“The piano is like a ouija board the songs come through. I'm driven by their energy, together with the piano's energy and my own, blended. The music comes first, that’s the emotion, the first language, and it’s the music which reveals the lyrics, never the other way around for me.” - Sky Bishop on songwriting.
Nov 1 2021
A new troupe of songs have started whispering in my ear. All at varying states of completion thus far. They accompanied me in hibernation through 2020 and now is their time to talk. Each of them feel different in personality…
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Oct 31 2021
On the evening of Halloween ten years ago today this song was written. Semi-unintentionally I might add. I was dicking about at the piano, playing around with this 3/4 intro thing, singing nonsense. Quickly it turned from less of a…
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Jan 17 2021
As of right now I’m in rehearsal mode getting a collection of songs ready to perform for a live in lockdown set. I’ve decided to go ‘full on’ with sound quality and production. It’s been WAY TOO LONG getting any…
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Nov 5 2020
The Wawalak sisters are a part of Aboriginal Dreamtime culture. The story has regional variations with each following a similar narrative of two sisters roaming unfamiliar territory. One sister is pregnant, they stop to rest near water. The pregnant sister…
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Oct 21 2020
This song came on thick and fast. The ingredients collected on a street corner without me completely realising it was happening. Into the song cauldron went:
Dolphins
Sunshine
Sandy beaches
Deja vu
Days Ahead is…
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Oct 4 2020
This is the first entry in a series taking a beyond the veil style look at the songs.
Songwriting is difficult to talk about because to a large degree I feel the songs write themselves. In this manner my…
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Dec 7 2019
A couple of months back I played a Brodmann piano at a few dance recitals. That piano left a big impression on me.
Brodmann is a name I’ve heard great things about and now I understand why. They have…
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Aug 29 2019
Bringing together a collection of classical works isn’t without its challenges. Where to begin and what to include? Some very clear pieces made themselves known early on.
Fantasie Impromptu
Certainly one of the most evocative piano pieces…
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Jan 25 2019
Sometimes there are moments in a songwriter's world when the question beckons "Why haven't I released this?"
Well, Daphrie Lane, I suppose, is one of those moments, sort of. Originally I wrote the song with the lyrics and…
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Jan 23 2019
...and a warm welcome!
New year, new habit – Blogging – *gasp*
This blog idea started way back in 2012. It was called 'The Desert' for a little while, and mostly contained lyrical snippets and random things…
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