Jean Michel Jarre

I went to see Jean Michel Jarre last night in Symphony Hall. Amazing. Brilliant. Magaical. Everything I wanted, hoped for and more. The man is a legend. You’ll notice that I haven’t got any pictures, youtube footage, flash photography or the like. In rare moments of beautiful music such as Oxygene, I was completely transfixed. [...]

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Easter. Another gig and a Wedding.

Kinda sounds like the title of a film, don’t you think? Maybe not? Ok then.
Another couple of friends finally tied the knot on Saturday. Congratulations Dave & Rachel. Great wedding, great reception – I hope you had a great day. The musical worries proved to be unfounded as both Oli, Matt, Mike, Andii and I [...]

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Retrosexual (the return)

Well, Retrosexual made their first “public” appearance at The Duke of York on Saturday. What a fantastic night. The last few weeks worth of preparations came good and we helped Jo celebrate her birthday in good form. The place was packed, the punters were up for it and a damn good night was had by [...]

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Frankfurt #2

So, that’ll be Frankfurt over an done with for another year. I think 3 days stay (over last year’s 2 days stay) was long enough for me. Good food, good beer, great service. I like Germany. Actually, as I’ve hinted at before, I really like Frankfurt. There’s something I really find attractive about there always [...]

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Frankfurt.

Well, almost 12 months to the day I am here again in Frankfurt for the MusikMesse trade event. The flight from Birmingham was bumpy on the way up, beautiful on the way across and even more bumpy on the way back down. The recent storms from the UK are making their way across to mainland [...]

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