The week after that Moody Ruse gig, I went to Scotland with The Stones. We were booked for two nights at “The Ferry” on the Clyde, and I sat in for Paul, their regular keyboard player. An unusual lineup this, because Chris (who usually plays Keith) stood in for the […]
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About seven years ago, when I was living in a yurt in the woods, in southwest France, I did some tutorials on my YouTube channel. The lighting isn’t great and I was struggling with a barely adequate camera. But I wanted to give something back to the You Tubes, by […]
I went to see the new James Bond last Sunday and was pleased to hear a Louis Armstrong song that I was playing, a few years ago. So I’m revising that to fit for the next video… Here’s one I made earlier today. It’s a good discipline, having to record […]
After trying various bits of software, I’ve settled on a relatively easy and educational new video style for my YouTube channel. The app I’ve gone with is called See Music. I have my main keyboard plugged into a mixing desk, which is plugged into this confuser with a USB cable […]
A potential wedding client asked to see some more of SouthWest playing with Andy Wilson-Taylor, who will be fronting the band for any gigs in 2021. So I put this montage together from his first gig with us in August 2019. I think is works pretty well.
After they liked they Boby Lapointe video I put together in this post, Histoire de Jouer asked if I could make a video of another show starring Pascal Destal. Of course, I said yes. I’ve only got songs to learn and videos to make for the next few months (apart […]
Here’s a video I finished this morning, shot at SouthWest gig a few weeks ago. It’s a two-camera video, with stereo recorded in the auditorium. The picture quality isn’t MTV—I think they have better cameras. There’s be more of these coming over the next few weeks and months. Next up […]