I’m very pleased to tell you that I’m performing with the full band in the Joan Knight studio (Perth Theatre) on Saturday 19th October 2019. The live performance is to be filmed, and we will use this as a promotional tool for further theatre venues. I now have a manager, musical arranger, music producer and […]
This project, started in 2013, with my first EP “Watching The Stars” It all began when I included Sinatra songs in my live set, and was overwhelmed with the audience response, although I know I don‘t sound anything like him, I just couldn’t resist writing some songs in that style. Stuart of One Night Stand […]
I’m pleased to tell you that I made the appointment with the manager, and I’ve to do a solo gig with backing tracks Sunday afternoon 1 – 3pm February 24th. This is like a first date, will they or won’t they like me. This is a new audience but I’m sure I can win them […]
The title of the club is what it’s about. Great Songs and learning to dance, swing style Lindy Hop, tap and others. The learning to dance is with Dance teachers 1hour before, the band starts. I want to start a club, to reach more fans from around my local area in Perth (Scotland) I’ve done […]
When I had the great idea of a green screen, we all thought any kind of green curtain would do the job, but that was a big mistake, because the colour didn’t key in properly in the editing process and we ended up with blotches on the screen. This mistake cost about £350, so buy […]
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know that I’m no technician, I leave all that stuff to my, more than capable team. However, I splashed out and bought a drone from Amazon…Why? I hear you ask, because I live in one of the most scenic city’s in Scotland, if not […]
Leave something for the actors to play. Don’t have your characters speak everything out. When a character speaks about things that happened in the past, it puts the present scene on hold. It also puts the audience to sleep. Don’t do it. Here is a sample of subtext from “The Mystery Girl” Clara and Danny […]
I’m an amateur photographer, as most off us are I guess, and the cinematographer is in the same ball park but he knows all the rules, shots, angles and movements. I was very lucky again to find a young enthusiast, who is a student at the music school, his name is Alexander, he is very, […]
If you don’t have script you don’t have a movie, because it’s the starting point for any story that you want to bring to life on the screen. You don’t strive to write more eloquent and poetic scene description. Between those written words within a screenplay lies the dialogue. And yes, the dialogue is what screenwriters […]
Music in film have been together from the beginning, yes silent movies, a pianist and sometimes a full orchestra would be hired to add music, to enhance the drama on the screen. For about the first thirty years of cinema’s existence, virtually all films were accompanied by musicians. Eventually, films were distributed with published cue […]
