Creative spark

The other week I went along to the Tracy Emin retrospective exhibition at the Edinburgh Festival. I try to attend events like this as I’m always looking for some new creative spark to bring to my music. As it happens I didn’t take much away from this exhibition – far more shocking than genuinely creative [...]

Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast 21 – song feature

Play Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast 21 We’ve made the decision to make our Scottish music podcast a fortnightly affair however the question was should it be different from the usual podcast at the start of every month. Well the answer we came up with was yes and what we’re going to do is [...]

Greentrax Recordings

I just wanted to do a quick blog on Greentrax Recordings. This record company has pretty much held Scottish music together over the last 20 odd years continuously releasing music every month of the year. They’ve recorded most of the main Scottish bands and have a great reputation for honesty and integrity. It’s not easy [...]

Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast 20

Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast 20 (click to play)
Here’s our latest Scottish music podcast. I’ve enjoyed putting it together as I have to go through all the different CDs new and old and decide what to play. I chose Queen Anne’s Revenge because I’ve admired Findlay Napier’s work for a long time especially in [...]

Achieving goals for musicians

I’ve had these thoughts for a while after reading the book Big Bucks by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. While this (great) book is about making lots of money it totally corresponds to young musicians and how to make a career in music. I wish I had heard something like this when I was starting out. Of [...]