Welcome to my blog! Here you'll find some less formal posts about experiences / tips / tricks / ramblings that I feel I just have to share with the world. Feel free to browse and search the posts, and comment on anything you agree with / find useful / are infuriated by!
The other day, the guitarist from my band text me asking whether we should get public liability insurance. I’d never heard of it, and my only experience with bands having to shell out money was for venue hiring and PRS licensing. Naturally my initial thought was:
Well, it’s been a long struggle trying to get on this PhD, but I’m finally here. Let’s see if it was worth it!
Ever had an image that you want to cut out from it’s white background, but the magic wand tool wasn’t doing it’s job? Here’s a simple way of removing the white from an image using the Photoshop Layer Style.
Well, I’ve been doing design as a sideline to my main job for 5 years now, and before that, I’ve always had an interest in making thinks look prettier, so I thought why not make a blog about it?
There’s some really useful info out there on forums dedicated to your specific drum manufacturer, but I thought I’d share a few tips with you that could be applied across multiple kits.
Before I begin with this post, keep in mind that I have an electric kit, and don’t have an acoustic one because of where I live, and the space it would take up.
Okay, so I had my snare, and wanted to play with that, but was nowhere near good enough to make snare drumming sound anything other than a cacophony of din!
Writing all these blog posts, I’m starting to see I have a bit of a problem with spending money on instruments – I think my personal psychologist may have been right…
Okay, I’m a bassist, yes. I infrequently (and incompetently) dabble in guitar, but who hasn’t wanted to hit some drums whilst the drummer’s gone to the toilet in the middle of band a practise?
So I was pretty annoyed at Fender for putting their prices up – to put it nicely! I don’t know if you’ve ever done this; I’m not too fussy if I get a new instrument or a second hand one, so what I do is:
Not knowing about different musical concepts (such as ‘space’) really bugged me. Here I was, this fairly experienced bass player, having supported some big bands and recorded at high profile studios, and yet I didn’t know basic things about music.