Two new Banzai tracks done: ‘We Are The Banzai Buddy Band!’ (kind of a signature song, that one) and ‘The Rhythm Machine’ (an homage to the awesome Dr’s beats) They’ve all gotta be done, finished, dusted, by Sunday. That’s er, today. Rats, I’ll be busy tomorrow then. Today, even.
Check us out here. http://www.myspace.com/thebanzaibuddyband
[Myspace unfortunately. I [...]
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Pete playing with Victor Brox at the Nursey Inn
(courtesy Butch Mepham)
I found out recently that Manchester guitarist Pete Bocking died last week. He was my first electric guitar teacher and a complete one-of-a-kind. There’s more info available on the net about Pete here:
Manchester Beat – Pete Bocking
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Manchester Beat – Pete’s [...]
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Apr/May/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sept/Oct 07
I’m writing a column for Guitarist Magazine. Of course, this is like my dream job. The column is all about blues and jazz – in fact, it’s called ‘Blues to Jazz’. So far I’ve done 4 columns: one was a few simple chords, the next some more but with harder chords, next a solo [...]
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Jan/Feb/March 2007
I am officially the 71,288th best actor ever with an overall actor score of 0.8924.
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Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/Jun 2006
Riverhouse Education Project
From October ‘05 to March ‘06 I led a composition/improvisation workshop for 20 A level students.
This project started out as a commission by the good people at the Riverhouse Barn in Walton-on-Thames to involve 20 A-level students from Esher College and Hinchley Wood School to each produce a composition which had scope [...]
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