The quiet minute before the first chord
Every performance has a hidden minute — the one just before the music starts, when nothing has been sung and everything is still possible. This is what usually happens in mine.
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Notes from the writing desk
Slow essays and short reflections on faith, creativity, songwriting and the ordinary parts of a musician's life. Written between soundchecks and Sunday mornings.
Where worship happens on Monday morning
Faith isn't reserved for the stage — it belongs in the small, unlit rooms.
The songwriter's most useful hour
On protecting the quiet time where the actual writing gets done.
How 'Between the Silence' found its bridge
A note on the two lines that took six months to arrive.
The green room in Manchester
A small kindness before a hard show — and what it taught me.
Practising what you hope to become
On the ordinary habits that shape a lifetime of making music.
Why the second verse is always the hardest
A working songwriter's guide to the messy middle.