Silent Films, no chance
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
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What’s all this “free-form” malarkey, and why?
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
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“Hiraeth am feirion”- the joys of networking
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
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”arwyddion ffyrdd Cymru/Welsh Road signs”
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?
The Coltrane Dedication and the Covid Coincidence 2021
(Well almost delivered but the snow came down and the organiser’s postponed the event until 27th February 2021. If youve bought a ticket then its still valid. Looking forwards to
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Sonic Fruit and Veg Machine
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
Piece for audience and 4 keyboards
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
“Corona Beer Solo”
An alternative take on John White’s “Drinking and Hooting Machine” One of the really hard hitting aspects of lock-down for me has been the social restrictions resulting in the inability
The Slaughterhouse Sessions
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
More “Anti-social distancing in Monmouth” #2
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
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