3 May 2017
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The fact that I’ve been playing with Floyd Beaumont and the Arcadelphians for a year now but have never posted anything just shows how much a mess this blog has been. This is hopefully a thing of the past as I’ve spent the last week overhauling it. I’ve really been thrilled to be playing in an acoustic band again, just washboard, rhythm bones (as seen here) and getting some rubboard playing in too!
25 April 2017
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A few years ago I wanted to put the logo of my band on my kick drum but wasn’t thrilled with the idea of painting it. After giving it some thought I wondered if using permanent markers would do the trick. It did for me, so after using the same resonant head for 3-4 years I decided it was time for a change and figured I could document the process. So here is how I added my band’s logo to the new skin. But first things first:
I can’t be held responsible if you try this and mess up your kick drum resonator !
Try and draw on an old discarded drum skin first
29 September 2016
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Politics are not what I want to be thinking about, but yesterday as I looked at the mail this idea popped out, and I thought, “well that’s sort of funny..”, so for better or worse, here it is, smudges and all.
21 September 2016
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In July E & I spent some chill out time in the charming village of Staithes; in North Yorkshire UK. We had a great time walking along the coast, watching the tide, tasting the bitters and beachcombing.
Here are a few ink brush drawings from my sketchbook from that area and also some from after we got back. I’ve always used a Pental Pocket Brush Pen, which I like, but was curious to see it there were any alternatives. Towards the end of August I bought a Kuretake No. 50 which I really like too although it does seem to have some ink flow issues (almost too much ink in the brush at times)…
14 February 2016
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It was too wet to go out to draw the forest which is what I was thinking of doing and I had already prepared a page with 4 rectangles so one thing led to another…
14 February 2016
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This one is so-so, plus I suppose it shows my age. Nevertheless there are days that I can get pretty frustrated trying to insert a word in a text, or change a time setting on certain apps. And then, like yesterday, just an earplug falling on the screen starts something up. :P
10 February 2016
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Yesterday while walking home a flash of lightning and the growling of thunder commenced the festivities: hail, rain and then snow. Not a normal chain of events for February..