Always been a huge Rodgers fan, since I was a kid. I’d been harbouring a feeling for the past few years that music had forgotten how great he is but he’s back on top again with Daft Punk, recreating the Chic sound. For me the DNA for ‘Get Lucky’ is in this track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQ2qZ6wNkw compare […]
Read moreDropped into Ceol last night in Brooklyn last night to the Wednesday Night Songwriters Club hosted by Niall Connolly, a man with a pun penchant greater than my own, he even managed to extract one from the French language. I was mighty impressed by Folktronicist E.W. Harris and loads of other cats from Big City Folk. […]
Read moreI was out for something to eat with my friend and he was telling me about this movie he’s a producer on. He told me the story of the director traveling for two days to find the right redwood trees in California to use as a backdrop. Then he showed me the mesmerising storyboard renderings […]
Read moreI had a couple of tunes knocking about that I wanted to record in a Motown style to see what would happen, but I wanted a great female vocalist to sing them. I managed to persuade the spectacular Jenna Nicholls to do it, with Spencer Cohen on Drums, Bennet Paster (he’s not as moody as his […]
Read moreA short movie, Angel, that I helped out on has been winning some awards. I engineered the soundtrack, played some keys and came up with a few melodies for Mark Geary who was charged with providing the music for the movie. Congratulations to everyone involved. http://filmireland.net/2012/07/23/multiple-wins-for-angel-at-international-competitions/
Read moreIt behooves me to share a few tales from the road trip Swift, The Red God and myself took from New Orleans to NY. A humble enough beginning with a few nights in the city that doesn’t sleep, with people who needed to sleep, involving the usual high spirits followed by a flight to NO, […]
Read moreFeeling strange about this.. Don’t know if I want to let this one go. It’s been too good a drinking companion to send it out the door.
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