On the road again
Vlog 253 On the road again The day was finally here, with packed bags we headed out to the Airport and started the 2016 Sliotar summer tour. It was a long day of traveling from Dublin to Frankfurt to Plzen…
July 25, 2016
Vlog 6 Tesco’s car park
As you might know, I am home by now, but I still have few updates left from the tour 🙂 This one was filmed on Sunday after Sliotar‘s show at the Keltska Noc festival and captures my thoughts on the…
Quick tip 57 Value health
As a musician your body is very much a part of your instrument. The best guitar, or a drum set won’t play it self. It’s still your hands, your arms, your back, you legs and your mind that will be…
Inflight bloating
It was another early morning again, Dublin airport twenty past seven. Flights have become a bit of a routine for me as I fly a lot. But there has been one thing that has been bothering me more and more…
Wake up call
I’m playing a few of my songs in the Mezz bar here in Dublin on the night I am writing this blog post. I was asked to play a handful of songs by the organisers few days ago after they…
How to make sure you will never get booked for a live show
Awhile back an email dropped into Sliotar‘s mail box. I do most of the bookings and management duties for Sliotar as well as my solo stuff. This was and Email sent from someone I once met briefly over some other…
How to tour abroad with your band part 3
In 2006 Sliotar set out on our very first European tour that we organised ourselves. We performed in France, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It was over six-week tour that took us from Atlantic coast to…
Bad live sound
It is Sunday 3rd of August the morning after the last show of Sliotar‘s 2014 Summer tour. I’m scheduled to arrive home Monday night. It’s a very mixed bag of feelings always at this point. Part of me can’t wait…
How to tour abroad with your band part 2
In 2005 I was sitting on a porch of a rough wooden cabin with my band mates Des and Ray from Sliotar. We were on the festival grounds of Keltska Noc festival in the Czech republic, where we were going…
June 5th last (two) weeks posts
This and last week I put lot of time aside to write new music. I mean I write all the time, but from time to time I need to make it a daily habit. It’s going great by the way…
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