Another Weekend of Soul
I was playing with The Soul Vibe Train last night in Wolverhampton. I got to catch up with a couple of mates I haven’t seen for a while including Chris Hickman (pro trombone in the midlands area who often deps…
Back To London
I made it back to London this morning and since I’ve got in I’ve been writting off to a few contacts to see if I can branch out into any London based work. This is the part of my career…
Mac Studio – Why Won’t You Work?!?
Perhaps a misleading title. In essence my nice new Mac Studio (pictures to follow at some stage) records mic’s and line in’s really well. But I’m trying to get the damn midi to work so that I can record some…
Last Of The Indian Weddings
As we leave the Indian wedding season I’ve said goodbye to the last official wedding of the season. And what a way to cap it all off with meeting a VERY famous musician in the Indian music world. Who is…
Another Day of Shedding
I’m out gigging around the midlands for the next couple of days. Just a couple of weddings. I’m coming back to London late Monday night and first thing on Tuesday morning I’ll be in rehearsal with Jonny. I’ll try to…
Practice Makes Perfect … and Gets Gigs (in theory)
Nothing but practice today spliced with theory reading and subsequent shedding. I think it’ll be a while before I see a return but there definatly some practice money in the bank today. I hope I keep inspired. I recently bought…
Hangin’ Out In Chappells
I went to Chappells music store yesterday to pick up a few books to help me on my jazz crusade when I started chatting with a chap called Pete Robinson by the improvisation theory section. Pete was a great chap…
Sound Chaps
Last night I had my last gig in the diary (for now I hope) with The New Disciples Of Soul. It was a lot of fun – made so my the guys in the band. To give you an idea…
Tis A Mighty Drive (…Yarg!)
I don’t know why I titled this post like I was a pirate. It made sense at the time. I’m back in Derby now as I have a gig in Leicester tonight with The New Disciples of Soul. I’m hoping…