Gigging With The Swinging Bass
What a couple of days!! The weddings went off without a hitch on Saturday and Sunday (even though todays gig did drag a little). In fact I’ve only just got back and I left before 7 this morning. The real…
A Heavy Gigging Weekend
This weekends going to be a long one. I’ve got a couple of wedding gigs in London and one in the Midlands. They’re my first gigs in London since I moved down but they came from my contacts in the…
Daahoud – Clifford Brown Transcription
That’s what I have to look forward to today. It’s been a while coming but it’s about time I pulled my finger out on these transcriptions as part of my ear-training practice. I think I might spend a bit of…
Another Weekend of Soul
I was playing with The Soul Vibe Train last night in Wolverhampton. I got to catch up with a couple of mates I haven’t seen for a while including Chris Hickman (pro trombone in the midlands area who often deps…
Back To London
I made it back to London this morning and since I’ve got in I’ve been writting off to a few contacts to see if I can branch out into any London based work. This is the part of my career…
Mac Studio – Why Won’t You Work?!?
Perhaps a misleading title. In essence my nice new Mac Studio (pictures to follow at some stage) records mic’s and line in’s really well. But I’m trying to get the damn midi to work so that I can record some…
Last Of The Indian Weddings
As we leave the Indian wedding season I’ve said goodbye to the last official wedding of the season. And what a way to cap it all off with meeting a VERY famous musician in the Indian music world. Who is…
Another Day of Shedding
I’m out gigging around the midlands for the next couple of days. Just a couple of weddings. I’m coming back to London late Monday night and first thing on Tuesday morning I’ll be in rehearsal with Jonny. I’ll try to…
Practice Makes Perfect … and Gets Gigs (in theory)
Nothing but practice today spliced with theory reading and subsequent shedding. I think it’ll be a while before I see a return but there definatly some practice money in the bank today. I hope I keep inspired. I recently bought…
Hangin’ Out In Chappells
I went to Chappells music store yesterday to pick up a few books to help me on my jazz crusade when I started chatting with a chap called Pete Robinson by the improvisation theory section. Pete was a great chap…