I’m very pleased to say that the album Sunshine On Your Doorstep by Joe Dooley & Andrew Mackintosh has been released and is available on stream and download on all the usual platforms. I have spent four years producing this album for Joe and Andrew and I am really very proud of how is has… Continue Reading
Celluloid (From Bedrooms To Billions)
I’m very pleased to say that I am releasing a new mini-album on the 22nd September 2014. It is called ‘Celluloid (Music from & Inspired by the Film From Bedrooms To Billions)’ and it is available through my own store on Bandcamp as well as iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other online stores. You can listen to… Continue Reading
Happy Birthday
To celebrate my Mum’s birthday I decided that it would be a nice idea for Wanda and I to record a version of the Happy Birthday song for her. My brother was putting together a compilation of video messages and clips sent by a variety of family and friends from all around the world to… Continue Reading
Musical Presents 2
I wrote in a previous blog how much I like making music using all manner of things. In fact if I can get something to make an interesting sound then the chances are I’m going to end up sticking it in a recording somewhere. I also mentioned that I am very difficult person to buy… Continue Reading
Writing and Recording In Portmeirion
We recently had a holiday at the lovely and beautiful Portmeirion Hotel in Wales. It is one of my favourite places in the world, quite unlike anywhere else that I have visited. You may have seen it before because of the splendid television series The Prisoner that was filmed there in the 1960s. We have… Continue Reading
Close My Eyes
Close My Eyes is a song about one of my favourite things in the world, the moment when you start to drift off to sleep. Why not have a listen to it here: Close My Eyes actually started life as two different sections of a song, one in 6/8 time and one in 4/4. The verse… Continue Reading
Tonight
On the September 20th 2010 my second single Tonight will be released. To celebrate this I thought that I should tell you a little bit about the song and how it was recorded. Firstly here it is, why not have a listen to it? (Or buy it if you’re feeling generous): Tonight is actually a fairly… Continue Reading
Joe Dooley – Taller Than Stories
I received something very nice in the post the other day. For the past couple of years I have been working with my uncle Joe Dooley on an album of his songs. They are performed by just Joe with his guitars and produced and mixed by me. Joe had written a number of story songs… Continue Reading
Harmonisation Across The Nation
I’ve always liked the sounds of voices singing in harmony for as long as I can remember. I guess in large part it must obviously be because I grew up with such a musical family that liked to sing together all the time. On my Mum’s side of the family were of course The Dooleys,… Continue Reading
How Does That One Go Again?
I like a good sing-song, it is always a nice way to end an evening. However it would seem that I suffer from a syndrome that can cause memory loss in situations whereby a guitar is placed into my hands. I like to call it Guitar Induced Memory Preventative Syndrome and you may well be… Continue Reading