You want a lunch break? Hah!

ARGH! I am not happy young man right now, so apologies in advance if this degenerates into a nonsensical raving tirade against the teaching profession, and molly-coddling head teachers!
As you may remember from a previous blog, we in the IT department have been forced to post a sign outside our door, and lock the office [...]

Just Shiny.

Good day one and all!
I trust you all had a pleasant St George’s Day yesterday? I know it’s not celebrated to the extent of St Patrick’s Day, but he is the Patron Saint of my country, so I feel some small sign of recognition is needed (even though I’m not a religious man). A small [...]

Spring… finally springing?

If you live in the UK (well, more specifically, around the Herts/Essex border), take a look out of your nearest window. What do you see? If you’ve got a similar view to me, it’s bright sunshine, blue skies, and butterflies! (Please note this only applies if you’re reading this within an hour or so of [...]

Six Things Meme

And I thought it was only Emails and MySpace bulletins that contained things like this! But since everyone else that’s been tagged has played along, I feel it’d be a li’l rude of me not to continue, so here goes…:
Oh, and blame Bomarzo!
Six Random Things About Rooney

I sometimes pretend I’m flying a spaceship [...]

Saturday, AM – No Hangover.

Yes ladies and gents, it’s true! It’s 09:55 on a Saturday morning, and I have no hangover! “How did you manage this feat?” I hear you ask (it’s a wonderful world in my head). Did I stay in last night? Did I avoid potentially intoxicating substances? Have I discovered some miracle pill that banishes hangovers? [...]

A Hint From On High…

I’m beginning to get the impression that somebody ‘Up There’ doesn’t want me writing music this evening.
I sat down about an hour ago to practice a li’l, and work on some new material ready for the planned recordings (which will be done as and when my producer finally swallows his stupid pride, and gives me [...]

English (US)

Americans – in particular those that think of themselves as well spoken – look away now!
English. The name is a dead give-away as to the homeland of the language. It comes from England. The United Kingdom – The UK. So why is it that 90% of software packages/programs only contain the option for “English (US)”? [...]

Shameless Self Promotion.

As I believe I mentioned in my previous blog, there is video footage! Admittedly, it’s not actually of the performance on the night (my camera guy (aka Goon!) informs me there was too much background noise for it to be any good), but it does have a snippet of the interview filmed on the night [...]

Post Mortem of a Gig, and deliberations on New Ink

So, I played my first gig in over two years on Friday evening, and now everyone wants to know how it went. So here you have it, my breakdown of the event… :
Upon arrival, I was struck by two things, a) how small the venue was (a capacity of 80), and b) how laid back [...]

Nerves.

I can’t remember the last time I was this nervous about playing a gig!
Over the past eight years that I’ve been pottering about the music industry, making music, wrecking stages, wrecking/setting up studios,  I’ve played more gigs than I can count, both with bands and on my own. And I’ve never been as worried about [...]