track completion rate for November…for all the right reasons – I got to perform live at 3 gigs last month. And because I always try introduce some new music into every live gig, I end up spending too much time on the prep. But hey, it’s…
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Living it – Live!
Read the note →: Living it – Live!So, 18 months ago I got to play my first ever proper live set at Techno-Live @Club 77, and had a total ball. 12 months after that I got a message from one of the people in the crowd, saying that he had seen me play, and that I had inspired him to get it…
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Back in the Studio
Read the note →: Back in the StudioYes! October finally saw me back in the studio and getting back into some level of music production routine. After some great times playing at Burning Man and Burning Seed, it has been a nice change to just be producing again. Here’s the new music from October, a techy bunch of tracks…maybe with some burner…
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Burnt out!…or just smouldering?
Read the note →: Burnt out!…or just smouldering?So, I’m just back from Burning Seed (Aussie regional burn), and feeling fired up (ok, ok…no more fire puns), but also a little shattered after the last two events. Burning Seed was very different to Burning Man. Smaller and way less intense, but way more social with a much more integrated community and definitely not…
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Burning….Man!
Read the note →: Burning….Man!So here I am at San Francisco airport with another 2 hours to spare and thinking back on the last 2 weeks and what it all meant. Burning Man….conjures up all sorts of preconceptions. Some of them spot-on, many way off in their pre-judgement. I signed up for this journey of craziness 50% ‘cos I…
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July Monthly Notes – Ciao Sicily
Read the note →: July Monthly Notes – Ciao SicilyAnd so my 3 month Sicilian sabbatical comes to an end. I got plenty of new music done in May and June with my #20TracksIn20 project. I slipped a little in June so only ended up with 37 new tracks from the 2 months, of which about 14 I’ve deemed worthwhile taking further. 3 of…
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Halfway through 2019…and?
Read the note →: Halfway through 2019…and?Wow, at the 50% mark already for the year. A bit of a false yardstick really…the passing of the year, but still one I find useful to see how I’m tracking on all those things I want to achieve this year musically. So, it’s going quite well. I have have played at 3 private parties,…
