2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,100 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Read more
A Brief Note: NYC
I can’t bring myself to purchase the tourist shirt, but I couldn’t agree more with the sentiment. I love (heart) New York. So many people crammed into such little space, pacing around the avenues, streets and metro tunnels at the speed of a New York minute – 5 seconds according to Alec Baldwin/Jack Donaghy. The … Read more
Expectations & the Future…
[Unedited] Being in a house with two actors definitely has it’s positives. While most of us musicians would generally consider actors to be alien creatures, through countless conversations on our ambition, inspiration and aspiration and (most importantly for us) how they relate to the expectations of family and friends back home, I’m beginning to see … Read more
I’m Being Followed By A Moonshadow
Had a strange dream yesterday which took me back to a few of the earliest memories I have of music at school…suddenly we were back in Croydon Park Public circa 1995. Mr. Walker would sit outside with our class and play his 6-string steel guitar, making us sing along to Cat Stevens’ ‘Moonshadow’ and ‘In … Read more
Action
Hard to believe it’s already August and I’ve already crossed the 4 month barrier since moving to L.A. The weekend was a good combination of relaxation, reconditioning back to the Westmount Apartment, and work scoring a small film project for the 48 Hour Film Festival. What was surprising was how quickly I was able to … Read more
In the Cage
After a week of not a whole lot of playing, a surprise gig turned up at less than 24 hours notice at the Sagebrush in Calabasas (or that way…). It’s a great little country club – yes, as in country music – with an open roof and a generally friendly crowd. After playing through 4 … Read more
The 27 Club
Terrible news to wake up to, inevitable though it may have been, that Amy Winehouse joined a long list of renowned artists and musicians (Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Cobain, Jim Morrison to name a few) who died at 27 – significant as the ‘Saturn Return‘ phase in astrology. It’s important not to glamorize the excess and … Read more
Next Stop…Yellow Brick Road
Busy day of charity today – charity with my time that is. Putting on the tour-guide hat again for the last bunch of group visitors from Sydney, we started the day with some shopping (for the guests of course) at Marshall’s followed by a visit to The Grove/Farmers Market, a drive up to the Griffith … Read more
Available For Hire
The week of juggling work-related tasks and other commitments with playing L.A. tour guide continues. I am still slightly harrowed by my first visit to L.A. in 2009 where I was far from impressed by the city – but learning to love it over the last 4 months I’ve been motivated to make sure any … Read more
Boom!
