Valves

November 2, 2011

Hive Mind, I need to know more about valves. Having just spent £100 on some valves, I’m thinking they’re ok and everything, but they’re not blowing my mind. So, question is: what do you consider when you choose what you get? Clean all the way? Break up early? What makes the most difference: pre-amp or [...]

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4 Hands

September 29, 2011

Fine chap Sebastiaan Cornelissen just put this album on Bandcamp. The track features me, Seb and Hadrian Feraud. Check out the rest of the album, too. It’s very good.

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Ritchie and Keith

September 15, 2011

Seeing as I’ve not got much on at the moment, I’m having a bit of a practice-a-thon. I’m learning all kinds of stuff; going over pieces I know, learning new things. Anyhow, I was having a nostalgic look at ‘Fire’ by the splendid Mr. Malmsteen, which led to musing about Ritchie Blackmore (Since You’ve Been [...]

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Live version of Bikini

August 21, 2011
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End of notebook 1, what’s been happening while that’s been going on…

July 28, 2011

So I got to the end of the notebook, 83 posts later. My randomly assembled notes/ideas/whatnot for the book I’ve been (not!) writing is still voluminous, so I guess I’ll continue with this idea and do another notebook. I like the deadline; it’s good to have something to write to and nice to have a [...]

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