Dave Keir - “I dunno, what d’you think?”

Archive for May, 2008

25 May

Songwriting - wherefrom the songs?

Sometimes I’m asked at gigs and catches me off guard. It’s always a difficult question to answer succinctly to a stranger, and causes me to stutter and stammer incoherently. “I’ve always done it”, is as lame a reason as it is true.
But to me it’s all rather obvious since it’s an internal life that [...]

15 May

Recording Acoustic Guitar… and Hand Percussion!

In the early days of my project studio I had the whimsical idea that my songs would be enhanced by liberal application of hand percussion. So I went round music stores and bought all sorts of shakers and rattles and cowbells, triangles, a tambourine, a cabaasa, brushes, and several items whose names now escape me. [...]

07 May

The nakedness of ambition

Well it’s good to have aspirations and goals and seek to improve your lot. But I have to say I’m more than a little ambivalent about the world view held by the ambitious type.

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