Hope that wherever you are, life's treating you well, you're not working too hard, and have holidays coming up soon.

I've finished my univeristy course learning various things about music and sound techniques and technology, and I'm looking forward to using what I've learnt to work on some new recordings of my songs over the next couple of months, particularly the newer ones that you won't have heard unless you've seen my live shows.

Shows

Two shows this week at West End in Brisbane.

- short and sweet show at the Music Kafe on Wednesday night this week, at their Open Mic Night.

- longer show on Saturday night at Blackstar Coffee, including airing the new song "Pillow" for the first time.

See show listings below for all gig details.

Don't forget to let me know if you think there is an awesome Brisbane venue that supports live, original music that I should consider playing.

New song - "Pillow"

I'm happy to report that I have succeeded in writing another happy song (which I usually have to be tied down to a piece of furniture for a considerable time and deprived of food, or bribed with some serious dark chocolate to write).The very small handful of people who have heard it so far have said:

- "no, it's not twee at all. It's sincere rather than vomitty sweet."

- "it reminds me of some chic singer from a few years ago. You know, Suzanne Vega, sort of like the stuff she wrote in her 'Tom's Diner' era."

It will be aired for the first time at the Saturday night Blackstar show. I'm looking forward to seeing what you think.

What's your favourite song?

Do you like one of my songs much more than the rest? Are you dying to hear me do a song about frogs? Do you think my music is suffering due to a severe shortage in heavy metal influences? Whatever your feedback, if you have some, I'd be really keen to hear it. It's really helpful and will help me to understand what you might like more of in future.

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