My attempt at a Classical - Jazz fusion. I played Alexander Tansmans "Variations on a theme by Scriabin" which used one of Scriabins Preludes as a basis for the piece. From that I applied the harmony and melody to a version - not an improvisati...

In the 1960' & 70's this fusion of styles emerged. Claude Bolling was one of the best composers in this style. The Concerto for Classical Guitar and the Hispanic Dance was written in 1976. I played the Concerto as part of the Brian Heeley Q...

 Stephen Hawking declared: “We are running out of space, and the only places to go are other worlds. Now is the time to investigate other solar systems. Perhaps the only ...

One of the post covid business practices is reducing the number of employees - those who work - work harder , those who manage take more off the top . 

As I put this track up - the 9th October - there seems to be a possible chance of the Trump plan finding a way forward to a deal in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Lets hope so...

They were here for a bit but now they've gone - They've Been and Gone.

Although the older generation in the UK have a huge amount of economic clout I sense there is a feeling amongst younger people that the oldies time has passed. Its time to move on. Most older people I know are acutely aware their ti...

As an aspiring executive the fourth floor in the company I worked at was where all the high flyers were - that was what I was working towards. 

Theres nothing to choose between two options "six of one half a dozen of the other"

The idea that Hope Springs Eternal is epitomised in this piece by the recurring theme which keeps coming back throughout the short piece. From the US Dictionary :The proverb "hope springs eternal" means that hope is al...

The explanation given on the Grammar Whisper website is a good one - if a bit over the top.They use the phrase “Ask Me No Questions and I’ll Tell You No Lies” Their description goes ..." it may sound like a

Manuel Ponces big classical guitar pieces are monumental in their scale. I discovered his 24 Preludes ( working through the keys - as Chopin did for the piano) some time ago. Little pieces , varied but very beautiful - each with their own charm...

Anxiety issues - I can't be the only person with them - but it does make you sound like a mental health hypochondriac. It all centres about some ridiculous notion of being left out, not part of something or left behind and isolated ...

I was recording this one at the end of the day and I was getting so middle of the road the tune was only saved ( barely) by the bell ringing and cutting short my woeful easy listening soloing - ENJOY !!

This is one of those tunes where I thought I had a really interesting backing track and I could do something with it - Maybe , Maybe not

An old TV game of charades which ran from the late 1970's until the early 1990's - can you remember any of the contestants or hosts ? - I'm not sure I can 

The end of the evening, the end of a memorable time - the hostelry has closed for the evening its time for the pub to kick you out.

This one keeps coming up - and Ive re-mixed it once again. The tune was written for a folk festival and played acoustically from about 2009 when it was put together until the pandemic when I re-recorded it. 

The Influencer "thing" was bugging me a bit - I have enough knowledge to be be really badly informed about what a benefit these characters bring to society. So I read a bit more and today we've got Guiding Light. One to inspire us all on a Frid...

The great late Jeff Becks album Blow by Blow with George Martin was just great. Worth a visit anytime is case you forget how goos Jeff Beck was. 

I'm not sure anything is really gained by being too sensitive - its a bit like the song from earlier in the month " The Art of the Putdown" . If you're become too sensitive to negative stuff it can set you back so much.

Influencers - thats a new one on me - what on earth is that about ? Self appointed internet guru's offering us their view on just about everything. I'll be giving that one a miss.

A pastiche of the great man- I had fun recording it..

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.