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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 […]
It’s my last few days in Cape Town before I head home. I was summoned home by my Mother. Daddy needs you. In truth, she needs me to keep her sane. As my Mother knows all my time will be dedicated to the family and ensuring everyone is okay. I don’t mind as there is […]
Everything is energy. I think we all know the power our thoughts can have if it is fueled by very strong emotions. Things will come unexpectedly, because they were invited in. I know that might seen ominous in places and perhaps it is. We all know of someone who is going through a rough patch […]
I have been using all manner of sharp objects to free myself of past experiences and people. The best bits of who they are is placed into music, the lesson they taught me is absorbed and processed but they are… discarded altogether. Out of my life and most certainly my heart. I know that sounds […]
I am reflecting on the last three weeks and my songwriting journey. I blogged often in order to straighten out my mind and compose music. As I was always checking where on the emotional spectrum I am while allowing everything I feel to voice itself. I end up writing the best love songs when I […]
It was a good performance…for three reasons. First…I remembered all the words to the new songs. You must understand the last time I sang….I lost an entire verse of one particular song. It just disappeared from my mind. And dammit, I rehearsed! Of course, I improvised and made up shit along the way. Only Rodney […]
This is the song the entire band was so upset about. We didn’t get to end the Ben Harper show with When World’s Collide. Here’s a rehearsal. And yeah…I look all kinds of Dodge….but I never sound it. Hehe…and my band are assasins!