I had a visitor for a few days: Anna Lee, who I used to play piano with is back in Ireland for a few weeks, and spent some time here in Galway. Had a little mini session playing songs for each other in Java’s Café, where there’s a beautiful grand piano upstairs. But we’ve not [...]
Entries from August 21st, 2009
Inspiration: Gabriela Kulka
August 5th, 2009 · No Comments · music
Gaba Kulka
Gabriela Kulka is a fantastic songwriter from Poland, who I describe to people as the lovechild of Kate Bush and Danny Elfman who grew up listening to jazz. She has released three albums, and has always managed to blow me away with each release. Check out the lead single from her most recent album, [...]
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Found a song
August 4th, 2009 · No Comments · music
Yesterday I was working on some arrangements for one of my songs, and was searching through a notebook to find some of the notes I had written about how I wanted the arrangement to sound. In doing so I came across the lyrics and some ideas for another song I’d been writing that I’d pretty [...]
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Breaking Tunes
August 4th, 2009 · No Comments · music
Added myself to Breaking Tunes, which is a great resource for discovering new music from Ireland. Check out my friends Cuckoo Savante while you’re there too. They’re absolutely fantastic.
