You're a Shining Star

Tomorrow, my album winds it’s little freaky butt to a close (I pick up the Master tomorrow at 1PM!) and I get to sit back and listen once again to my songs. I get to listen closely and intently to the people who have come and played their hearts out on their...

Womad 2012 and the Amazing Drumming Monkeys

Since nothing was getting done much around here anyway, Dan and I scooted to the 20th anniversary of the Womadelaide Festival, March 2012. Our delightful and ever heart-warming engineer, James Boundy, expressed to us that it was not a festival to be missed, and having...

Owl Eggs

We have begun. It was begun long ago, but, as far as the Owl, this project has begun. A dear new and wonderful friend of mine, Melissa Main, was double booked in two Melbourne venues last week, and I was delighted to be able to take one of the gigs off her hands while...

Voodoo Master

Mastering: The last step of the recording process. I like mastering. I always call it The Voodoo. It is where you take your passionately recorded, delicately mixed, painstakingly edited and delightful sounding project, and then mastering envelopes it with a cloak of...