Had a few pratcice jams with Brian over the weekend. It was tricky transcribing some of the synth bass lines I had originaly wrote on a keyboard for use on an electric bass. Some of the stuff was pretty strange – lots of octave jumps…
W.B. Studio
Had cracker time playing and attending the gig in Ballybur castle. A mighty big thanx to Mick and Colm for inviting me down. Place and set-up looked well swish. The gigs were in a large room at the top of the castle and with big…
Playing a gig next weekend at Ballybur castle in Cuffsgrange, Co. Kilkenny. Unfortunately Rory’s playing his own set the same sat night in Tommytown and Dermots only just back from playing with the Dukesbox so its gonna be a solo’fied occasion. Should be a well…
As cheesy a title as it sounds for a song it is nonetheless song number nine. It’s being a right bastard to finish. I’ve gone thru a good few chord variations and can’t seem to settle on a progression for the chorus. Hopefully a few…
Got some good pics at the Gig in Offally. Dermot brought up a collection of suits and hats for us to wear, we looked pretty countryafied. I’ll be using some of the shots for the next home page banner. It was great to get a…
A rightly productive week last week twas. Bein trying to get myself back in shape for doing some illustration mock ups for the short stories. It’s bein yonks that I’ve done much sketching. I reckon a few months of abit of life drawing each day…
The custom keyboard is nearly done; got two of the three circuit boards mounted to the perspex tops, the modulation and pitch wheels proved abit tricky but got em sorted after abit of brainstorming. I’ve started mulling over a few design ideas of what to…
Started in on the course last week, is feckin class, QuickTime interviews and lectures are well handy. The majority of the printed scores to study is material by John Williams and Howard Blake (dude who wrote the snowman). I gotta notate a score in PDF…
Its abit pre-emptive but I’ve started re-writing the seven tunes I’d written so far this year. The plan was to wait until I had the full ten tracks written and then start over improving each one but since practicing amplified with the two lads I’ve…
