One of my musical heroes, Peter Gabriel has been pushing the boundaries of musical recording and performance for over 20 years.
First in the band, Genesis he adorned himself with flowers, hats, costumes and anything to get peoples attention. Fortunately he also had powerful concepts and a unique voice that demanded open ears and hearts.
One other thing about Peter Gabriel is that he had the sense to work with brilliant musicians.
Tony Levine – Bass, Manu Katche – Drums – David Rodes – Guitar. Some truly innovative and highly skilled musicians that brought passion, flare and texture to his message.
Speaking of message Peter Gabriel also often touches on subject such as Politics, Love, Loss, Personal Freedom and Human Rights.
He is responsible for the founding or co-founding of the following organizations.
REALWORLD – A fantastic world music record label with artists such as, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Geoffrey Oryema and Shila Chandra.
WOMAD – World Of Music and Dance, shares the World music around the globe in a 3 day event of rich folk and indigenous music and arts performances.
WITNESS – A global organization dedicated to revealing Human Rights violations by giving ordinary people video cameras to document and publicize events. Watch the videos now >>
Alan Watts. A man that excels at simple but profound observations about nature and how we see ourselves. This type of language has the ability to clarify and reveal the matrix of our own thinking and social structure. We soon learn that thinking is very much a collective activity as well as an independent one.
This video was compiled by Matt Stone and Trey Parker of Southpark fame. Or is that infamy?
Producer, Musician and Sound Explorer, this one man has influenced my work and sense of musical possibility more than any other artist.
Apart from his own musical works (which are fantastic) his list of production credits are awesome. Bob Dylan, U2, Peter Gabriel, The Neville Brothers, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris and Brian Eno are just a few of the people that have created their best work (in my opinion) with him as their production guide. Read a great interview with Daniel Lanois here. Or see more to view some videos. Continue Reading »
This is the best explanation I have ever heard for the case of Global Warming.
Firstly, hes a scientist, with a sense of humor (even if its a little cheesy), and secondly its almost impossible to argue against his logic (even though I’m sure plenty of people would try).
Why? Because if you weigh up all the possibilities and the risk that is associated with each one the conclusion is very clear. Heres the movie…Continue Reading »
Those 2 words never go together do they? Inspiration and Politics.
Most of the words are more like, depressing, boring, bickering, even hate and loathing frequently enter into it. So what would be cause for inspiration?
Well Humility for one thing.
And the character to acknowledge an intergenerational wrong. Most colonial governments (and settlers) have a list of cruelties as long as 10 arms perpetrated on the indigenous people of a land. In our case in Australia, its the Aborigines. A proud, deep people that have until the last 10 years been relegated to the too hard basket. Continue Reading »
I really follow the news quite closely, although in these days of the information age you can choose your source rather than just get it all from the television or from newspapers.
I have found YouTube to be a great place to get a broader perspective on the news. The pure volume and choice can be daunting though and it comes down to the search terms you use as well as getting good leads from friends. Continue Reading »
Peter Gabriel has been one of my biggest influences, not only musically but also in his sense of social awareness. In this talk from Ted.com he gives some insight into his childhood and also what brought him to care more about human rights.
Witness is a program that donates video cameras to people in oppressed countries, giving them the chance to record human rights violations that cannot be disputed. Even more recently in places like Burma the portable mobile phone has made this powerful political tool even more accessible. To learn more about Witness go to http://witness.org Continue Reading »
I just found a whole lot of JPGs of some albums that I had recorded over the years as a sound engineer in Maleny. This is only a fraction of the albums that I have helped people to record and produce, not including the ones on the record label, all of which I was involved in.
As I find new ones and scan them in will upload them.
Seeing as I have moved on to more promotion and marketing of music (and sometime performing too!) this is very much a retrospective thing for me too.
If you click on the thumbnails you will get a larger image as well as a rave about the project. Continue Reading »
Just finished creating a slide show with an artist called Nicole Mizoguchi. We first chatted on MySpace and I put forward the idea of working together, combining our music and her artwork. I had already seen her work and was very impressed.
Heres a look at one of her pieces. Click on the thumbnail to see a bigger version. To find out more about Nicole go to www.nicolemiz.com
So we created a wonderful slide show with some music from the album “Embrace The Moment”. To listen to this album click here.
Sometimes you find something that captures an idea and communicates so well that you just have to share it. This is such a video I found on YouTube.
I live in Australia, one of the wealthiest countries in the world both in terms of resources, environment and lifestyle. We have our share of problem, one of which is lack of gratitude. We get used to our lives and quickly forget what we have and how to be thankful. Anyway this video shows this contrast between first and third world countries in a humorous way.
Hey there Herrin!! - What a great set of songs!! Absolutely love your Arc of Rain thing and it touched me and inspired me in such a great way! Hope to see you performin live in my hometown someday!!;-)
Cheers! Elliott.
Hey, thanx for sharing ur music, it's superb!!!!! Keep jammin and singin and writin and believin, we're looking forward for more great stuff comin from you...Thanx for the news and all the best for you in 2007!Hugs, Jason.
hi HERRIN just stopped by to say my HUGE hello and to listen to my favourite GODS CAFE track. amazing music and great job!! hope life's treating you kindly. have a great day and wishin you ongoin success and joy! blesses, jesse
Heeeeey! You did an amaaazing job on the track Just in time, you're now among my favorites, thank you so much! Keep up the great work! Wes
One of my musical heroes, Peter Gabriel has been pushing the boundaries of musical recording and performance for over 20 years.
The brilliant, the one and only Daniel Lanois.
This is the best explanation I have ever heard for the case of Global Warming.
Most of the words are more like, depressing, boring, bickering, even hate and loathing frequently enter into it. So what would be cause for inspiration?
I really follow the news quite closely, although in these days of the information age you can choose your source rather than just get it all from the television or from newspapers.
Peter Gabriel has been one of my biggest influences, not only musically but also in his sense of social awareness. In this talk from Ted.com he gives some insight into his childhood and also what brought him to care more about human rights.
I just found a whole lot of JPGs of some albums that I had recorded over the years as a sound engineer in Maleny. This is only a fraction of the albums that I have helped people to record and produce, not including the ones on the record label, all of which I was involved in.
