Sometimes song lyrics are literal, sometimes they’re metaphorical, sometimes they hold hidden or double meaning, and sometimes it’s all of the above. Recent events have reminded me of an old song of mine that fits the above description, a song whose lyrics resonate in the literal sense as an account of seasonal weather changes, but…
Read moreStill Smelling The Roses
This is a note to self, a journal of sorts. You might find it relevant too… Last Sunday I was a guest on a local radio station, Manchester-based ALLFM. I had an hour-long chat with the lovely host and played some tunes live in the studio. Fast forward six days to Saturday and I took…
Read moreSnapshots – Part 2
Last week I wrote about a little appreciated ability of art to capture snapshots – little snippets or slices of our emotional state from the vast expanse of our lives. Photographs do this naturally, paintings and sketches too, but non-visual arts like music also excel at this, as I argued in last week’s post. This…
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In the unlikely event that you’ve missed me saying for the umpteenth time, and most definitely not for the last time, I released new music recently. And I’ll say it again, I released new music recently. All Behind the title single from my forthcoming EP of the same name, is out everywhere now. The full…
Read moreSmelling The Roses
I released new music this week. I released new music this week. I released new music this week. Pardon me for belabouring this point and repeating this statement, but I think it’s important to stop and smell the roses ever so often. I’ve been so swept up in all the back-end preparation that I’ve not…
Read moreContrast – Part 2
Last week I wrote about the idea of contrast, how all things in life, from the seasons to our emotions, are characterised by opposing forces. This week I figured I’d try something a little different, yet related. This week’s post will be lyrically inspired, more so than usual. The reason is that I’ve been inspired…
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Have you ever wondered why we only see the stars at night time? This was something I wondered about as a child, and it blew my juvenile mind the day I learnt that the stars don’t just come out to play at night, but they’re right out there during the day too. In case you…
Read moreOn Life
It’s been a whirlwind of a week for me personally, and I imagine, for many others across the country and the world for various reasons. Owing to this, I’ve opted to take a break from the usual feature-length blog post this week. I’ll be back to regular programming and writing soon, but for now, I’d…
Read moreOn Time
This is a note to self, a journal of sorts. You might find it relevant too… There’s a game I play in my head daily. I’m willing to bet you play it too. It’s the “what if” game, the one where we contemplate how our lives would be different if we’d taken other paths, made other…
Read moreFor the sake of art
I have friends in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who play five-a-side football, table tennis, badminton and other sports. I have friends in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who write songs, poems, novels, and stories. Admittedly, these two groups aren’t mutually exclusive, I happen to belong to both. And yet, there’s one question (or more…
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