I’m not the world’s greatest monarchist but on balance I’d rather have a monarchy than a president as head of state, mainly because of the tradition a monarchy brings. What I am certain of is that whatever you might think about hereditary entitlement there’s no real doubt that Queen Elizabeth has been a wonderful head […]
Sean Kearns
My Story Chapter 4 – Sink or swim
I’d known Chris Halstead since we were four. I still know him today. He was always head and shoulders taller than me and we fought like cat and dog throughout infant school, primary school and secondary school. I never really knew why and I bet he doesn’t either. Not really. We travelled by train together […]
My Story Chapter 3 – Worth Doing Badly
If a thing is worth doing it’s worth doing badly. I remember the first time I heard that saying and I remember the first time I gleefully repeated it to my mother. Her reaction was pretty predictable and came with the question about why I couldn’t aim to do the ‘thing’ well as in ‘If […]
My Story Chapter 2 – Aunt Mimi
I’m pretty sure that my parents never met John Lennon. Or to be more specific John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi. But whether they did or not they were of the same opinion as her. As she had famously told John playing the guitar was all well and good but no-one ever made a living out of […]
My Story Chapter 1 – Introduction
So you want to play a musical instrument? You think you can write songs? You have a dream to one day record these and put them in front of the public? Welcome to my world. It’s been a lifelong dream of mine and this is story of how it happened, the journey I’ve been on. […]
My album Present Tense is nearly one year old
It’s nearly a year ago that I released my first ever album Present Tense. The 7th May 2021 was the culmination of about a year’s worth of recording and production, but it was also a lifetime’s ambition realised. I’ve written songs since I was about 17 when I found out that a friend of mine […]
Social media and streaming
My music is accessible through just about every platform – all the streaming services, on YouTube, my website, on CD and probably a dozen other places that I don’t even know about. Life was so much more simple when to listen to music you either chose the radio or bought a physical product like an […]
Something to look forward to
I thought it had sold out but I was able to get tickets for The Beat at The Cavern in Liverpool in July. I’m really looking forward to this gig, especially at such an iconic venue. If you’re going say hello 🙂
And the winner is…….
I recently offered a prize of a copy of my CD Present Tense. I’m delighted to say that the competition has been won by CATHY JONES. Congratulations Cathy, I’ll be in touch to arrange delivery. If you would like to win a copy of my album then just click here and you’ll be in the […]
Money For Nothing
… and your chicks for free. Thank you Dire Straits (and Sting). All my music is FREE if you know where to look. And let’s face it you don’t have to look very far. You can get my music FREE on most of the streaming services such as Spotify. You can get my music FREE […]