Woodwind Player and Composer
A evening of collective music held at Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum, Aberwystwyth Friday 30th June 7.30pm/Dydd Gwener, 30ain Mehefin 7.30yh 2023 The first event organised by Gwrandewch, a not-for-profit arts group, was
I previously wrote about “The Mire Archive”; a film by Eclectic films. A film which used some of my music for the soundtrack, and I had a small part as
Bass, we get to bounce off the world’s most famous German Expressionist silent film “The Cabinet of Dr Caligari” … Continue readingSilent Films, no chance
I just played a wonderfully creative evening of free-form music with “Toru”, namely Phil Gibbs (guitar), Ashley John Long (Double Bass), Alex Goodyear (Drums) and myself on Tenor & Soprano
Continue readingWhat’s all this “free-form” malarkey, and why?
Earlier this year Tomos Williams made a solo video of him playing this heartache of a tune “Hiraeth am feirion”. A tune also played by the wonderful “Burum“ whilst touring
Continue reading“Hiraeth am feirion”- the joys of networking
The summer of 2021 gives just a slight respite to live music performance and in particular a few festivals are starting to happen. How long this will last who knows?
As the Welsh “Fire-Break” finished (31/10/20) I’d prepared a project which conformed to all the social distancing regulations whilst still managing to engage as many people as possible regardless of their musical skill or aptitude … Continue readingSonic Fruit and Veg Machine
In these times of limited interaction I’ve been trying to identify or develop ideas around how to perform music publicly whilst obeying the hygiene rules and empowering as many people
A combination of factors came together to spur me on to doing something “a little bit different”. Many, many musician friends have been facing challenges both financial and mental. I
It came as a surprise but within a week some 1200 people had watched my video ” Anti-Social Distancing in Monmouth (or Pachalbel’s Corona)” and I’d had a fair amount
Continue readingMore “Anti-social distancing in Monmouth” #2