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I have added a load of new podcasts to the podcast page: Podcasts Please listen, enjoy and give me your feedback!

Here is my latest music podcast about modulations. Where and when to use them and how to create convincing key changes. The Modulation

Just returned from an amazing break in Madeira with the family, both old and young.  We were fortunate enough to take a trip around the island on a day where there was cloud cover.  I have not spent much time … Continue reading →

  Last night’s Maydays show at the Komedia was a fine example of how an audience can make a show take off.  The studio bar was bulging not only with people, but with a warm excitement, a radiant benevolence for … Continue reading →

Hello all, Here is a look at the ubiquitous “Giant Steps” by John Coltrane.  It is one of the first pieces of music I ever analysed using SeeChord and I can safely say I have never seen another chart like … Continue reading →

Here is my analysis of the chord progressions in “Stairway to Heaven”.  Let me know if you have learnt anything! Stairway to Heaven analyzed by Joe Samuel

Last night I was privelidged to play with the life and death orchestra, playing the piano for a disturbing and moving performance of “Songs for the betrayed world”.  We were performing in the University of Essex which is in Colchester.  … Continue reading →

This is my first blog so I’m guessing I am going to take a while to find my feet.  My feeling is that I will be blogging about music and improvisation mainly, as that is where my life seems to be … Continue reading →