when I grew up in Queensland, used to be called the “Beenleigh Rum Distillery” but sometime in the recent wanky past was renamed “Beenleigh Artisan Distillery”, a move I do not consider to be a great
The written music I was learning felt dumb to me and the lyrics seemed even dumber. The melodies were terrible. I was getting into my older brother’s The Kingston Trio albums and played them all until they were full of skips, which earned me death threats from my brother. I knew all ...
Byline: by Claire Coleman, Styling: INDIA STURGISDaily Mail (London)
confidence in my abilities as a melody writer and lyricist. I may not even be that great, but I remember feeling really good about my songs for a couple of weeks. I wrote the lyrics and melodies for 8 of those songs, and I was certainly proud of them for at least a couple of ...
12th 2013. I was going to wait until a day where I had an interesting meeting or something extraordinary, then I realized that was missing the point. I think its more important what I do on a more typical day. I have no meetings, no phone calls planned. A regular work/ creative day...
This was the spirit shared by many bands that filled arenas and garages. This spirit was not lost on Jethro Tull – Ian Anderson gifted Rockers with a near perfect album; riffs, hooks, and lyrics that questioned authority, religion and life. ...
As I was hanging out, enjoying the nice weather barefoot in my backyard, I had to quickly run out and pick up a prescription from the drive-through at my local CVS. It was going to just take a second and I debated going with no shoes on!
was a kind of good movie, since I just wanted to watch it for fun and also because it was a highly rated. But when I went into it, I had to rejudge it again. As a beyond-controlled time traveler, he never knew when and where he was, even so, Clare, his wife, was still at...
During this same year, I became acquainted and then immediately obsessed with the artist Ellie Holcomb. Between her voice and deep, powerful lyrics, I can't seem to get enough of her. So my musical worlds collided recently when I saw that Judah and the Lion did a song with Ellie Holcomb...
Follow The Dark As If It Were Light by A Dancing Beggar is a perfect example. A Dancing Beggar is the nom de plume of the 23-year old James Simmons, and was released last May. Being a small, independent label based in the U.K., Audiobulb’s recordings unfortunately do not get the...