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This bit of writing sums up how I feel about music and love. Part of the book…my favorite bit. Yes, it was inspired by a dream. All of my blog posts have the names of songs by the way. Wonderful songs that play in my head as I start my day. * I was facing […]
I asked one of my best friends for a tarot reading and lawdy lawd – it felt like a bad therapy session. The kind where you are reminded of things you know. Blah blah blah Auriol, you don’t trust anyone. Not with your heart or career. Stop isolating yourself blah blah blah.Tell people how you […]
I will never forget being in studio with Sticky and Mono T. Aside from having fun, I was asked what would I like to drink. Whiskey of course….but I don’t drink when in studio. So opted to have a few energy drinks because I have to finish my vocals in the morning. My God man! […]
I am sharing a song that won’t go on the album. This is home recording and written a while back. Poor quality, forgive me people. Still, I like this song. Perhaps it will find a place on an album somewhere along the way. It’s called So I Can Move On.
I write most of my music alone. However, what sets this album apart is that Rodney Buys, my pianist takes my bad piano, turns it into something delicious and then we play it live. I really love when we play together and breathe more life into the music before it is finalized in studio. The […]
My best friend is back in town and I am so happy! I am a loner by nature. If left to my own devices I would not venture out – except for food,smokes and to visit a bookshop. I roll in a crew and my people are insanely adventurous. Gay men get me. Straight me […]
Some random thoughts in my notebook. They may or not become music. * ‘Retreat if you must, but always to an oasis…’ says my best friend. * ‘Music is a wide net to catch me from slipping as I walked away…’ said to a friend while drinking coffee. * ‘For a long time roots were […]
This is from my Call it Love album. There isn’t much to say about this song beside – every damn word was true. And this is where I am at now. Butterfly wings bitches! Everything is cyclical and passes as the bad ole book says. Find home or be Home to someone […]
South Africa is up in arms about the increase in violence against women and children…in Woman’s Month. Of course my daughter is horrified and horrifies everyone in turn. What happens to the mass consciousness of a country when events like this trigger us? Do we see a greater outpouring of love and empathy or more […]
My daughter gets depressed about climate change, political corruption and the way women and children are treated in South Africa. It is so easy to get sucked in by the stats, the news, the fuckery on social media. Of course change does not happen in one fell swoop. Baby steps I remind her is what […]