Clock watching - in some of the work I've done I've been very guilty of doing that. It is certainly the case that the more you watch the clock the slower it seems that time passes.

When you get on a bit in years you suddenly start seeing one or two friends who have gone at life really hard start to fall apart. Its sad - because its so often the nicest souls who leave us first.

A device in music where a section is resolved with the major tonic chord rather than the minor. I don't think I used it in its true sense - and it only happens once or twice in the piece - in the early part. I came across it when playing rennai...

This is an arrangement of a tune called Rainbow Wood by the guitarist John Anderson. He featured it in his tutor book and I've added a second guitar part, a bass and a choir ( !) to the piece. My guitar group like the solo so I hope they will e...

What we do in our hours when the meter isn't running is often more valuable to us than what we get paid to do. This months useful (?) tip.