On Monday the 5th I had an appointment with Rosslyn Chapel.  I was due to play, as I had been for the Summer, for the general visitors to the Chapel.  My car had been losing water gradually from the Expansion tank of the radiator, so I topped it up before setting off for the hour […]

12th June 2019 I have just had an email from a company based around an AI (Artificial Intelligence) which has been set up to do compositions.  Yet another hammer in the very solid coffin of us Classical Composers.  Or any composers, I suppose. In the email the chap in charge asked how I come up […]

Hi folks,  it has been pointed out that a blog may help me connect with other like minded people.  So here goes. I have been working on my latest piece after playing the piano this afternoon, a selection of Grief (Froydian slip) Grieg and Haydn. The new piece is called “Theme and Variations on SP7” which […]