Sounds, Images, Words
I have vivid memories of building this little pedal board in Hong Kong. I was living in a tiny apartment, the smallest space I’ve ever lived in and I had to work on my dining table to make this little board, which I populated with what I then considered to be the most essential pedals [...] Read full article
O Little Town Of Bethlehem is one of my favourite Christmas songs. A deceptively simple tune which lends itself to so many variations in chord accompaniment. A few weeks ago I pulled my nylon string guitar out of storage and this tune was one of the first things I played on it. It’s many years [...] Read full article
Last month I promised to post my guitar practice studies on the first Monday of every month. Well, this clearly is not the first Monday of February! A mix of travel and convalescence has meant that I’m late to the party with this month’s notes from the woodshed. Remember, this isn’t really a “lesson” series. [...] Read full article
Today is the second Monday of the year. But, it’s the first Monday “in the office” for most people. To mark that, here’s a little series I’ll be writing throughout the year – Notes From The Woodshed. On the first Monday of every month I’ll posting some notes, from my “office” so to speak. These [...] Read full article
One thing that I was hoping to dispense with, upon moving to Hong Kong, was the worry of sourcing guitar strings. In Delhi, it was hard to get new strings at a decent price, or with any reliability, so I tended to stock up whilst overseas. Surely in a “global city” like Hong Kong, replete [...] Read full article