Berb and The Biopics
What to expect from the latest dying star to have their life reheated by the biopic treatment …
The Authentic
Do you need an expensive guitar to play music?
Worth and Value
Why Songs For Separation was released in physical form only.
Songs For Separation: Listening Notes
Songs For Separation Listening Notes
All Covered Up
As Songs For Separation enters its last production phase before release, some thoughts on album covers / formulas / genre expectations
Andy Two
As he did with Northumbria, Andy H runs the rule over Songs For Separation …
Signal Chain / Home For Me
Here’s what goes in to making music …
Stuff Guitar Shops Say
AJ details what guitar manufacturers and retailers say …
… what it actually means.
Give me your answer, do …
How much influence do artists actually have … ?
Chemistry
AJ decides the direction of travel for what will become the Songs for Separation album, and explores the concept of chemistry
Enter … Brian
AJ illustrates how a Geordie called Brian invented the guitar hero …
Recording Monkey
Notes on the recording of what will become the Test Pieces album …
Same River, Different Journey
Ahead of a round of publisher pitch meetings, I review The Same River Twice for my agent.
The Way Forward
Test Pieces. Three Takes. Location. Next. And why.
Wasn’t There Then
Why from The Beatles to Oasis, the music business keeps trying to sell you what you already own.
Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar…
What makes the guitar and guitar-based music emotionally resonant and culturally valuable?
Crimped
Recovering from Long Covid, not ‘what next?’ but whether a next is possible …
Deplatforming
The reasons behind removing Northumbria from all streaming platforms.
The Same River Twice
An account of sculling the length of the Thames in 2015 turns up and so too does a literary agent.
Hancock
Why Graham Hancock is entertaining, but wrong …