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I went to a PRS Soundcheck event last night in London. These are events for new members of PRS designed to give a quick intro the PRS and how it works and importantly what PRS members should expect and also what PRS asks of them.

Firstly PRS. Is it worth joining? Well in the old days it was at least £100 I think to join and so bottom line unless you were certain that you'd get airplay, big paid gigs etc. it wasn't worth it. Now it is only £10 to join and tha

So I played the acoustic Sunday again at The Libertine yesterday.

Sadly as members of R-T-Y-D should know by now The Libertine has been lost as the Saturday night band venue. Given that Toby was putting on the monthly Sunday afternoon sessions as a adjunct to those it's a possiblity that these might get put on ice in the future as well. It's a shame if that happens.

Anyway - yesterday was a good afternoon. We had a mix of two duos breaking out of their usual ba

My old Cry Baby Wah-wah bit the dust on Sunday. I've had this pedal 19 years - I no that as it was the very generous present from my old colleagues when I left my last job and that was June 1991.

Anyway for a while it's been crackling away protesting a new pot would be well in order and the switch had been hit and miss... now it is isn't it is on permanently and you can't turn it off at all! Fine if you are in a UFO or MSG tribute band or hoping to get into Paradise Lost but I

I played again at the R-T-Y-D acoustic Sunday at The Libertine yesterday (14th Feb). Here's some quick reflections.

Firstly - this is the second time I've played live in oodles of years being encouraged into it by R-T-Y-D members like Colin Gilman and Kenski and especially Toby by him opening up an offer for me to play at these events.

I took on board some of what I'd learnt last time - the set list was a mix of my own material (see my last post about song writin

How you write songs? Do you have a fixed pattern? Lyrics first? Tune first?

I'm a bit haphazzard but finding I'm writing more and more as I've got back into this after taking the plunge late last year and getting back into live playing via R-T-Y-D and recording see my previous post. And writing music is great for me, it's a creative outlet that fulfills me in a way most of my life doesn't. Whatever I write musically and lyrically is unique to me, my creative outlet and in some