Shane Kirk's blogs

[Shane (Skirky)]

Back in the 'Top 5 Most Read' list this week, according to Blogger's stats - My Night With Judy Dyble. http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2015/02/climb-every-mountain-ford-every-stream.html Goes on a bit.  

[davidmjs]

Ha!  I enjoyed that.  Actually, I even learnt something.  I'm not particularly proud to admit I never knew Jude (or, indeed, Richard) was on THBD.  Naughty.

[Shane (Skirky)]

*doffs peaked cap* All part of the service, guv.  

[Shane (Skirky)]

Why I'm heading for the ditch. http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/01/lets-make-some-quiet.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

Pegg, Nicol, Lennon and Me. A link-heavy blog about how much easier mixing would be if we all just got it right the first time... http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/02/back-to-future.html

[RobertD]

Pegg, Nicol, Lennon and Me. A link-heavy blog about how much easier mixing would be if we all just got it right the first time... http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/02/back-to-future.html

Must be 'share your blog day'! Good one, I enjoyed that.

[GubGub (Al)]

Pegg, Nicol, Lennon and Me. A link-heavy blog about how much easier mixing would be if we all just got it right the first time... http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/02/back-to-future.html

Must be 'share your blog day'! Good one, I enjoyed that.

Yes, me too. It reminded me of trying, many years ago to copy a lick from one part of a song to another while recording a demo on an analogue Tascam 4 track 20 or more years ago. Suffice to say, things did not go well on the frustration front!

[Shane (Skirky)]

Helen and The Neighbourhood Dogs have been in front of a microphone again;
An account of the day itself http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-baptist-clown-of-judginess.html
And free listening to the music we made - https://bluehouserecords.bandcamp.com/album/helen-and-the-neighbourhood-dogs
Please share. We need the work.  

[Shane (Skirky)]

Colin Harper - biographer of Bert Jansch and John McLaughlin among his many other projects - got round to reading one of my books recently, and wrote a completely unexpected review, which I'm very proud of.  
http://theafterword.co.uk/do-you-do-any-wings-a-skirky-writes/

[Shane (Skirky)]

"...and don't get me started on Pancake Day!"
My hellish Father's Day...  
http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/06/its-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

New, free music (well, the first three times, anyway)!
http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/09/the-kindness-of-strangers.html
https://helenandtheneighbourhooddogs.bandcamp.com/album/nelson

[Shane (Skirky)]

In which a song appearing on random play in the car takes me back... http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/09/another-happy-day.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

Help a Blogger get past the 57,000 hits mark...  
http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/hello-bongo.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

Self-promotion. Literally. http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/and-tenner-on-mince-pies.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

The return of Picturehouse. If a hundred and thirty of you read this, that’s my sixty thousand hits clocked up. http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/the-loneliness-of-long-distance-drummer.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

The host with the most... http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/go-compere.html

[fat Billy(Bill)]

The host with the most... http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/go-compere.html

To be fair I had had a few beers by that time

[Shane (Skirky)]

In my most recent blog, on songwriting, I make a passing reference to our banjo/squeezebox/harmonica/guitar player Tony Winn’s habit of usually having something kicking about which is wonderful. Here’s a good example - we’ve fixed a couple of errant bass notes and tarted up the fiddle a bit, bit this is essentially Helen and The Neighbourhood Dogs rehearsing.
https://soundcloud.com/user-436348477/the-ruin-of-me-1

[Shane (Skirky)]

Potential ‘Recent Gigs’ crossover material. http://skirky.blogspot.com/2018/07/i-bet-you-say-that-to-all-bands.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

Maverick Festival. http://skirky.blogspot.com/2018/07/pay-no-attention-to-man-on-roof.html
As is always the case, the most humble and gifted musicians are those who are overly generous with their time and their talent. Lord save us from teens on their phones who get their Dad to compile a set list for a ten minute set when they should be tuning up and sound checking.