So some bits and bobs I’ve either been working on or been a part of have become available for your eyes and ears today.
And I thought I’d put them all in one place because all I live for is making your life easier. That and seemingly disingenuous sentiments.
I trapped a tiny version of myself in a small box and made him explain it.
Bore Place, Kent. Photo by Swami Baracus.
Last weekend I was heading to Bore Place with my guitar and, arguably, an ambitious number of notebooks.
I had been invited down to a songwriting weekend in an old manor house in Kent by the unbelievably generous Tom Robinson. The idea is that 12 people gather in a place for a weekend, cut off from the outside world, and try and write 20 songs. As soon as I was invited I spent the next week wondering what exactly to expect. Tom and Sue (Tom’s partner) had provided plenty of information, but my being unsure was more about what it would be like working in an environment like that.
Collaborative work when it comes to music is something pretty new to me. I’ve done some here and there, but generally it has been done more remotely via email or messages on Facebook or something, adding parts and gradually building something. This is a totally different kind of collaboration to sitting in a room with someone and just writing. Read the rest of this entry
This was something I made exactly a year ago today. I’d only just joined YouTube properly at the time.
My vlogging capabilities have improved exactly 6.3% since then. If that.
It was titled “On ‘Not Caring’ and Why You Should Do A 365 Project”, which I don’t necessarily agree with any more.
This is the song I ended up with that day.
I think I kind of agree with my past self about some of the stuff he was talking about, but he seems to also be talking a lot of nonsense as well. Keep your wits about you. Read the rest of this entry
I haven’t posted here in a while. Unfortunately I haven’t got all that much to say, though. Except for this – I’m flying to America tomorrow and travelling about to a few places there for 3 weeks!
Here are a couple of new songs I’ve written recently.
“Heavy”
“Buried”
I’ve been picked to play at the VidCon Open Mic thing they do. If you’re going you can see the schedule here: http://dft.ba/-vidconopenmic
If you’re not going then you can also see the schedule at that link, it’s just probably not as relevant to you.
“Heavy” can be found on the “Other Songs And Demos” EP at my Bandcamp along with a bunch of other songs.
And I reckon that’ll do for updates for now.
I’m off to America for 3 weeks now. Bye!
