Diary

TUESDAY AUGUST 12, 2008

Hey all, with the release of "days like these" around the corner, it's been great getting around Australia playing a chunk of it to you. Thanks for listening! We are having a different experience playing the new songs as the album was recorded quite quickly, we are forced to actually figure out what it is that we did! Some fantastic shows where you made us feel quite at home in our "new surroundings". I guess they will be "old songs" soon enough anyway...!

The launch in Sydney at the Oxford Arts Factory was probably the best launch experience yet, thanks to the people who were there, it really felt like a "gig" and not just a launch.

We will be shooting a video for the track "days like these" this week in Melbourne, I'll endeavour to get it up on the site asap.

Ciao for now- m.


THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2008

Hey there-with a bunch of solo and selected shows behind me i've experienced some of the best audiences ever. Your song choices have been interesting and it's good to see you like the same stuff I like. Now that the new record is taking shape, we will be testing some of that on you at the band shows coming up through May, June and July.

Thanks for coming to the Solo & Selected shows and making me feel like I have the biggest band in the world! (Nice singing and clapping b.t.w)

Speaking of singing, if you want a great record to listen to check out "Raising Sand" Robert plant and Alison Krauss-a friend tipped me and it's a good one.

Ciao 4 now-m.


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Hey there - still at it finishing the record, I could liken it to the man who paddles his kayak across the pacific - hopefully I will see the "first bird" soon!

if you made it to any of the DAY ON THE GREEN shows I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did - I got to meet some of you after the show and your comments are much appreciated - always good to hear someone else's perspective as I feel we are way too close to it!

I'll be flying solo for the next tour but am looking forward to getting your selections and to playing some songs that I have never or not played for a long time - we have posted the song list on this site, so you can get an idea of the choices.

you can't help but feel there is a huge hole in music with the passing of Jackie Orszaczky, he is going to be missed ... r.i.p Jackie x. m.


SUNDAY, JANUARY 06, 2008

Greetings, if you have found your way to this page there is a good chance that you have also found your way to a show of late. Actually getting out of the house, making the effort to do so is no small feat!- I thank you for that. I will over the course of '08 endeavour to add my thoughts to this page.

You may have noticed a few new songs making their way into the set at recent shows, you'd be right in guessing they are from a new album, I'm really looking forward to getting a few more of these out of the "secret life" of my studio and into the "real world" where they will most probably take on a life of their own!-

c you soon- m.