And with that in mind, here is an update. "Interchange" is "out" on CD Baby and should be available as a download from various sites in the next few weeks. Very pleased with the art design concept- Andrew Feest, Brighton-based designer and erstwhile Early Modern fencing specialist- thanks and respect. Check out the pictures in the GALLERY.

Working on new tracks as ever- all reflecting the suburban ennui of the middle-aged male. Which would be songs about men, women, domestic cats and urban foxes. And not a mention of some outdated economic theory anywhere. I'll post some rough mixes up as soon as I can.

In the meantime wrap up warm and hunkerdown this could hurt.

School's out , forever it would seem...

And that's just a tease, I know. There are some things to look forward to. Interchange went to the duplicators last Friday and should be out on the net within a few weeks. Check out some early mixes of these tracks in the MUSIC section.

Is physical media now obsolete? I may now simply load up new material via the site and My Space/Facebook/Reverb Nation/ Sound Cloud and enable listeners to download direct. I asked some of my students the other day what they would be prepared to pay for music downloads. The answers ranged from "nothing " to 2 pence. In fact the highest amount they were prepared to pay was 20pence - and that was for an album. And we used to claim that "home-taping" was killing music. Who gets paid along this food-chain, then?

So we'll swim with the flow and put it out for nothing- help yourselves everybody...

We'll make it back on the merchandise. In fact this is just the business model pre-Beatles. Music released at a loss to promote the tour. Jagger recently claimed that the period 1970-1997 will be seen as a golden age of the recording artist when they had commercial control and were able to make money from recording and writing. Now they just look like the early 19th Century handloom weavers or some other group frozen in time and condemned to the "condescension of history".

Oh how we  muse on music ...

I am commissioning art-work for this piece at the moment and hope to have it released by the early summer. From the studio to the net to the dance-hall and thence to the shelves...