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This is one of my school reports. It wasn't even the worst to be honest, but its the only one I could find. Now, at first glance, I was...

It’s genuinely been a source of great joy to me over the years, when people have taken my music and applied it to something they have...

OK,  I’ve been playing a lot of clinics recently, and one of the questions people ask a lot is, how best to record their acoustic guitar....

Whenever I play a clinic or concert, people are always fascinated to know how difficult it is to play in altered Tunings, and why would...

This is in response to an email from Eddie, who asked about be-bop scales, I cant do individual lesson’s etc. from this site, but I can...

A Thank You. If a blog is for anything, I figure its for getting down whats on your mind, and this one is a thank you to someone from my...

A ‘BAND’ MENTALITY FOR THE SOLO MUSIC PRODUCER….. One of the great things about being a musician, is the chance to play with other...

A few years ago, I was asked to write this article, about the experience of learning to ski, at shall we say a ‘later’ age. I’m including...

This is a follow on to a post about “Why are we Here” which I received some nice compliments about….. Not particularly original, but I’ve...

This is a copy of the piece I did for the North American Guitar Companies monthly newsletter earlier this year…. E Major 13th: A splendid...

Here’s an old pic from around 2008. It features me and 2 old friends, both of whom are wonderful Luthiers in their own right. On the left...

This, is Rickie Lee Jones. She is my favourite female vocalist ever. Her first 2 albums and most of her 4th would be on my All Time...

This is a series of pictures from Le Grand Ourse Restaurant on Mont Chery in Les Gets (French Alps). For the best part of the ‘noughties,...

When I was 18 I did my first tour abroad. It was to New Orleans with my mate Burkey, and we were ‘managed’ by a local entrepreneur and...

(Me, Tommy and Maria)… Here’s a shot featuring one of my favourite fella’s in the Music Industry…… Tommy Leddy has run the Sound Shop in...

It’s hard to know where the drive to make music comes from. I have my own theories. I have a particular memory of my Father, a wonderful...

So, at the age of 19/20, I had a band called “The Ash School”. turns out this was an Art Movement in America in the Early 20th Century...

I’ve mentioned in other blogs about the Les Gets Blues Festival, but it probably deserves a little mention of its own, as it’s been a...

Back in the day, when I was a demonstrator for Takamine, one of my favourite places to play was Lecicester. Each year Noel Sheehan of...