Feb 27, 2020 | Bands, Music, Toneheadz
The Toneheadz album TABOO GUITAR is available now! Very proud to be involved with this – it’s a varied album of guitar instrumentals written and arranged by Tony Qunta, and features one of my absolute favourite drummers Roger Batting behind the kit. You...
Nov 20, 2019 | Public Gigs
Been up to lots of work this last month; two brand new bands starting up. We’ve chosen some great songs, and I’ve been meeting some amazing new musicians too. More recording with The Missing Persians; third album in progress now… Preparation for the...
Jun 14, 2019 | Public Gigs
This month I have mostly been playing in a hotel band in Monaco. It’s been both a very interesting and eye-opening experience! We’re playing for 14 nights, between 7.30pm and 1.30am – so I’ve had to learn 130 songs for this band, all in unusual...
Feb 11, 2019 | Public Gigs
Blake’s Heaven are putting on a show in the Wallingford Corn Exchange – a lovely, volunteer-run theatre, cinema and live music venue in the market town of Wallingford. The show will feature music throughout the years, from the early 1800s to the modern...
Oct 22, 2018 | Bands, General, Recording
This year has been quite a busy one for me, with three albums released to which I’ve contributed. Space Elevator II, and Blake Shake’s Funk Biscuit are out now and Toneheadz’s Taboo Guitar coming very soon. Playing live has always been my passion...
May 30, 2018 | Bands, Public Gigs, Space Elevator, Touring
We’ve been spending the last couple of weeks touring the new Space Elevator album (Space Elevator II) and the new material has been going down very well. Spending long hours in a van together has reminded me how much I love the people in this band – and...
Apr 16, 2018 | Bands, Public Gigs, Recording, Space Elevator
Just a quick one – the second Space Elevator album is being released on SPV/Steamhammer on 25th May 2018. Chuffed to bits with how it sounds and looks, and really looking forward to touring the album in the next couple of months! It’s taken a little longer...
Apr 11, 2018 | Bands, Beelzebozo, Mook, Sneaky
Having done a bit of interweb work in my previous life means I’ve ended up responsible for a lot of bands’ websites. In the (slim) likelihood of anyone being slightly interested in seeing them, I’ve archived some of these old websites here....
Jan 31, 2018 | Bands, Blake's Funk, Recording
More recording, this time with the Blake Shake funk outfit. Bandleader Nick was showing me the finished mix of the album and it does sound very cool indeed – looking forward to this one being released early this year! We were fortunate to have a couple of guests...
Jan 10, 2018 | Bands, Recording, Space Elevator, Studio
We’ve been and gone and done another album! Space Elevator II has been finished, and we’re in the process of getting the physical copies made… very exciting! It’ll be available on CD, vinyl and as digital download via the ol’ iTunes,...
