14th of December blog update
The winter is truly here. You would not brave outside without a winter jacket and hat anymore. And we are only a week and a half away from Christmas. Where did the year disappear? Ah well. It’s been a busy…
The winter is truly here. You would not brave outside without a winter jacket and hat anymore. And we are only a week and a half away from Christmas. Where did the year disappear? Ah well. It’s been a busy…
Wow, what a week it has been 🙂 My new album “The Call”, fourth so far came out earlier in the week and the response has been brilliant so far. Also a big thank you to all of you for…
As a musician we work in one of the hardest industries to break. For us to enter this business with the notion that as long as you write and record great music, it will take care itself. If you build…
I think we all are fully aware that the internet can be a massive distraction as well as a powerful tool for us musicians. I for a while now have been playing with the idea of a one day off…
It has been a wild week once again. Ireland is going through some rough times with the governments attempt to privatise the water supply, and we are witnessing the collapse of the political system. The cracks are starting to show,…
There are many services out there for independent musicians and many of them unfortunately don’t eve return the artists financial investment. I have a plan to invest (waste in some cases) some money to try some of these out and…
It is so easy to get bogged down in the world of promotion, rehearsing, recording, writing or touring. We have a task to accomplish and we put our blinkers on and get on with it… Or so we think so…
Ireland has been battered with some heavy rain and widespread flooding in the past week. It always gets to me when it is peoples homes that get destroyed. I hope the insurance companies step up to the plate and sort…
I’ve been observing the developments in the music distribution and in the way people consume their music for quite some time now. Sometimes it can be hard for me as I have been an old fashioned man when it comes…
Crowdfunding has been a lifeline for many musicians and artists, since the so called “fall of record industry”. Amanda Palmers phenomenally successful campaign is a great example of how this concept can change an artist’s career very much like getting…