The last couple of months have been a really interesting time for me in terms of getting to experiment with, understand and conceptualise about the world of interactive web tools refered to as ‘Social Media’. Next week is the first London Social Media Cafe Musicians get together (we need a new title!) - so I […]
Social Media thoughts Pt 1 - my background and history.
May 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Twitter-peoples - welcome to my e-world, dive right in!
May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
OK, so you arrived here via my twitter page, and want to know more?
Short version - I’m a musician, music teacher, blogger about musical things and the miscellany of life, web enthusiast and thinker about Social media and what all this web 2.0 stuff enables us to do that we couldn’t do before, particularly […]
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friends and inspiration
May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Stevie Stuffs
Pillow Mountain Records - My record label
Recycle Collective - My monthly looping/improv gig in London
Steve @ MySpace - My MySpace page.
Steve @ Last.fm - my last.fm artist page.
Steve @ YouTube.com - lots of videos!
Steve @ FaceBook.com - find me on facebook.
Steve @ ReverbNation.com - loads more music to listen to.
Steve @ iLike.com - click […]
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MP3s
May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
On this page you can listen to EVERY track from EVERY album that I’ve released! Yay! Just hit play on whichever of the embedded albums you want to hear! The titles of the album link to where to buy them, or there are the iTunes buttons… You can also download all of Lessons Learned From […]
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Exclusive track on Reverb Nation + gig news…
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
I’ve FINALLY got round to adding the latest bunch of gigs to Reverb Nation. The first of which is this sunday, at the Brickhouse, on Brick Lane in London (deets below in the gig cal widget).
The gig’s with my new trio with Patrick Wood and Roy Dodds - two of the most amazing musicians I’ve […]
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More amazing free music
April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Right, I’ve got loads of fascinating stuff to blog about (no, really), but that can wait, cos right now, I’ve got loads of great free music to tell you about. First up, Lobelia is giving away a whole album of voice ‘n’ piano stuff on Reverb Nation. The album, called 040515 (the date it was […]
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Easy download of Lessons Learned From An Aged Feline Pt I
April 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Was just editing the MP3s page on my site to reflect the fact that everything on there is now fully streamable, when it occured to me that the Last.fm widget on there for LLFAAF Pt I makes all the download tracks from that album available direct from the widget… So here it is!
Don’t forget, you […]
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Some thoughts on ‘Free’ methodology and practice…
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s the big buzz-concept in the online world - the new currency is attention, recorded music can be duplicated at zero cost, so we should all give it away in order to promote ourselves as a brand, and the caveat often added to this is that we make our money off live shows.
OK, let’s contrast […]
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Topping the Charts…
April 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Much to blog about, but real life getting in the way of cyber-time at the moment. All good (if you want to keep track of that stuff, sign up for Twitter and follow me.
Anyway, what is worth mentioning just now is that all the recent activity on my Reverb Nation page, with the free album […]
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Downloading made easy, the Reverb Nation Widget way!
April 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Not sure why I didn’t think of this before, but you can download all of Lessons Learned from An Aged Feline Pt II from the widget below. It’s a four step process, as follows:
1. click the word ’songs’ at the top of the widget.
2. click on ‘What Was Going On’
3. put your email address into […]
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