**DISCLAIMER**I know that some of these books were not written or published in this decade. I have written about them because I discovered them in this decade, and thus it seemed appropriate to me. -You are Here by Thích Nhất Hạnh-Something that arose serendipitously as I was required to pick out a Christmas gift to me,[…]
Albums: (no particular order) –Telluric and Rainbow Valley by Matt Corby- Matt Corby has been a pretty big influence on me for a while now. He has a voice like no other and his songs are written in a way that comes off as unmistakably genuine. He is so present in his recordings and on stage. I got[…]
I debated whether I wanted to share this piece, as it was about somebody who was very dear to me at the time of its conception, who I have since had a falling out with. Someone with whom I was great friends and then began an unhealthy relationship. I learned a lot about myself during[…]
We are all a product of our planet. It is not without harm to ourselves that we can bring harm to the forces, ecosystems, and organisms that brought us to be. It is only through coalescence and our collective knowledge and capabilities that we can achieve fulfillment, and continue our legacy as the adaptive, intelligent[…]
Lost is a frustration with the status quo, a yearning for the untapped possibilities of our being, and a message about how to proceed if we wish to unlock our potential and live a fulfilled life both individually, and as earth-bound, symbiotic beings. How are we to become the solution to our downfalls? The answer[…]
The overture as a piece of music has long felt a powerful story-telling mechanism to me. Before you hear a note of the first piece, you are imbued with fragments of the whole. The unfolding work breathes in unison and begins to unfold as a cohesive skeleton with no necessary regard for chronology. The inter-relations[…]
A trace; visible evidence of something that is no longer present. Vestiges is a rite of passage: an echo of our collective wisdom, a tribute to our fore-family, and an acknowledgement of the inseparable confluence. Born of youthful epiphanies and wielding a sophic nonchalance, Vestiges is a revealing look into the lasting power and influence of our personal and collective histories. This EP is a[…]
Sometimes it can be easy to get down on yourself when creating, especially when you surround yourself with ultra-talented people and listen to them on recordings. Something that I realized this year is that I love recording my yearly Christmas covers, not only because there is such a bounty of timeless classics that I will[…]
A Little Update What a year it has been. I spent the first few hours in Berlin with a sky full of fireworks and am ending off in preparation of heading to London to see one of my favourite artists, Matt Corby. In addition to this I’ve also completed a large chunk of recording for[…]
The end of 2017 brought with it the release of a new EP entitled Susurrant, as well as a small tour and a few months of travelling. Above is an interview with local artist Eric Brent West for his Sunday Sessions interview series. In this episode we discussed the new EP and I performed Aubade,[…]