This short video was snatched as I was leaving the studio of Steve Lockwood (Harmonica master). The camera was set to manual focus and I tapped the AF/AE button on Steve’s face in the bright doorway which will explain why it’s a little overexposed. I’m not too fussed with the lighting as I was more interested [...]
Homemade Harmonica Microphone
May 2, 2011 by · 5 Comments
The other night I really enjoyed listening to the blues band ‘Split Whiskers‘. Especially the harmonica player who had a great sound thanks to a little handheld mic called the ‘Harmonica Honker‘. I have a mic called the Green Bullet but it’s heavy and cumbersome and gets in the way of playing. Looking around online there are [...]
Longplayer Live
September 3, 2009 by · 20 Comments
On the back of a bus in 1995 a guy called Jem Finer had an idea. Nearly five years later in 1999, on the verge of the third millennium that idea came to life as a thousand year long musical composition was set into motion. Longplayer is a piece of music that’s been playing since [...]
Melanie Safka
May 13, 2008 by · 7 Comments
I’m so glad my parents were hippies. Without that fact, my musical upbringing would not have been a diet of the likes of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Melanie. One of the first sounds I heard was needle on vinyl and my first memory was gazing out of the window of [...]
Photoshoot with the band ~ Talc
April 6, 2008 by · 1 Comment
I have just finished uploading a few of the photos of the band Talc to my Flickr stream. For most of Friday afternoon I had the pleasure of hanging out with the two awesome funksters Dr. Fun and The Gift. They had imaginatively arranged for us to visit their local beer making establishment so as [...]
Money for nothing or your pix for free.
April 3, 2008 by · 11 Comments
I love music photography. It’s just not that easy to make a living from it unless you work for an agency or a glossy mag. I have two rates normally, one for mates and unsigned bands (unless i am doing a trade for trade kind of deal) and then a more corporate rate for the big guns. [...]
Media Reincarnated
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Episode 32 – The Larmer Tree Festival
July 20, 2007 by · 1 Comment
In a wet kind of way, Summer is upon us. Somehow though one festival always seems to survive the worst of the weather under a bubble of good vibes and great music from across the globe. Here is a random collection of moments from this years Larmer Tree Festival. I left out all the typical [...]
Episode 07 – Josh
March 21, 2006 by · 3 Comments
I just found out about a friends death. He was a great musician able to play anything you put infront of him. I am glad he managed to record some of his music for those left behind. Listen to the mp3
