Music and Inspiration

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I know I am a bit late today, but here it is….

ELECTRIC SUNDAY!!!!

Welcome to Electric Sunday, the only day of the week where we Electrify the Piano keyboard! This week we have a track from good ol’ 1969. The Meters- Look-Ka Py Py. This is a classic song that helped create a wave of chill, laid back, Funk music. It’s cool and it makes you bob your head to the beat. The Meters are also wayyyyyy talented. Just listen to some of the drum licks. I love it when the Organ pops out of the blue and shines some light in your face: With attitude! BOO - YAH!

Nothing beats a good red wine.

Took this photo whilst on my way to Universal Studios

Wes Montgomery, Fourplay, Miles Davis, Andrea Boccelli, Band of Horses, Hello Goodbye, Beuna Vista Social Club, Toto, AC/DC, Switchfoot, Israel Houghton, Starfield, Mumford and Sons, Fatis Valor, Justin Timberlake, Prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Paolo Nutini, Abe Laboriel, Lee Ritenour, Coldplay, John Mayer, BB King, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dave Matthews, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, John Scofield, Jim Kelly, John Mclaughlin, Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Frank Zappa, The Fray, jack Johnson, Jamiroquai, Jamie Cullum, Jimi Hendrix, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Lior, The Meters, Sly and the Family Stone, Paquito D’Rivera, Passion Pit, Vampire Weekend, Queen. Thats a pretty extensive list but I think it covers the most of it. :)

This is me bored after doing some more demos for pub gigs, its a bit of fun. don’t take it to seriously or you will ruin it! Song is “LoveStoned” by Justin Timberlake, performed by Regan Osborne

Love this piece of music, so intense. Bill Evans “Elegia”

The great Wes Montgomery, there has never been and never will be another quite like you. May your music live on forever, may future guitarists/musicians give you the respect and credit you deserve.

so here I am, sitting at home with a cup of tea and some sweet, sweet music playing in the back ground. In fact it is almost time to turn on the late night jazz playlist… I have spent the last two years studying contemporary guitar, and as much as I loved the atmosphere and some of the stuff I learnt it really did kill my desire to play and my passion to create.

Over the last couple of months I have retaught myself to play, learn and create and I am loving it, however i have no desire to return to uni, so I now find myself wondering what do I do with this passion and love for music that I have.

I know that my future has music contained within it, but to what extent? I have a desire to start a music festival in Australia similar to that of CrossRoads in America but I don’t think that is very high on the to-do list at this stage. I love creating and would love to spend the rest of my life recording and performing but want something a bit more stable. I have plenty of good songs to sell and could pursue that for a time, but I think my talents and skills lead me more toward a business management, human relations position.

Anyway that’s enough rambling for one night…
Tonight I am listening to “In Your Own Sweet Way” Dave Brubeck.

If you love anything old school and in particular motor bikes make sure you check out this blog its got some amazingly cool stuff!

I remember seeing this car a number of years ago at the Brisbane Motor Show (in Queensland Australia) it has just such amazing lines and randomly came across these photos. It was only ever a concept vehicle, but a damn fine one. What do you think?