Asking someone to listen to your music always feels like asking for a favour. There’s an awful lot of music out there, most of it made by people with bigger budgets, better hair and someone else taking care of the... Read more

One of the strange things about making music independently is that the moments which keep you going are often very small. Not the dramatic moments, not huge streaming numbers, sold-out rooms or glowing reviews. Most amateur and independent musicians are... Read more

There are moments in life when faith is rewarded, and this is one of them. Nuuk is back. After being overtaken first by Melbourne and then Sydney, the good people of Greenland have returned to the top of my Spotify... Read more

There is something slightly contradictory about home recording because it gives you enormous freedom while also being a very solitary way to make music. The home studio means I can work when I want, record what I want, take as... Read more

I appear to be becoming unexpectedly big in Australia. I use the word “big” with the caution it deserves, because there are almost certainly people in individual streets in Sydney who are considerably more famous than me. Even so, according... Read more

There is a big difference between singing a song and singing your song. On the surface, the mechanics may be identical. You stand there, take a breath, find the first note and hope your hands remember what they are supposed... Read more

For a while, I had something special. Something improbable. Something that made absolutely no sense and was therefore perfect. Nuuk, Greenland, was the city where more people listened to my music on Spotify than anywhere else in the world. Not... Read more

There is a point in the life of almost every independent musician when you realise that writing songs is only part of the job. Quite a small part of the job, sometimes. You may have started because you liked writing.... Read more

There are some statistics you expect to change quite quickly. Football league tables move around, the weather changes by the hour and Spotify listening figures can rise and fall without much warning. Yet one thing seems remarkably consistent: Nuuk in... Read more

If you want to listen to my music, the good news is that you are not short of options. My songs are available on streaming services around the world, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and SoundCloud, as well as... Read more