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Chaos and Creativity: Recording, ‘This Fairground Night’. Parts 1 - 3
The Story of ‘This Fairground Night’ recording/production will be regularly updated.

Jan 9th 2025 Part 1: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" Tao Te Ching.

By way of introduction, I (the Gar part of Mac & Gar) decided to keep a blog/diary of the song recording journey from inception to launch, ... more
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Emotional strife, inner city isolation and er, fairgrounds: There must be a song in here somewhere!
The story of the song: This Fairground Night

Fairgrounds represent powerful reminders of my childhood. Memories of cold Autumn evenings - moments filled with anticipation, excitement pulsating through my young boy body as I walked towards the bright lights and sounds of a Fairground Night. I well remember the shadows of stark indu... more
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Does Non-Commercial Music Have a Future?
It must. Music is too important to our wellbeing, our rituals, ceremonies, celebrations as well as providing a bespoke soundtrack to our individual passage through time. Music, in all its forms, brings joy, reflection, meaning and excitement to our lives– a sort of magical ingredient that we can add to our daily routines either as a player or li... more
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Just my Heart and Soul        Love: Bliss or a cage for two birds?
Just my Heart and Soul (Hurlstone/Austin Oct 2024)

Trying to untangle the existential experience we call ‘love’ is not easy! Artists, be they writers’ poets, painters’ dancers or musicians have been attempting to capture the essence of this complex, mercurial, shape shifting emotion since we first became aware that it even existed... more
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Eight years to write a four-minute song: it’s not good, is it?
Aliens (Don’t Belong)

It’s a song that explores the disconnect felt by people when they feel excluded – green people from outer space unfortunately don’t play a big part of the song’s dialogue although we will try and slip a few musical beeps and parps into the mix for those expecting an extraterrestrial odyssey.

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Hyduc Street: Marketing but perhaps not as you know it!
Writing a song about the place where you live can be a bit of a challenge I found: it has to be clear to the intended local audience so that they feel they are in on the 'secret' but also vague enough so other people don't feel excluded from the musical conversation. Places that are nowhere can be anywhere. Many references were made to things pe... more