I Hate Mornings

I’m convinced that live music needs to be entertaining. Nobody wants to have to sit (or stand) through a performance that has no entertainment value. Now I’m not saying that everyone needs to play Hey Jude and Dire Straits all night. Far from it. People find entertainment in all sorts of musical styles, personalities, rituals, [...]

There are three key factors that affect a song’s success:
* *Formula* - is it familiar?
* *Execution* - does it sound cool?
* *Character* - do you like the singer?
For me at least, everything boils down to these three. These are the dealbreakers when I’m deciding whether to buy an album, stay to watch a band at [...]

My latest round of promo emails harnessed all the beautiful power of the internet to give me a virtual underground lair from which to spy on the unsuspecting fools that were reading them…
I was pleasantly surprised to fire up my lair this evening and see that “Nick Gill”:http://www.nickfuckinggill.com had topped the email clicking charts with [...]

It’s only once you arrive at the gig and see the emptiness that you think of telling people about it. Before that moment, you coldly assume that the place will be packed and that hundreds of intelligent, witty, open, appreciative and fun-loving people will be jostling for the best spot to see you play. Well, [...]