In the past week, I spent a lot of time thinking about truth, and peoples need to find it. In my humble experience, it all comes down to perspective. The truth looks different through every person’s eyes. There was a…
If ever I found it hard to find the words to start a blog post, it is today. Many of you have read articles and heard stories about how hard the life of an artist is. I openly tell this…
What I am about to say here, is not meant in any way to take away from the struggle of someone, who might be struggling with mental health. It is just my point of view. I understand that sometimes the…
Stop making excuses, start doing the work. Stop looking for a booking agent, start booking gigs. Stop looking for a record deal, start recording music. Stop searching for perfection, put out more content. Stop looking for short cuts, start taking…
I strongly believe we all have an artist within us. An artist first needs to learn a skill. I long ago stopped believing in” natural talent”. Some of us might be better at picking up those skills, but all of…
I decided to make a low carb, gluten-free bread this morning. There is something strangely satisfying about making bread. It’s like it fills some kind of hidden primal desire. So needless to say, I was chuffed with the results, snapped…
It is around 11 am on Tuesday. I’m about to experience the joy and suffering of songwriting. I take my trusty guitar out of its case and sit down on the sofa. The sun is reflecting from the white wall…
I am definitely in possession of a troubled artistic heart. And it does come with a price. What I am about to tell you is not easy to put into words, but as I have come to realise after talking…
For the past two years, I was involved in an exciting Dublin based music tech startup. I joined the company for two reasons. As a musician who has been embracing online marketing, I had a good understanding of Social Media…
Lately, I have been digging deep in DADGAD, which is the alternative tuning that is the standard tuning for me. There are some preconceptions about this tuning, which I will try to break down here. But before all of that, let’s…
