Piano Amoroso at the Adelaide Fringe

January 7, 2015December 15, 2017

Piano Amoroso at the Adelaide Fringe

This year for the Adelaide Fringe, Im performing one show at beautiful Ayers House on North Terrace, with a second to follow in a delightful venue up in the Clare Valley. My theme for this year’s show is Piano Amoroso – the Music of Love and the Love of Music. I’ll be playing at least...Continue reading

September 13, 2014December 15, 2017

In The Moment – album of beautiful, meditative piano improvisations, out now

Well, dear friends, my album of solo piano improvisations called “In the Moment” is finally available to download and purchase on CD. Artists often talk about “getting out of the way” of the creative process, so Ive taken that to its conclusion; by composing and recording in real time. I’m really pleased with the results,...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:

January 31, 2014December 15, 2017

Classically Chilled Piano at the Adelaide Fringe

A wonderful evening of beautiful relaxing music Im so pleased to have secured such a beautiful venue, the State Dining Room in Ayers House is a convenient and delightful location and with that wonderful high ceiling, should be nice and cool too! Oh, and their 150 year old piano is a beauty. Im going to...Continue reading

May 24, 2013December 15, 2017

Meditative Improvisation on a theme by Steve Reich

As an artist I think its good to seize a moment of inspiration when it comes. A friend of posted this musical theme on facebook recently and I was curious to know what the theme would sound like, particularly as the friend in question writes and produces beautiful orchestral electronica. It turned out to be...Continue reading

March 27, 2013December 15, 2017

A mounting mountain of music

Ive been taking some time in the last few days to go through the musical ideas I currently have saved into the memory of my digital piano and cataloguing and assessing them for future use. I knew I had quite a few ideas saved up for the future, but I didnt realise quite how many!...Continue reading

September 5, 2012December 15, 2017

Mindfulmess moves to the Melbourne Fringe

Following on from some really lovely and well attended performances of my Mindfulmess show at the Edinburgh Fringe, and with stops at Birmingham, Leeds and Bristol along the way, my next big stop is a series of three shows in the Melbourne Fringe. Im going to be playing in the delightful setting of the Melbourne...Continue reading

March 29, 2011December 15, 2017

Mindfulmess – Concert and Album Launch

To celebrate the release of my new album Mindfulmess, Im going to be performing at the Midlands Arts Centre on Saturday June 11th – something which Im excited about in all sorts of ways. This is going to be the biggest fully solo show Ive done yet and Im really looking forward to the chance...Continue reading

March 4, 2011December 15, 2017

Picking a Musical Genre

Many musicians are pretty wary about puting their music in a pigeon hole and yet choosing a suitable label for your music is pretty much indispensible in terms of getting your music out there and helping it reach the ears of suitable listeners. Personally Im something of a reluctant marketer – I certainly dont want...Continue reading

January 20, 2011December 15, 2017

Hard Work

It feels like I’m working hard at the moment. Of course that doesnt necessarily mean that Im doing more work than any other time, but it feels like heavy going. In fact, you could argue that Im hardly working at all – Im well ahead with my main work at the moment (as a booking...Continue reading