Browsing Month 'May, 2008'
One of the delights of Istanbul is İstiklal Avenue, which leads through to the Galata district consumed mostly by music shops of every persuasion, literally a mecca for musicians! It comes with a deep and rich history, going back to the earliest bridge built to cross the Golden Horn in the 14th century with fortifications [...]
When there’s an abundance of rhubarb and an oversupply of recipes on the net, nothing like a good old jam to get one through a chilly Sunday afternoon.
Whales in the Bay is a song composed by Roy MacGregor… This piece lingers in my sonic memory of Kalk Bay. Although I had not seen the whales, I’m told they come into the Bay, right up to the piers and spend several days and nights chilling out there. Roy had also produced this accompanying [...]
Alez Bozas, Roy MacGregor and I, as we were all living in the Portofino Building, got together from time to time, hitting up our guitars with what ever was going down at the time. This piece is the final jam. It was also the last night Roy and I would spend there with Roy moving [...]
It’s not every day I find myself lauding over the wonders of music publishing particularly as I’ve had so many issues with the “pop” end of town. But today I was grateful for the fist of tunes I’d released or co-written in the eighties, and the few that Warner/Chappell Music Australia PTY LTD had managed [...]
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