I’ve been a huge fan of Babyface since the winter of 1989/1990, although I'm guessing that not many people really know who he is. He wasn’t well known at all in the UK, and I only stumbled across his genius in a round about way. In my teen years, I used to DJ with a couple of friends...

Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds at the indigO2 →

I’ve posted before about Sara Bareilles and how much I love her music.  Last night, I had the chance to see her perform live at Scala in London. The evening was opened by a guy called Rod Thomas .  He played solo, and used looped recordings of various instruments to build up songs as he went...

Sara Bareilles, Live @ Scala, 28th September 2008 →

If any of you checked out Sara Bareilles from one of my earlier posts and enjoyed what you heard, you should also take a listen to Colbie Caillat . More great song-writing, great lyrics, and a fabulous voice. Once again, Walmart has a Soundcheck session that you can watch....

Colbie Caillat →

It has been a while since I posted about an artist I am enjoying listening to. Frankly, there aren't that many that strike me enough to warrant a blog post! However, after stumbling across some videos of Sara Bareilles playing acoustic sets of her music, I decided that I really wanted to tell the world...

Sara Bareilles →

Check out this video from MSN Video of a great piece of video editing by Lasse Gjertsen from Norway. He has taken loads of very short clips of a drummer and a piano player (literally milliseconds long) and cut them into a full "song". Very very cool!...

Amateur Drummer - A Cool Piece Of Video Editing →

Further to my recent post regarding Level 42's new album and tour , I wanted to publicly celebrate today as the 8 year anniversary of the initial go-live of http://www.mark-king.com/ , the official site for Mark's solo work that has now been superceded by the current level42.com site. I had a lot of...

Eight years of http://www.mark-king.com/ →

This is probably really old news, but I haven't walked from the office to Waterloo railway station in a while! My walk takes me across the Hungerford footbridge and past the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank. There has been a load of construction there in the past few months, and it is good to see...

PLAY.orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall →

I have been a fan of Level 42 since the mid-80s. Many people would only recognise them from a few of the more mainstream hits they had between about 1986 and 1990. They actually put out releases between 1980 and 1994, when the band broke up. In around 1999, Mark King (bass player and vocalist) decided...

Level 42 - New Album and Tour →

John Mayer is releasing a new CD in September called "Continuum". He recently did a very cool thing and hosted a show on an LA radio station (Star 98.7FM) where he played the entire record, speaking about each track in turn. The whole show was very cool; being able to get an early listen was nice, and...

John Mayer, Continuum →

Well, it has been a little while since the last post. It isn’t that I haven’t had anything to say, I just haven’t been able to find any time to write it down! So, let’s see, some snippets: IE7 I installed IE7 beta 2 Preview – is working nicely so far. The tabs work really well, and the “tab preview”...

IE7, Level 42, Hanselminutes and ClearContext →

So I have had my TD-12 for a few weeks now, and I have been playing quite a lot. It is really very weird playing so much again, as I haven’t played in many years. I am finding that I get some pretty bad aches in muscles that are long since overdue a work out! I am still so impressed with the quality...

Fun with my TD-12. →

As I mentioned in my last post about my new Warwick Corvette , I was thinking of buying some more musical instruments to supplement my home studio. Well, that is exactly what I did last Thursday lunchtime. I haven’t been able to play my drum kit with any regularity for a long time now. I haven’t played...

More Musical Toys - V-Drums and a Piano →

I’ve played music since I was about 9 years old – starting on the drums, and then picking up the bass later on (maybe around 16 or 17). I also play a little guitar and keyboards and enjoy writing my own music too. Recently, I came into some bonus cash I wasn’t expecting, and rather...

New Musical Toys - A Warwick Corvette Bass →