Eurobusk Hangover

I'm back. Tired.. so very tired. We were in Luxemburg 14 hours ago!!

It was a great tour again with lots of good footage. We've just come back to my flat after dropping off the flash and now we're heading to Covent Garden :S... tired. We got to Cologne at 2:30 this …

Eurobusk 08 - Saturday & Sunday

Eurobusk 08 - Thursday & Friday

Eurobusk 08 - Tuesday & Wednesday

Here are the detailed plans of action for the next couple of days:

Eurobusk 08 - Monday

As you know I'm currently out the country on Eurobusk 08. So I decided to scan in some notes and sketches that I used to keep a journal of our plans. This way you can have an idea how serious we are about planning and busking :D...That's not true, just thought it'd be fun:

Eurobusk 08 Podcast

Here is my final live post for a few days. I won't lie to you and say I'll be sneaking into internet cafe's to post everyday from Europe. Who would?

Instead I've left you with a good week of pre made posts whilst I'm tearing up Europe with the Quarter Tones.

AND if …

Want to Feature in Eurobusk 08???

Do you want to feature in the next series of Eurobusk?? As you know we start filming in a couple of days and we are looking for anyone who watched the documentary this time to send us some questions. Ask anything you like!!! We want to answer serious and ridiculous …

Eurobusk 07; Episode V - The Finale

Here we are. This is it!! The final Episode in the first season of Eurobusk.

I hope that you've enjoyed the series. It took an extemely long time to make so you better have enjoyed it!!

The most exciting thing is how much we've taken away from the experience and what …

My Brother Nick

Ahhhh! It's nice to be back to my blog and not spend all my spare time cursing internet video sources

Episode V will be up TOMORROW!! The reason for this is not only the delay that my technical issues incurred but also because if things go smoothly the Quarter Tones …

Eurobusk 07; Episode IV Hazzar!!

It's finally here. After hours of technical issues here is the 4th installment in the Eurobusk 07 Series. We rejoin the tour on our journey to Paris. Rob driving, myself as wingman and the the Chris' (both Birch and Lydon) are on the resting shift in the back. See how …

Yet More Problems

I still don't seem to be able to get this video up?! I've spent 4 hours messing around getting it on You Tube and once it was finally up there they removed it. "This Violates Your User Agreement".

What?!!? The amount of rubbish that goes up on you tube and Eurobusk gets …

Three Things Not To Do In An ABRSM Exam

I went to Birmingham today to support my kids taking their trumpet exams. A nervous grade 1, a quick learning grade 3 and two very promising grade 4's. All of these kids are no more than ten years of age and the grade 1 and 3's have only been playing for a year.

I was …

A Shadey Weekend

Over the weekend I did a warm up gig for New Years in Abu Dhabi. The Shades played at Escape (a club in the Coventry) to give us all a chance to play our new material. We sound checked and blasted through a few charts before having a bite to eat before the gig. The guys …

For The Love Of Technology!

I don't know why? Why can't I upload this Episode or any other files?

Computers are awesome things apart from when they don't work! I have no idea why I'm having problems overcoming this obstacle but I've spent all my free time since Sunday trying to overcome it.

I'll …

Somthings Against Episode IV

I left Episode to upload over night so I could put it on before heading to teach trumpet in Brum (it's just after 6am right now) but it hasn't worked for some reason. I won't be back till late so I'm afraid it looks like tomorrow. I"ll see if I can find a miracle today …

Technical Difficulties - Episode IV Coming Tomorrow

I'm sorry due to technical difficulties Episode 4 will be up tomorrow.

Studio Gremlins

Is there anything more frustrating??

I had a session in my studio yesterday where Johnny Hodges and I got down a few jazz duo charts. The quality of recording (even unmixed) was really good. I'm always impressed by the quality of my home studio. We managed to get a few …

Matt Roberts and The Inner Circle

Before you say it; No, this isn't a bootleg version of the Harry Potter series.

As you know my blog is a little over a year old and since it's birth it hasn't stopped evolving. When I started off it was just a bit of a laugh and something to make my online CV a little …

Enormous YouTube Videos

I found this on one of my blog-buddies sites and I thought it was worth a link. So if you'd like to see a you tube video of the Enormous gig go to Jo Beaufoix's blog.

Unfortunately the sound quality isn't fantastic and the youtube compression makes us look like computer …

Enormous Result

The gig was great fun. Nailing the "My Type" solo was one of my highlights (having first heard it on their album when I was 13). The set was received well by the audience and for the first gig back it was ace!

I'm out in London entertaining some mates today (I'll …