A Beauiful Piano Tribute to Erik Satie

October 21, 2015February 22, 2018

A Beauiful Piano Tribute to Erik Satie

Like many people, I was affected by the music of Erik Satie at an early age. His famous Gymnopedies, with their elegant simplicty and and the other-worldly beauty of the Gnossiennes had a profound effect on me and along with other French composers of a similar period (Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc) strongly influenced the way...Continue reading

March 21, 2014December 15, 2017

Rip It Up – tomorrows chip paper

During the 2014 Adelaide Fringe I did a short Q&A piece for Adelaide music paper Rip It Up – check out my hilarious/insightful/stupid comments below:

July 4, 2011December 15, 2017

Mindfulmess at mac reviewed by B13 magazine

“I cannot stress enough how talented this man is – you could almost hate him for being this good if it wasn’t for his gentle mannerisms and warm sensibilities”

July 4, 2011December 15, 2017

Mindfulmess at mac reviewed by BrumNotes

“an intimate evening of exquisite music played with the kind of understated charm that makes a real connection between performer and audience”

January 21, 2011December 15, 2017

Improvisation 1 – the video

I’ve rather grown to love my first foray into recorded piano improvisation, so I’ve gone one step further and produced a video for it. What Ive done is pretty straightforward, setting the piece to a series of my favourite photos from last year, but I think its come out quite effectively, the changes of images...Continue reading

January 16, 2011December 15, 2017

Improvisation

As I often do on a Sunday afternoon, Ive just found myself improvising at the piano. This particular occasion is an exciting one for me, not so much because its one of my best ever attempts (tho I reckon its quite pleasant), but because this is the first time Ive made use of my little home...Continue reading

December 17, 2010December 15, 2017

Entertaining Huntsville

Thanks to the modern marvel which is the internet Im starting to make new friends and garner fans of my music right across the globe. Recently one such, the very charming Bob Baker, interviewed me for a magazine promoting live events in no less a place than Huntsville, Alabama. With thanks to Bob for the...Continue reading

November 23, 2010December 15, 2017

Stasis – Free MP3 download

Its good to share, so please accept this gift of a free MP3 download of one of my latest pieces of piano music, Stasis. Just click the link below if you want to hear it right now in your web browser, or if you want to download the MP3 and take it with you, just...Continue reading

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