Videos

I recently spoke to piper and academic Simon McKerrell about Scottish traditional music. He is undertaking research entitled Understanding Scotland Musically. He is a Lecturer in Music at the International Centre for Music Studies at Newcastle University where this fellowship is based: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/music/. His questions are: How is contemporary traditional music used in the construction of identities […]

I was reflecting on what I should write in my blog this week and I thought I’ll go and get a video from my YouTube ‘Self Portrait‘ series. I chose ‘And Relax‘ because I thought it would be funny to announce my electric guitar skills! I then listened to it first and it’s awful. The […]

After many hours of rendering and uploading this 59 minutes and 15 seconds video of Dave and I performing in The Reel, Orkney in June 2013 is now available on YouTube. I’m really glad I spent the time. I’ve enjoyed the process listening and watching our facial reactions at the music. As I mentioned in […]

Whilst in Orkney in June I videoed the concert of Dave Milligan and I. The results are good apart from the camera moved in the interval and my head gets cut off… Hey Ho. I will upload the complete concert to YouTube in the next week for all interested parties to see 🙂 There will […]

Here’s a wee ditty that I put together a few years back called Give Me Peace. It’s part of my Self Portrait YouTube album. At the time I was juggling work with toddlers. In the video I tried to capture the sense of fun of it all. It also features my love of drum n […]