In January 2026, I looked back at seven years of making music. The first two years, 2019 and 2020, were spent learning how to do it. Literally. The next three years, 2021, 2022, and 2023, were spent learning, writing, producing, and getting my songs and tracks professionally mixed and mastered. I was working full-time as … Continue reading Looking back on seven years in music
Whenever I'm stuck in a rut and don't know what to write about, or whether I should write a song about something, I remember what Nick Cave wrote in his Red Hand Files. He was responding to the controversy about ChatGPT, but his words define what it is to be an artist, and what it … Continue reading What to write a song about?
At the start of 2024, I decided that this was the year that I'd give music production my best shot. I decided to throw everything I had at it, and really try to do it right. The results were these: From Jan. to Dec. 2024, I composed and wrote lyrics for 77 songs, in-between managing … Continue reading How was my 2024? (a bit mad, a bit glad, a lot scared)
My (our) song "All the Lines" is one of those that started out as just my personal point of view. But, as my co-writer points out to me all the time (!!), this, below, is the formula for producing a song: A PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW ➕ A RELATABLE VISION & NARRATIVE 🟰 A SONG … Continue reading A matter of delineation – There’s lines and there’s lines
personal in Every way Songwriting involves two things that I had never given much thought to: Firstly, it is a very personal thing, which, if the song is not good, or if you are not successful, makes you feel very much like a personal failure. This is not a failure of your co-writers, or producers, … Continue reading The quiet despair (and hope) of a songwriter
