Dubai Media City At that time, before the establishment of the ‘free zones’ in Dubai, in order to set up...
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Dubai Beginnings Sunny with Occasional Rain Two things were becoming clear as I was moving towards a longer term commitment...
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Dubai Creek Sunny with Occasional Rain The Dubai Creek in the old part of town was historically the hub of...
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Leaving London Sunny with Occasional Rain It was a feeling of expectation mixed with a certain degree of finality when...
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A Defining Meeting Sunny with Occasional Rain Spiteri Part One I remember the night I met the two Spiteri brothers, Jorge and Charlie as though it were yesterday. It was…
Paul Robinson / Power Exchange Sunny with Occasional Rain Paul Robinson arrived in London from New York with a single minded plan to shake up the UK music industry. A…
Side Movements Colin Thurston had installed a small recording studio in his Ledbury Road apartment in North West London. Unusual and enviable in that pre digital age. It was small…
Forays into production We had gained enormous confidence from the Polydor deal, but other plays were also in motion. As we were writing and looking for new ideas to develop,…
Spencer Kirsch and Young. Amazon Music Rob Young was a truly gifted musician. In virtuosity and orchestration he was in a special class but I had a flair for melody and…
Back to the music days Early forays into production I had learned a lot about the way things worked in the music business, initially from my father, and later from…
Dealing with a Problem I have a new and strange medical condition-(of course like most people, I have several), but this most recent one is annoying, baffling and very intrusive…
Bill Wellings I met Bill during the interim job phase at Music for Pleasure. He was an imposing looking guy, early fifties, tall, rugged featured with a slightly shuffling gait….
Two Life Changing Encounters There was a feeling of blues that accompanied our return to London with its inescapable, blunt reminders of normal life. Money, responsibilities, survival- the whole unwelcome…
Wales – The Final Part John had bought a smaller van than we anticipated but it would do with a squeeze and in any case that was what the budget…
Getting the album together in Wales part 2 Reaching the high point of a long climb somewhere in the undulating hills of Snowdonia, we started our descent into a wild, gorse…
Getting the album together in Wales part 1 It was fashionable during the rock boom of the 70s for bands to isolate themselves in remote places to concentrate on writing,…
First Steps – Abbey Road The first time I walked into Abbey Road Studios I was a nervous 16 year old entering a temple of music, because although the immortal…
The Julian Kirsch I was telephoned about a year ago by a journalist in England who was researching and writing a series of articles about bands from the sixties and…
La Chanson Francaise (the music of France) Literally translated, it means ‘French Music’. It was really of an era, a time when some of the greatest artists in the world…
The School Band I was about fifteen when I formed my first band. It wasn’t an easy undertaking. King’s Canterbury, where I was a boarder was a highly regarded choir…
My First Guitar I was given my first guitar when i was thirteen. I had been taking piano lessons for some years so music was already firmly rooted in my…
The Roof of Africa was my 4th challenge as a participator in Gulf for Good’s charity Trek to Kilimanjaro. The challenge supported two projects in Tanzania- Village Education Project, Moshi town and Larchfield Charity Organization ! The sponsorship funds raised by each participant will be collectively used to build classrooms in the Village Education Project and build a purpose built children’s home, initially for 50 children, but phased to accommodate eventually up to 300.
On my first trip back to South Africa since the 2010 World Cup, I am enjoying the pulsating city of Johannesburg. There is a real energy here, vibrant and captivating.
Slept well; no palpitations. …..Aha, 2 glasses of red only. Well, condemned to a life of restrained intake may not be such a bad thing.
Time brings an opportunity to remember and be grateful for those who gave you special gifts in life. Mentors, lovers, friends or those who touched you with inspirational words, moments or ideas.