Held at Andrew’s house on Tuesday, we went through a few songs that I felt I could work on in order to play live and rebuild my stage confidence. I played a few verses of my songs tha I’d like to perform live, as well as a couple of covers, to get ‘established’ so to […]
This was held last night at Wakefield’s The Hop, a lovely little venue situated quite near to Westgate station and Wakefield’s Theatre and Opera House. Here I’ve got to meet quite a few of the Artists currently on the 360 Programme, or at least the more local ones, some at least coming from as far as […]
Finally got in touch with Andrew last Tuesday, who texted me to say that he and Matthew were starting to record the tracks the next day… “Hang on a minute…” I thought, “…where do I fit into all this?” Turns out they were planning to do the session without me. Anyway, I promptly texted back to […]
Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since my first singing lesson, and I’ve had to rest the throat a bit, swallow more than a bottle of Manuka Honey (a spoonful at a time, in intervals) and generally wait until the voice has returned and the coughing and soreness has stopped. Meanwhile I’ve […]
Had my first singing lesson today… Didn’t get off to a good start, as basically I have the beginnings of a cold and a bit of a sore throat. So – bad decision even to turn up and try singing! Anyway, after a talk on how to look after the voice, Matthew got me learning […]
Went over to Matthew’s place at 360 today. Basically I’ve signed up for a year of artistic development, beginning with some singing coaching, which starts next week. He said that they are excited to be working with me, and that they were very impressed with the demos I’d played them so far. I handed over a […]
Ended up having a bit of a Dave Gorman moment here…. This first happened around 10-11 years ago when I went searching for the domain craigwestwood.com, for my freelance design business, only to find it had already gone…. It already belongs to a guitarist in Australia (and a good one, too…!), so I just had […]
When you reach the age I am, it’s not without plenty of soul-searching and tons of self-doubt do you get to a point when you ask yourself: “Well, just who have I been writing this music for?” Is it all just self indulgence, is it just going to be a hobby, or should it be something more than […]