I’ve got a li’l somethin’ for you to listen to today, which is the result of one of many remote recording sessions I’ve been doin’ lately. It’s a sultry li’l number called ‘Pedacito de Luna’, which translates as ‘Little Piece of Moon’ (if Gurgle Translate is to be believed). There’s a lot of really nice …
I think it’s time for another blog post, don’t you? Fortunately I have just the thing to write about, because The Jelly Roll Jazz Band have just released their second remote collaboration video! Their video skills are improving all the time, although it might take a few more pandemics for them to really get the …
People sometimes ask me, “So what do you do when you’re not making outrageously silly hour-long puppet show musicals?” Well believe it or not, I am actually a very serious musician who likes playing proper music and gazing off into the distance introspectively. And today I’d like to share with you a recent project in …
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Apparently there is such a thing as free form architecture. Freeview definitely exists – I’ve seen it on my telly. Rumour has it that Free Nelson Mandela exists. There is such a thing as Free Willy – it’s a film, but I’ve never seen it. …
So here’s something I’ve been meaning to get around to for 3 years! Shortly after purchasing my baritone saxomophone at the start of 2017, I thought it would be fun to pick a woodwind-heavy piece of Broadway music and do a one-man reed section video. I imagined it would be particularly interesting for people to …
Can you hear that? That distant sound, floating ethereally on the breeze… Is it: a) Just the wind? b) Just my imagination? c) MICHAEL A. GRANT tootling away on his CLARIONET? The correct answer is c), because I’ve been doing more recording work recently and the results are now available for all to listen to! …
In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, “It’s better to watch stuff than to do stuff.” So in that spirit I now ask you to stop whatever you are doing and watch this sublime pair of videos featuring everyone’s favourite person, ME! To start with, here’s a video from a few years ago that the …
It’s been a veritable hive of activity at MAG Labs recently, and there is no time like the present for sharing the juicy fruits of such labours. I hope you’ve got your video-watching spectacles on, because you’ll need them for the following selection of sweet delights… The Main Street Stride A few weeks ago …
Happy Star Wars Day everybody! Assuming you read this on the same day that I am writing it, which I suppose in the grand scheme of things is unlikely. But I hope you appreciate the sentiment nonetheless. Dance of the Sugar Plum Clari To mark the occasion, I would like to share a brand …
Bonjour! Ça va? Aujourd’hui, je présente beaucoup de nouveau vidéos, qui j’ai fait les semaines récent. Good golly, French is hard. What I’m trying to say is, I’ve made some videos! And if I know you (which I do*) then I think you’ll enjoy them. 1) Bassoon Quartet Holberg Suite Here’s a project that …
