guitar – Tom George

A New Piece of Kit

I seem to have bought one of these; a device that will revolutionise my performances. As I don’t have a band, nor the ability to find one (nor the patience to lead one, nor the finances to pay one) this will be the way to enhance my live sound. What a loop pedal does isContinue reading “A New Piece of Kit”

Musical Milestones – (as seen on TV) #1

Ok, here’s the first in a series of posts about seminal moments in musical TV history. To be more specific, they are about various times in my life when I happened to see something that blew my mind, my heart, and generally left me in an exhilarated heap on the living room floor. This happenedContinue reading “Musical Milestones – (as seen on TV) #1”

Childhood Obsessions #1: The Motorcycle

When I was a kid I was in love with motorbikes – along with dinosaurs and knights, they were one of the great obsessions of my childhood. I can’t remember how it started, but by the age of nine my bedroom walls were lined with posters of Kawasakis, Suzukis and Hondas; I amassed a sizeableContinue reading “Childhood Obsessions #1: The Motorcycle”

Where Do Songs Come From? (a writer’s guide)

Can I start by saying that this is not an attempt at a “how-to” article for budding songwriters. For one thing, I dislike tuition in popular music, but also in an important sense, I don’t really know how I write songs anyway. For me, there is a fundamental mystery at the heart of the creativeContinue reading “Where Do Songs Come From? (a writer’s guide)”

Dinosaur Jnr Live Review!!

Originally published in Seba Rashii Culture Zine Dinosaur Jnr East Village Arts Club, Liverpool 03/9/13 Tonight’s support band, the 6-strong Kult Country, is adept at whipping up Arcade Fire-isms to peaks of rhythmic intensity, with a female violinist moonlighting as a percussionist on a couple of songs. The final number, complete with crunchy, barking vocal effectsContinue reading “Dinosaur Jnr Live Review!!”

My Tour of Beauty…(ten years ago)

Ten years ago this summer, I embarked upon a musical journey through Western Europe, equipped with little more than six strings and a sense of misadventure. It was a memorable trip, and three years later I wrote up the escapade for an issue of The Korovian, the in-house journal of Liverpool music venue Korova (nowContinue reading “My Tour of Beauty…(ten years ago)”