Happy Sunday. This week I’m back with a song spotlight for one of my favourite songs on my new album, Hope on the Horizon. One of the things I love about this song – called Promise of, as in promise of tomorrow – is its simplicity. I wrote it one winter afternoon after spending an…
Read moreA Little Rebranding
Happy Easter Sunday. Today’s blog will be a little different, because rather than the usual essay on the creative journey, a song spotlight, or a short story, I have a little update to share, or I should say, a little explanation on an update you might have noticed. Eagle-eyed readers among you might have noticed…
Read moreOn Identity – Part 3
I’ve spent the last few weeks thinking about the concept of identity and how I’ve been navigating this journey as a creative individual making my way in a landscape that is often inimical to the pursuit of creativity. This week I’ve found myself thinking about an idea I came across a few weeks ago, courtesy…
Read moreOn Identity – Part 2
A few weeks ago I wrote about an encounter I had at a social event and how it got me to re-evaluate the concept of identity. In the wake of last week’s post and my subsequent announcements on social media about my new album release, I figured a follow up post on identity was due….
Read moreIt Is Finished
The title of this post could also read: Is it finished? To which the answer is: Yes!!! I can hear you ask through the ether: What is “it”? Well, “it” is my long awaited album. I’m pleased to announce that Hope on the Horizon is finally here. I mean that literally, as earlier this week…
Read moreA Better Day (Song Spotlight)
Happy Sunday. A few weeks ago I mused about the glorious Spring weather we’d been enjoying in my neck of the woods. Turns out I spoke too soon. As I write this it’s grey and overcast and the clouds are pregnant with rain, which begs the question, where did the sun go? I don’t know…
Read moreOn Identity
A few weeks ago I attended an event, the sort of event where you meet strangers and get asked the question: “What do you do?” Now, if you’re a human being with any sort of non-juvenile lived experience, I know I don’t have to explain to you what this question means, because you’ve been asked…
Read moreIt’s Enough (Song Spotlight)
Happy Sunday. I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but we’ve had a week of glorious Spring weather which has done wonders for my mood. It truly is the little things that go a long way, as captured in today’s song spotlight, called It’s Enough. I wrote this a few years ago after…
Read moreNever Too Late
A few days ago I heard a story of a woman who wrote songs and aspired to be a songwriter in her early years, but when those dreams didn’t materialise, ended up walking away from music and didn’t write songs for 40 years. Her story made me incredibly sad, especially after hearing a song she’d…
Read moreThe Case For Hope
So I played a gig last night, and it was wonderful in more ways than one. I felt the music, I mean truly felt it in my body as I performed. The sound system was just right, with that splendid balance of warm and bright tones. The audience was attentive and they just about packed…
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