Dear friendos, It’s been a while since I sent a newsletter, and I keep meaning to do so, wanting to encapsulate more of what’s been going on, and to recap some of the fun adventures I’ve been having. I’m giving up on that, because it’s delaying my ability to get this going. I initially wrote this on the 3rd of January and it’s taken me this long to send it. Here’s to a year of grace with the calendar. 2024 was a really big year. My musical practice changed so much with the trip to CCRMA,...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hello friends, I’m excited to be writing again to you all, with updates and meandering thoughts, trying to get a routine around writing again. It’s come in bursts, which feel too few so far. As we settle into the colder months of this hemisphere, I’m loving the clouds and soup season, especially when it’s accompanied by updates from friends in lushous sunshine and rolling green hills. I sat on the couch for a few days with a tummy bug, and it’s been amazing so slow down enough to watch my...
10 months ago • 4 min read
Hi dear pals near and far, I'm at CCRMA with a big smile, reunited with wonderful pals to spend a week making music in a residency with the composers. Next week, we'll have a concert on the 7th of June, but in just under an hour, I'm going to play a solo show of my new set, Frames of Reference. If you're free and want to watch the livestream, the link is here. Gig starts at 7:30pm PDT You can also use this link to watch our concert on June 7. Much Love, I x
11 months ago • 1 min read
The less I write the less I feel like I can write. It’s been a while since my last newsletter to my friends, partly because I’ve been stuck away doing things and and otherwise because I’ve been hiding*. In the newsletter that follows, there are links to some fantastic musical moments and recordings of concerts that have been heart-filling since last email in January. I had a very different image of what the interim time would be like, and it's strange to think how time has gone in this...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read
||----------------------------------// Hi friends, It’s been a little while. I’ll be putting this longer newsletter in sections. Moving forward, for ease of reading, upcoming bits and bobs will be at the bottom, as is a link for buying music and merch etc. ----------------------------------// ---------------------------------// STORIES & UPDATES Last newsletter I sent was in advance of starting the launch tour of Ocean, Again, my recent solo Floors album. I played in Sydney, Adelaide and...
over 1 year ago • 8 min read
It takes a village to release an album I’ve been a little quiet, settling into the home and the studio, preparing for the album launch concerts coming up and collating my thoughts. The moment I released the album a heavy exhaustion came over me. I’d felt that so much weighed on the release and when it was done, holding the records in my hands, I was excited about how far we’ve come with this instrument (not to be Steve Jobs about the ‘we’, but it’s really not a one person endeavour!), and I...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hi everyone, My solo album on the Floors is out now on PEOPLE SOUND. I've got the beautiful heavy vinyl, with all the little details Ollie and I poured over, sitting in my home, ready to send out to the world. I'm so excited about the sounds of the album to merge with the sounds of your listening space and living room, the crackles in the album and that of a fire stumbling over each other, and hopefully, it giving you a bit of space and joy. The digital version and the vinyl are slightly...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
I've been having the best time My dear friends near and far, It’s been a big month and a bit since I last wrote to you. There’s been a lot of movement, many moments of joy, transcendental times I couldn’t have prepared for, and so much uphill effort. I’ve been in North America playing concerts, working on collaborations, and presenting at two conferences. Along the process I have had much needed conversations with fellow musician friends about what it is that we’re trying to do by and with...
almost 2 years ago • 3 min read
April leaves newsletter: gigs in the next week and some thoughts My dear friends, Since the last time I wrote to you, I’ve been busy finishing off some music, procrastinating on writing some, and in the deep valley of talking about music. There are some excellent conversations of recent that have changed my perspective on the internal machinery of the music I make as well as making me reckon with the motivations behind the individual decisions in my music. Some of these conversations have...
about 2 years ago • 4 min read