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Acoustic Life
It's a little off the beaten path from rock'n'roll - but playing an acoustic (or semi-acoustic, as the case may be) is an interesting...
Willy Muffin
Jul 25, 20191 min read
YouTube Channel Ahoy!
So, I've started a YouTube channel for... Well, so far, a series of videos about writing and recording songs. But look for some vlogging...
Willy Muffin
Jan 4, 20191 min read
Do Songs Mean Anything
Of course they do. Even if it's a throwaway lyric, or a simple piece of storytelling. Every one of my songs has some meaning. These...
Willy Muffin
Oct 2, 20181 min read
Two-Bit Rock'n'Roll
Some bands make an entire career out of it, and pretty much 90% of the Sixties was built on it. So is there a place for the simple,...
Willy Muffin
Oct 2, 20181 min read
Songwriting with Story
One thing I try and do with my songs is to paint stories. Most songs have a broad theme of one form or another - invoking an emotion,...
Willy Muffin
Aug 28, 20181 min read
Been a while...
But I've still been busy! As the UK Summer heatwave continues, time in the studio gives new understanding for lobsters thrown into the...
Willy Muffin
Aug 6, 20181 min read
Forays in Agile
Well, this might be an odd entry on a music site by a musician, but there's a lot of processes involved in being a mucisian (even a solo...
Willy Muffin
Jul 6, 20181 min read
Treading the Boards
A hot end to June in the UK brings Sgt Fury home among friends, providing the entertainment at the 50th birthday of one of our own (in a...
Willy Muffin
Jul 2, 20181 min read
Part-Time Singing Blues
One thing that professional singers do all of the time is: sing. The voice is a muscle, it needs to be kept in shape. It needs warming...
Willy Muffin
Jun 29, 20181 min read
The Frail Egos of Musicians
One of the things people forget, when moaning about musicians behaving oddly, particularly when it comes to preciousness and egos, is...
Willy Muffin
Jun 28, 20181 min read
The Dead Man's Hand
The two songs I'm working on at the moment - These Cards Rolled Me and Game - both have the connotations of gambling and cards, and those...
Willy Muffin
Jun 27, 20181 min read
Beginning the Blues
I've been mucking about with stringed instruments for a fair time now (that pic is coming on for 30 years old), and sometimes it hits me...
Willy Muffin
Jun 25, 20181 min read
Wither Gibson?
Generally speaking, I'm not a brand man. But there are a few brands that matter to me when it comes to music: Peavey, Rotosound,...
Willy Muffin
Jun 22, 20181 min read
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