What happens when you play a song? Are you just playing the chords, singing the melody? Are you repeating a structure you practiced over and over again? Do the words mean anything in the moment? Do the chords mean anything?…
This week we had the first promise of spring, followed by a hail stone storm here in Dublin. You know that time of the year when you don’t know which jacket to put on 😀 But I also had a…
When you work hard, it is too easy to get stuck in a routine. You do task for the sake of doing tasks instead of concentrating on the goal. I am guilty of this often. But I am also becoming…
I was asked to write this blog post (half jokingly) by a good friend of mine. The purpose here is to bring down some of the preconceptions about musicians. As I write this I am “recovering” from a night out….
Yesterday I found myself wasting nearly an hour looking for a photo suitable for a blog post. The thing was I had a photo all along, but I was concerned how some people might read in to it bit too…
As a musician your body is very much a part of your instrument. The best guitar, or a drum set won’t play it self. It’s still your hands, your arms, your back, you legs and your mind that will be…
For years I have been focused on the goal. I was always quite good at enjoying the journey as well, for most parts anyway. I work hard and I am proud of it. But sometimes the work becomes so much…
Research of information, tools, equipment, structures, strategies and so on is vital. You need to know what you are doing, not just be second guessing. But there needs to be balance as well. When you spend weeks on a best…
I know I say this a lot, but this week really has been crazy. St. Patrick’s day turns Dublin in to a quite wild party. And as you might see from one of my posts, it is not for everyone….
We seem to be masters at pointing out the flaws, even if it is in something we know very little about. Or in the people around us, our friends, partners, band mates. We take the good stuff for granted, we…
