‘NUMBER JUNKY’ is playing on Thursday the 20th May in Perth at The Rechabite hosted by ‘Perth Jazz Society’. We will be playing a bunch of new music. #LiveMusicLives!! This is a double bill with ZARAPITO. Click here for TIX!!!
The Awakening Ensemble, led by drummer, composer and producer Michael Pignéguy, is performing on September 26th at The Rechabite in Perth… THE AWAKENINGS ENSEMBLE is an eclectic journey through World, Arabic, Latin & Jazz with an awesome line-up. Sophie Foster (v), Peter Jeavons (b), Brodie Stewart (keys), Kristian Borring (g), Steve Richter (p), Ricki Malet (tp), […]
I will be back teaching my guitar students at Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts in person. What a privilege. However, I have decided continue offering online lessons outside the conservatoire. Thanks to the pandemic my online set-up has improved in order to give students a good experience. So if you were thinking about having […]
While I regularly engage with news and debates from around the globe making my opinions, I don’t consider myself very good at writing about them. I feel more comfortable discussing and debating politics in more intimate settings. Having said that, the disturbing surge in right-wing movements and their political figures that we have experienced on […]
Live concerts, remember those? Well I do, but man, it’s been a while. I don’t like to dwell too much on pasts events and concerts are ephemeral. They come and go. The moment we are in them is what matters, we hopefully cherish being part of that moment, whether listener or performer. However, in this […]
It is almost already becoming old news that musicians and artists have tackled the pandemic by embracing making online live concerts and edited videos performances. I have seen some of my colleagues really getting creative and doing great stuff. Like many I have also taken the opportunity to upgrade my home recording setup. I have […]
In late January, when I flew back to Australia from Basel Airport via London Heathrow and Singapore, it was like an omen of the future to come. All over the international airports many travellers were already wearing face masks, particularly in Singapore where the risk of the SARS-II COVID 19 was more present than in […]
As a result of having successfully taught guitar students at WAAPA their lessons online throughout the lockdown period, I have decided to start offering online lessons again outside the conservatoire. I’ve got multiple and improved set-ups for teaching to give students a good experience, and I’m excited about it. So if you were thinking about […]
It wasn’t long after I arrived in London around 2005 having moved from Amsterdam, that I began hanging out on the jazz scene. In many ways that’s where I really started developing my voice as an artist. During the day I would study and practice, and at night we would hang out at jam sessions […]
