“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
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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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Anti-Social Distancing in Monmouth (or Pachalbel’s Corona)
I was very wary about posting this little video as, musically, its not me at my best, by far. It was multi-tracked mostly with single takes, short of time, more
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The Plague Sessions
The last gig staged by Music In Monmouth before the closure of pubs and other venues due to the corona virus happened on the 18th March 2020. I have a
The Mire Archive – Film Premier
Stop Press 26/10/20 “In these strange and inadvertently oppressive times, and for us and other independent artists struggling to get work out there without cinema screens being available to us
Music In Monmouth ?
It doesn’t take much for a few people to get together and make something good happen; all it requires is for those people to get on and do it in
VOICES OF MONMOUTH – TOGETHER
Lleisiau Mynwy – Gyda’n Gilydd COMMUNITY EVENT – 24TH OCTOBER 2019 As Chairman of ‘Music in Monmouth‘ I’ve been searching for a means of bringing together various musical groups and
A pleasant surprise in Miami and carrying instruments on aeroplanes
Well, it was too good to miss. Not the greatest instrument in the world and needs a bit of work, but probably this is just a bit of ‘rod, strip,
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Andalucia – a sense of space
I’ve always loved the process of playing an instrument in a particular place and feeling the space with the sound. I guess its one of the reasons myself and Caractacus