Here’s two clips from a live set I did earlier this year for The Purple Sessions in Drogheda. The guys who organise the gig shoot videos of the performers, which is nice to see afterwards. Just this evening I got a DVD from them of the set I did, but they have these two videos [...]
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Cover: Under The Ivy – Kate Bush
March 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · music
On a whim while practising piano yesterday, I decided to record a few cover versions as it had been a while since I’d tried using my little home studio setup. I used to play Under The Ivy a lot when I was in university – it’s one the more beautiful piano based Kate Bush songs, [...]
Inspiration: Michael Nyman – “The Piano”
March 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · life, music
I started playing piano quite young, and went through the RIAM classical piano grades. I started to lose interest somewhat at about the age of 15, when I was coming to the end of my grades, and wasn’t really interested in doing a Diploma. But something that reignited my love for playing was the movie [...]
Free Download: Rebel (demo)
February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · music
I’m never sure about titles. In fact, I often hate titling songs, and sometimes have short nicknames for songs which is how I refer to them in set lists or whatever. That’s definitely the case with this one. It was nearly called “Running For Miles”, but I’m not too sure about that either. I guess [...]
Free Download: The Bliss Returns (demo)
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · music
The lyrics for this song were actually written back in 2000 or so – a good decade old at least. I never even thought about putting them to music until maybe the last year or so. I was going through old notebooks and sheets of paper, searching for something I wanted to add into another [...]