Category Archives: Guitar

During March, April and a bit of May, I kind of lost interest in making music. I couldn’t think of any good ideas to record and it became something of a chore even to pick up a guitar once in … Continue reading →

Some new music for your downloading and dancing pleasure… Revenge is Never Sweet (3MB) I made it for a recent Collective task, the aim of which was to write a “sad” song. I’m not really a sad sort of person … Continue reading →

In all the rush to get the Zappa tribute done, I completely forgot to mention another cool musical project I’ve been involved with over the past couple of weeks. Regular readers will know all about the

21 December 1940 — 4 December 1993 Frank Zappa has probably had more impact on my approach and attitude towards music than anyone else. I tentatively popped a copy of ‘Tinseltown Rebellion’ into my cheesy teenage tape machine at the … Continue reading →

Shawn Lane died last week. He was one of my biggest musical heroes. Unless you’re a particularly voracious fan of guitarists or non-mainstream music, you probably won’t have heard of him. Shawn was, first and foremost, a hugely talented guitarist, … Continue reading →

Spent yesterday morning knocking together a very quick little tune. I’d been messing around with a Japanese pentatonic scale called the Hirajoshi for a while and wanted to do something with it. It’s a very easy way of getting a … Continue reading →

Much as I’m enjoying the hot weather, it’s not much good for productivity. Playing guitar has become a sticky, energy-sapping pursuit, so I’ve mostly just been sitting in the garden listening to Beethoven’s late string quartets today. Luckily, the latest … Continue reading →

I love hot weather, but I just wish it wouldn’t be so damn humid at 1:00am when I’m trying to do some work in the hope of making myself tired enough to justify going to bed… I made some new … Continue reading →