May 30, 2008
Tags: songwriting, video
It’s not necessarily finished yet, but who needs to finish songs when they can be YouTubed around the world in seconds and then fly back like a boomerang laden with feedback and comments, ready to be rewritten and demoed a few more times. Unfinished is the new finished.
Of course sometimes things are actually finished. Like [...]
May 29, 2008
Tags: social media, songwriting, web apps
I’ve thinking about a web application for songwriters. Something that could ease the process of finding songwriters, pitching songs to record companies and collaborating.
May 12, 2008
Tags: live music, songwriting
Yesterday I heard the most insipid song ever written. That’s a bold statement, I know, but this song really made me cringe. It broke almost every rule of good songwriting, and was delivered in such an earnest and well-meaning way that it was hard to know whether to laugh or wretch.
It’s going to be difficult [...]
May 8, 2008
Tags: live music, promotion, radio
I took self publicity to a new level on May Day morning by playing Jungle Book songs at a champagne breakfast in Oriel College and getting booked to play their Guest Night dinner next week! And then on Sunday I played a great set with Jont on Radio 2…
h3. May Day shenanigans
May Morning in Oxford [...]