Joe Gore and The Art Of Expression
I go to a lot of different guitar websites in my relentless pursuit of information (don’t we all!), and not long ago while probably searching for something about “tone” I came across perhaps the most important piece of… Read More
Sodajerker On Songwriting
Over the past few months I’ve become increasingly fascinated by the processes around songwriting that others use. It’s kind of strange that it’s taken me so long given I’ve now been working on my song-a-month project for over… Read More
The Cavan Project Year In Review
It’s been two years since I started this project, built around the idea of writing and recording a new song each month – and being comfortable enough to put it out there for public scrutiny. It was only… Read More
It Was A Very Good Year: 1979 In Music
I’ve been following some interesting thoughts on David Hepworth’s blog around 1971 being the “annus mirabilis of the rock album” – for those who don’t know, annus mirabilis a Latin phrase that means wonderful year, “year of wonders”… Read More
Time Machine: Music We Listened To (August 2013)
It’s time for a look back at what music we listened to and what was popular in August 10, 20, 30, 40 and even 50 years ago, and dare I say but it’s about as dodgy a month… Read More