Music

INTRO “HAIRDYE” by Akurei There is an ethereal beauty to “HAIRDYE” by Australian artist Akurei. In amongst all the sweetly charming music, however, are some fairly intensely reflective lyrics that the singer says makes “HAIRDYE” are a very personal statement for him. “‘HAIRDYE’, the focus track, came together on a Continue Reading

2020 has been a frantic, hamster-on-an-ever-faster-spinning-wheel, groove-in-the-floor-from-running-frenetically-back-and forth kind of year. I need a break. You no doubt need a break. But Christmas holidays are some way off yet – four weeks sounds close but trust me, it is NOT close enough – and so while we wait for that Continue Reading

Being honest about your feeling is hard. Damn hard. If you’re like most people, you fear being judged or misunderstood or seen as weak or immature; the truth of the matter though is that there is a freedom in baring your soul and asking whether anyone else feels like you Continue Reading

If 2020 has done anything, well apart from driving us to drink, despair and an unending stream of feel-good animated movies, it’s reminded us how much we need stuff that matters to us. When life is busy and frantic, it’s all too easy to get caught in all kinds of Continue Reading

The best songs, the ones that really lodge themselves deep in the very heart of who we are, and to which we return whenever we need to feel something, really feel something again, are those that combine great music, meaningful lyrics and a sense of personal investment by the artist. Continue Reading

Love, life and the universe can be profoundly exhausting. That doesn’t mean it’s awful or negative, though it can be; simply that on any given day or week we can be pushed and pulled in all kinds of exhausting directions, making figuring out which way is up a real issue. Continue Reading

Video clips are a brilliant way to promote a song. If the artist can’t be where you are, and let’s face it that’s more often the case than not given the burdensome constraints of corporeality, they are the perfect means of bringing the artist to you. Not at all video Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTThe photography project – recreating Classic Album covers, with the Residents and Carers has raised awareness globally but with no funds for the home which was my original intention. Elderly people will remain in lockdown for a long time, and I want to make their time as happy and full Continue Reading

There is a real art to expressing what you feel in a song. Unless you plan to write a magnificent, hours-long opus, which to be fair is unlikely to gain you too many listeners (except those of The Atlantic-reading ilk), you are usually limited to 3 to 5 minutes of, Continue Reading