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Examining music: Bjork's Stonemilker

The desolate beauty of Bjork's musical 'nordic landscape' . . .

Examining Music: Marilyn Manson's The Beautiful People

Bursting from a collective darkness formed of anger/need and unspoken desires - Marilyn Manson's song The Beautiful People is - one of,

Examining Music: Punch Bro's Mint Julep

Mint Julep by the Punch Brother's is expansive and intimate at the same time - mapping the mournful hills and dusty roads of broken...

Don't Look Back!

Well, I just re-read my last post and had to laugh. After all my excitement about redoing 'Dreamtime' I finally listened to it! Never...

My Big Vision!

Hola todos, I'm back after a bit of a hiatus. I've reached a turning point in my musical/artisitic career. I want to include all my...

'The Honeymoon stage

Laurence - producer, engineer and eccentric spark Started recording with PapaTigre! yesterday. We're at what I call the 'honeymoon...

'The MAGIC'

I'm getting close to recording new material with PapaTigre!. These are new songs and a new approach musically - we haven't really...

Re-discovering hope!

Hope . . . a short word with such large meaning attached to it! I occasionally lose sight of where I'm going to and why. I look in the...

Depression? Nah!

I've experienced a bout of depression over the last week. Crept up on me until I felt like curling up into a little ball and never...

The second reason

I've been thinking 'bout the temptations offered in the music business. From 14 'til my early thirties the second most important reason I...

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