One way to understand our current political moment
It has become conventional wisdom that we are in the middle of a political realignment in the UK, and the sight of the two major parties...
The Bold Recruit
There is one set of words that I wrote a tune for yesterday that are so strong that I wanted to devote a post to them alone. They are...
Phase One of the Hex Project finished
I started today with five songs left to go, and one other one that I wanted to replace. Six songs later and I am finished with phase one...
Modes
It is quite a shock, having spent all of my musical life in the landscape of the major and minor keys, to realise that they are only part...
3 more tunes done tonight
I only picked up the guitar to have a little fiddle but I ended up writing three tunes. Finished off the Phrygian set with the final...
Half way through the hex
Half way through the writing process for the Hex Project. Well, twenty one songs in to be exact, but quite possible that some songs will...
Working on the Hex Project
Hex A bit of work this afternoon on the structure for the Hex Project. I wanted to firm this up before I get too far on with writing some...
The Preacher’s Argument
If evolution is true, then life is meaningless Life is not meaningless Therefore evolution is not true I read this little argument in a...