Japan Japan

in Kyoto at the moment. sorry, no pics to post just yet but hopefully when i get back. I'll tell you all about it when I do...

breaking and entering!

The other weekend Charlotte and I broke into this abandoned factory building to take some photos. Unfortunately I look like I’ve been ‘smoking the peace pipe’ a little in these photos. Haaahaaaaaaaa, lol

The doors were all open but neither of us felt like being stabbed so we didn’t go in… the warning was written above the left hand door.

I really like the jacket I'm wearing in these shots- it’s an old ski jacket I got from a thrift shop outside a hospital- very cool. I also love these Levi’s bell-bottoms which I got ages ago at a vintage clothing store (they make me feel like a 70’s rockstar), like Nicole explained in an earlier post – Levi’s are so comfy! The shoes are Alife ‘public outrage’.

btw, Charlotte took the photos

Yi weekly

Has anybody read this weeks addition of ‘Yi weekly’? haha, this photo was taken at a gig in Brisbane last week by a friend of mine Lewis who has recently taken to photography/posters. check out Lewis’s ‘Tempblography’  here

This shot must have been taken at a strange angle- it makes me look rather “full”. lol

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Tea anybody…?

These are some boxes of tea that i bought in Nepal on the last trip. The flavours look super tasty but i haven’t even opened theboxes yet because I just think they look soooo cool! i will taste them one day though.

My favourite is the banana- it’s so ‘velvet underground’…

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gothic kilt n' boots

 

I've been looking for new ways to show off my boots.
Failed painter made this black kilt for me...complete with tassel.
The Irish part of me loves it.
Probably won't go down well here in Australia.
So I'll  debut it in Japan when I visit in August.

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Punk at heart…

Did I ever mention that throughout the years I’ve been extremely influenced by punk music…

As a reckless, strong-minded youth back in middle/high school finding my feet as a musician, naturally I found myself amongst punks and punk music. I actually have written lots  of  Punk songs- many of which i still look back at now as great songs. I think I’ll always gravitate that general direction. I often think about re-working and recording for future albums

Working out

After reading about and seeing some of Charlotte’s strange animals on her blog I decided to post this picture of our much loved household cat… Mr Bubbles. I took this photo right after his daily workout, lol. He’s quite a large cat; so much so that this shot is pretty flattering to his figure. all the same he’s a beautiful and very affectionate animal.

Does anybody else have exceptional pets worth bragging about???

She came bearing gifts

She knew me all too well… charlotte,  clearly aware of my taste sent this wonderful gift in my direction.

FIGS! they look weird and kind of gross but they are so tasty.

I’m unable to resist dried figs so I gobbled these down shortly after some photos were taken in the sewing room. They were the organic kind too! my FAVORITE… thanks a lot charlotte

Winter’s here

PERFECT! I caught a cold on Thursday. I thought I was going to be able to shake the thing by now but clearly I haven’t. I called up a moment ago to cancel tomorrow nights gig in west-end…

Hopefully I can book the same time next week. humble appologies. I hate being sick.

What the music industry is really about...

Within the music industry a common expression is to 'define your identity ' Automatically this implies a sense of trying to look and sound like something other than who you are. Instead, I focus on defining my identity. Realising who I am, what my sound is and how this can be used to my advantage. It's really important to know who you are, what your product is and why you are making it.
Most people will only want to listen to music that somehow fits in or enhances the image of themselves that they want to have People wear music as if it's a hat, a pair of shoes or something to make them look good So, if a certain kind of music or musician doesn't fit in with an image or doesn't contribute to their 'style' people are less likely to listen to it.

A reason some musicians have so much trouble being heard is because they are about being creative without a pre-existing motive to how it should sound or what group of people they want to listen to it
I think one of the reasons why I struggle to find an audience is because my music doesn't have any social or cultural agenda's attached to it. As cliche as it sounds, my music really is just about the music (melody, harmony, experimentation and just the beauty of sound) and there's only a small demographic of people who take the time to appreciate that approach.
It's not that every musician that fits into a specific category is completely talentless and superficial, it just means that in many cases it is easier for them to get somewhere than for the stand-alone artist

'a railway conversation with Charlotte
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