December 10, 2014

1994

The suicide rates in Ireland are at all time high. And still it seems to be brushed under the carpet. It is 2014 we should be able to talk about it openly. I for one will never be silent. In…

On Songwriting Part 4

How about songs as a personal snap shot? You know I have talked about the famous songwriting techniques especially popular in Nashville and well documented in the Ralph Murphy’s wonderful book “Murphy’s law on songwriting”. I studied this book over…

23rd of November blog update

It has been a wild week once again. Ireland is going through some rough times with the governments attempt to privatise the water supply, and we are witnessing the collapse of the political system. The cracks are starting to show,…

What Are We To Do

Apathy is something we all are guilty at some level. We go about our lives as we are expected to. We do our job, have a family, try to buy a house, pay our mortgage… Our everyday life becomes a…

Just Friends

The term “Friend” really can mean so many things to different people. This week’s song “Just Friends” talks about something I have witnessed over and over again. I have seen it cause a lot of heartache to people, I have…

9th of November blog update

It’s been a long, but successful week at the J.P.s headquarters 😀 Busy week playing out as always in the sessions and with Sliotar. But also I turned my house into a video set for three days. Unfortunately some of…

Fight

I think by the nature of human relationships we all get knocked down somewhere along the way. It is harder than we give ourselves credit to get up and go again. The unseen scars our breakups we carry will not…