New single: ‘Fleur 05 07 18’

Well, it’s time for a new single to be released, which is the fourth and possibly final track to be released ahead of my second solo piano album. I’ll be sharing the tracklist of that pretty soon. This one is called ‘Fleur 05 07 18’, named for the sunny day on which I first came … [Read more…]

New live performance: Someone to Travel Through

I had the pleasure and privilege of performing a selection of pieces on the piano at All Saints Church, Wyke Regis, a few weeks ago. This is the third recording in the series. In as much as piano pieces can be ‘about’ anything, it’s a reflection on those ephemeral but meaningful connections that one makes … [Read more…]

When life gives you Apple : the ‘deeply offensive’ Apple ad

Where were you when you first saw Apple’s 2024 advert for the iPad Pro: ‘the thinnest product they’ve ever created’? That’s what people will ask each other in 50 years. Maybe that’s what their descendants will ask each other in 500. A cataclysmic world event. A mission statement for the future. A giant hydraulic press … [Read more…]

A purely musical review of Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department

I’ve been interested to read the press around Taylor Swift’s new album. These big cultural events tell us much about where society’s collective head is at regarding the music industry, consumerism, the artist vs the art, and culture in general. I haven’t listened to much of Swift’s later work but I found the single ‘Anti-Hero’ … [Read more…]

New piece: Into a Whirlpool

It’s release day of a new track and, with it, that feeling that I’m doing both too much and not enough to get the word out there to people. What I am trying to get my head around is how relatively unimportant release day for a track is, compared to what a piece of music … [Read more…]

AI Music Generators, and Nick Drake’s unfinished fourth album

In one chapter of ‘Remembered For A While’, an anthology of essays and reflections on the life, music and inner world of the musician Nick Drake, there are lyrics and even a prospective tracklist for what would have been his fourth studio album. Of course, his life was tragically cut short, and that album was … [Read more…]

So you’ve started a blog…

Like many a brave soul before me, I figured it’s time to start a blog. I never really planned to do that on this site, which I felt was best left as a fairly minimal showcase of my work with some contact details and links for those who were interested in hiring me as a … [Read more…]