Music - Music that makes my life better - maybe yours too?

Posts about music that I listen to, musicians that inspire me, and maybe one day music that I make. Plus geeky adventures into looping.

Shaking it up

In my career as a lindy hopper, I have listened to many fantastic bands. However, I have often wondered why so many of the bands have maximally one women (the singer) on…

For the love of a string quartet

I love string quartets - some of my fondest memories of music making with others are string quartets (or, on one memorable occasion, Mendelssohn’s octet!). However, I…

A master of double bass (and looping): Renaud Garcia Fons

A friend recently gave me the tipp that Renaud Garcia Fons might be worth listening to - and after going down a rabbit hole of albums and videos, I can confirm: this man is…

Waving your hands to create music - say hello to the theremin

I have become a regular listener of the BBC’s Add to playlist podcast (which definitely deserves its own blog post, but that’s something for another day). It’s a programme…

Tiny desk concerts

Not much is needed for an exceptional musical experience - a tiny desk behind which musicians can play and an audience is all that is required with NPR’s Tiny Desk concert…

Getting into looping - Zoë Keating

Playing in orchestras and ensembles has always been fun - but coming back to music a bit more after a more sporty phase, I wasn’t quite attracted by classical ensembles.…

Welcome to my music blog

After my motivation to post over at my regular blog hasn’t been great recently, I thought I could start a blog on something that occupies more of my time now: music. I won’t…