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Lawson/Dodds/Wood - Numbers: Available to order and download NOW!

October 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Hurrah! Finally! It’s up.
Yes, I know it took me flippin ages, but it’s there now, in the shop - Click here to go to the store and buy it!
Q - OK, so what do you get for your money?
A - an immediate digital download of the album - encoded at 256kbps (VBR*), beautifully and lovingly […]

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Lawson/Dodds/Wood Pt 6 - an interview with Roy Dodds

September 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

And the 6th video (the last of the ones recorded in Patrick’s Studio on Sept 18th), is an interview with Roy Dodds. Roy’s main drumming world is playing with singer/songwriters, but he’s always been in demand in the jazz world as well, thanks to his effortless musicality, something he brings from playing with people like […]

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Lawson/Dodds/Wood - the making of ‘Numbers’ Pt 1

September 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The download release/CD preorder for the Lawson/Dodds/Wood album ‘Numbers’ is only a day or so away from happening, so last Thursday the three of us got together to record some videos - (gawd bless the Nokia N95!) - talking about the making of the album.
The first of them was an 18 minute chat about the […]

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Tuesday night gig in London: don’t miss it!

June 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

OK, this is VERY last minute news of a gig tomorrow night at Darbucka!
It’ll feature Lobelia and I playing our duo stuff (see Youtube for more on that!), my new trio with Patrick Wood and Roy Dodds (see Reverb Nation to listen to a track from our forthcoming album!), and will also feature Yolanda […]

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Tags: Music News · gig dates

Getting the ingredients right: thoughts on Improvisation

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Sunday’s gig with Patrick Wood and Roy Dodds went very well - thanks to those of you who came along. The venue, The Brickhouse on Brick Lane in East London, was suitably strange - on three levels (ground floor and two balconies, the top one had beds on it!) and amazing food, and we had […]

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Tags: Music News · Musing on Music · tips for musicians

Timeline and Trivia

May 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

Musical Equipment Used
- Modulus Graphite Basses (6 string fretted and fretless and 4 string fretted), A Rick Turner 5 String Renaissance ‘Amplicoustic’ fretless bass, Accugroove bass cabinets, the Looperlative LP1 for looping, Lexicon MPX-G2 for processing, an E-Bow+, Bass Centre Elites strings, East-UK preamps, Evidence Audio cables. And I carry my bass around in an […]

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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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Tags: Gig stuff · Music News · gig dates

Video of Theo Travis’ Double Talk live…

February 8th, 2008 · No Comments

The very marvellous Theo Travis has just posted a couple of videos of his ‘Double Talk’ quartet on youtube - here’s one, and the second one is the top related link on there if you want to check it out. It’s great stuff and features the fabulous Roy Dodds on drums, and lots of lovely […]

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Tags: cool links · looping

evolution, transformation and the element of surprise!

February 8th, 2008 · No Comments

So, if you remember back before I went out to the States in December, I did a couple of days improv record with Patrick Wood and Roy Dodds, genius guitarist/keyboardist and drummer, respectively. We had two days in a friend’s studio, where we just played and listened, the played some more. No written material, no […]

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Tags: Music News

busy busy busy

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s all go here!
We’ll start with last weekend - two gigs, Saturday/Sunday.
Saturday’s was a gig with Lobelia in Brighton at the Sanctuary Cafe, opening for MAP - that’s and Peter Harris - both incredible acoustic guitarists, writers of sublime melodies and fantastic performers. Also on the bill before us was a marvellous singer/songwriter, Conrad […]

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