I can't believe it's been so long since I did a posting.
We have had to cancel the McCookerybook and Rotifer gig at West Hampstead Arts Club; two train strikes had knocked out 80% of people's ability to get there. It's awful to cancel gigs but there was no alternative. It took a lot of time to undo all that.
On Thursday and Friday, I went to Rob and Amelia's in Tenterden to do a two-day music production/mixing course run by Ian Button. We were his guinea pigs, along with Steve from European Sun and Marlody on Thursday and a live sound engineer called Fran on Friday. I've come back with a head full of information which I can't wait to put into practice.
After lamenting my inability to write any new songs, ideas are appearing at inconvenient moments such as when I'm driving. I think I need to complain more; every time I complain, I think of another idea. I also realised that the feeling I have that all my new songs sound the same is because I write them all on the same guitar. Durrr!
You can't really illustrate a person having ideas, but here's a drawing of some people at this year's May Day Parade that I did at Wednesday Drawing Club with Darren Riley. Just the two of us, but good bantz nevertheless. Darren was lino-cutting a fabulous and slightly creepy face with taped-up eyes.
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Ah, Tenterden. I know it well. Where my mothers ancestors hail from. I could give you a tour pointing out where her great-great grandmother lived, and the abodes of various aunts and uncles even further back down the family tree. Used to be a good fish and chip shop on the lane down to the station
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