A few days ago, my dear Mya-Myrtle celebrated her 1st birthday (you can see pictures of her conception and birth here).  And in this year that we have been together I have learnt so many things – that a fantastic sounding instrument will give you at least 1000 times more motivation to practice than a ...

A very amusing thing happened to me this weekend.  We had a concert as part of the Burg Festival in the exquisite town of Bad Reichenhall which is situated in the heart of the Alps.  I’d always loved Heidi and I decided that on Saturday I was finally going to play the part.  So I ...

I just finished reading “The Little Prince” to my kiddies.  It’s my absolute favourite book in the world and is the first book I ever read to them when they were born.  And every time I read it, I’m always struck with the poignant themes in the book.  But with my recent read, the love ...

It seems Druyd has fallen back into everyday rehearsal routine. Very good because Druyd is very thorough  in song making and thus very slow. Apart from that,  BlackMary is preparing her singing workshop, Ur  is training his guitar techniques, as well as microrhythms needed to play the new song, and Du is obviously not training ...

But strangely enough, the aspect that has improved my singing more than anything has not been practicing (although, without it, there would be nothing. Edison said 10% inspiration, 90% persperation and I totally agree!) nor has it been the boys, Baldo and others boosting my confidence and making me believe. No, it has been being ...

At first it was swimming of Mr Yr and me in vast sessions of detailistic playing which were long and very enjoyable, but irregular. It wasn’t until this year that we started to play regularly for a longer period of time and Miss BlackMary joined us. Now let me get back to the novice part ...