Inspiration
It's intangible, hard to describe, can be found everywhere and nowhere, often at the same time by different people. Sometimes you can almost smell or almost taste it but never…
Can it really be too quiet? – apparently so…
Let's face it, every day we are faced with a constant barrage of noise. Whether it's car stereos, other people's mobiles, radios, overheard conversations or traffic it's always there. In…
Ideas, unfamiliar styles and a big dollop of synchronicity
As ideas go, it was one of those that seemed good at the time and a bit bonkers in hindsight. And also one of those that led to several other…
Proper music vs the music industry
I've never understood why a lot, and I mean seriously an awful lot of people, only listen to chart and/or pop music. There's an attitude of "I haven't heard of them,…
My Studio
Sometimes, people say one thing and mean another. This post is no different. Although it's titled 'my studio', I don't actually have one. Given money and space I definitely would…
Circle of Fifths and Fourths
Following on from music theory primer and intervals, this post is about the circle of fifths / fourths. I've said previously that we can move through all the keys systematically…
Intervals (aka Music Theory Primer part 2)
This post follows on from the Music Theory Primer post so I'd recommend reading that one first if you haven't already. In that post I introduced Keys as a way…