Jul 21, 2014 | Bands, Hints and tips, Recording, Studio, The Missing Persians
After about a year of rehearsing and gigging, The Missing Persians decided to record their first album. It was released (or as our singer/songwriter Chris likes to say “escaped”) on Saturday 19th July 2014 at our Thamesfest performance – you can also...
May 7, 2014 | Double Bass, General
After a recent recording session with The Missing Persians, I was carrying my basses upstairs to where they live in my studio when something awful happened. The incident… I’ve long been an advocate of what my dad calls “the lazy man’s...
Dec 13, 2013 | Bands, Hints and tips, Public Gigs, The Missing Persians
One of the joys of working with The Missing Persians is that I get to do a lot more singing in the band than others where I just concentrate on playing the bass guitar. I’ve always been willing to step up to the mic for a bit of backing vocals (I tend to default...
Apr 5, 2013 | General, Injury and recovery
Following my little motorcycle incident, I’ve not been able to play my bass at all for the last four weeks. I damaged a ligament in my thumb and chipped a tiny piece of bone from the thumb socket and they put my left hand in a cast to let the ligament heal. This...
Mar 12, 2013 | General, Motorcycle
Other than playing bass guitar, I’m also a big fan of riding motorcycles. I’ve been riding on and off since I was about 10 or 11 years old (when a group of us bought a Puch Maxi Sport moped in a cardboard box for £12) but for one reason or another I only...
