Next Saturday nights gig was first conceived last October in NZ whilst sitting outside in a bath warmed by a fire underneath me, looking up at the stars and thinking about how I would like to play music when I got back to Sydney. I really wanted to find a great space, where people could come and listen, and my band could freely and truely express the songs in a relaxed way. This Saturday...
It has taken a few nights, but I've finished writing up my lyrics and including them on my site. Now it's time to start playing my guitar! This is photo taken on the way to Golden Bay in NZ. ...
Played a very relaxing set of my songs at The Rec Hall at Parramatta UWS today. It was sunny and sounded pretty good due to a set of new mic cables. On my way home I dropped my guitar into The Guitar Factory for a few weeks. Ouch! The neck had split at the top near the head, due to rough handling on the plane. Luckily I have a Hiscock flight case! I'm going...
Lenni has asked Simon and I to join her for her set of songs as part of an all female line-up at The Basement on Monday the 17th of August. It's going to be fun and I'm looking forward to joining her on her songs. Speaking of working with Lenni and Si, there is word that we will be work shopping The Chronic-Ills of Robert Zimmerman at the end of September, so that is...
Steve asked me if I could record all my songs in a pretty basic way for him to have a copy of so he could work on his violin parts. I thought that was a great idea, and after about a week of recording I gave it to him yesterday. It was a satisfying process to have them all down in one place. We are working on our gig at The Old Fitzroy in...