Our Warning Label EP is out. The title track references attachment theory – the idea that infant-caregiver bonds shape adult behaviour – and muses on how useful […]
You May Not… Volume 9
Volume 9 of my “You May Not Have Heard” playlist series is live. As always, it’s a carefully curated journey cycling from folk to pop/rock […]
Microphone Menagerie
A small dose of audio geekery. At this year’s Playmakers festival, I presented a workshop on microphone types, explaining their properties and use cases for […]
A Collection of Memories
My friend Isabella has a gorgeous rich voice, and 17 years ago we recorded more than 20 songs of hers in my bedroom. It was […]
Spotify Evil? Part II
Three years ago I wrote a short blog post “Is Spotify Evil?”. Given the ethics of Spotify is a hot topic right now, and there’s […]
A Brief Guide to Independently Releasing Music
I’ve written a brief guide to releasing music. While aimed primarily at independent artists, anyone interested in the current state of the music industry may […]
You May Not… Volume 8
I curate a playlist series called You May Not Have Heard and Volume 8 has just dropped. It takes me about two years of heavy […]
MUMs
This post may contains traces of audio geekery. I’m the first person in Australia to get hold of a new monitor speaker called the MUM-6, […]
Champagne
Champagne is the new single from Mr Tigerbear. This project I’ve been working on with David Pensabene, based on songs he’s had in his back […]
Pelan Pelan – I bet you can
Last month I described recording an album in three days, but this time it’s about recording an EP in three hours. Pelan Pelan is a […]
Peddling Rag with The Paper Collar Pickers
Last year I took a domestic flight, my first in five years, to help record an album for Craig Sinclair and Rod Vervest. “Peddling Rag” […]
Here Be Monsters
I’m still on my first smartphone, which I bought seven years ago. I was late to the (supposed) party, partly for resource-ethic reasons (getting as […]
A Score of Compelling Songs
I present to you the latest edition of my “You May Not Have Heard” playlist. Each volume takes me a couple of years to compile […]
Is Spotify Evil?
Well, not so evil it’s going to stop me plugging the latest song I’ve mastered. “Wish”, by my good friend Ewan Buckley and his band […]
Vinyl, I wanna love you but you make it so damn hard
I want to love you vinyl. I really do. Unfortunately you’re just not as *inherently* good sounding as digital music, and you’re a bit toxic… […]
Your Holiday Playlist
I have a wee pressie for you: the latest instalment of my “You May Not Have Heard” playlist. It’s twenty songs that have sonically and […]
The Ten Albums Thing
Ok I’ll bite. A few friends requested I do the ten albums thing, but I couldn’t abide by the rules, in particular the “no explanation” […]
You May Not Have Heard (Vol. 1-5)
About 15 years ago I compiled a mix tape to impress a girl. It spawned a series of five CDs containing 100 songs, mainly in […]
Stories Behind the Songs
Every song has a story. Here’s a little background on the writing and recording of each of the songs on Oil, Love & Oxygen. It […]
My Top Ten Gigs (as a Punter) and Why
I had a dream. In the dream I had a manager. The manager told me I should write a “list” style post, because they were […]