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I told my girlfriend today that I need to silence my mind. It’s always buzzing with ideas about what I should do, where and what needs investigation. It is tiring. All these ideas around music drive me crazy. I can hear them you see. The melodies that drift in the ethers waiting to be anchored […]
The song I penned a few minutes ago is called Burnt Fingers and it is darkish in places. I have been reading and listening to stories from various mythologies. So this song does not surprise me at all. Here are the lyrics. Burnt Fingers Don’t be so easily satisfied// Burnt Fingers dance to their own […]
I made a few decisions regarding the new album. This after an amazing call with some friends in India. These are the same two friends who gave me a few thousand rands so I could cover the costs of getting my band to perform in Pretoria when we opened for Ben Harper. I call them […]
I am sure anyone who reads this blog must think I am a messy human being, my emotions are always caught in mid-flight, buzzing everywhere, sticking to surfaces and people. Then I use music to scrape it off and puzzle myself back together again. At times I wonder if I will ever be satisfied, when […]
I don’t know what my tomorrow holds. Now usually this does not bother me, or so I tell myself. Wait, I tell myself many different stories. At the top of the list is this – being able to transmute any experience through music matters. This is how I can transcend whatever befalls me. My love […]
It is time to visit Gilda. A few things bother me deeply, feelings I struggle to codify. It’s the curse of being Scorpio, I tell myself. Feelings are never easy. They sit on my chest or get stuck in my throat. Sometimes they dance on the lines of my forehead as I struggle to find […]
Sharing some new writing. I blame this squarely on my insomnia…and my dog. Read if you like. * * I think I am losing my mind, especially on rainy afternoons between one and three in the afternoon. I can see […]
This was one of the first songs I ever wrote. God, this new album is gonna be so crack happy…even I am starting to worry about my mental health. So happy and love is nowhere in sight! But if music is a spell…then this is what I am calling into my life, the good stuff. […]
I do feel guilty, I won’t lie. I am enjoying the silence immensely. The ease that comes with not having to explain myself to anyone. The luxury of staying in my dodge pajamas for days on end and sauntering to the piano to sing. Hell, the fact that I have no urgency to write music […]
Relationships of all kinds deeply fascinate me. I often tell my friends to listen to their bodies if their minds are clouded. Our bodies do not lie. A long while ago, perhaps four years back, I scribbled in my notebook that I feel like a wolf, searching for melodies and words when my legs are […]