These last few weeks, I have been attending some workshops at the university. This weeks workshops are centred towards Singer Songwriters.  On Monday I had the privilege of interviewing/comparing 2 of the sessions. Firstly, Leighton Jones gave us a visit with his good friend Anthony ‘Drumtan’ Ward. Their workshop came at just the right time,…

It’s been a great year, definitely some ups and some downs. I’m yet quite used to keeping up with this blog but hopefully (maybe) I will be a more regular blogger in 2016?! I did 104 live gigs last year and hopefully this year will bring many more, plus some more writing, recording and learning!…

     It’s been a great day so far, Original tracks are being recorded with the full band….8 hours in…..probably another 12 to go

   I LOVE being part of Colibri Soul. A real mixed bag of musicians and personalities but somehow we’ve remained a band for 2 years and are still going strong! Last weekend we had the pleasure of playing at one of our favourite venues in Cardiff ; Yard Bar and kitchen. The crowd there are…

It was great to have the opportunity to record with some of the other guys from ICMP course last week. Any opportunity to do so is warmly welcomed, it’s great experience. We did our own version of Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze. On listening back to the premixed track I think we sounded pretty good. One…

Cafe Jazz gig number one went particularly well considering the lack of communication, the poor sound system and short notice. I think the sort notice was in our favour because it made us work harder. I was really impressed with the other guys attitude in the band and really enjoyed working with them. They were…