Music

Herbert Grönemeyer made this town a whole lot more famous with his 1984 album “4630 Bochum”. More of Herr G later, but where, I hear some of you ask, is this magical place of which [more…]

Kenneth (Ken) Essex Hits a Century!

10th July 2020 Going Postal 0

Kenneth Essex, one of the most respected viola players of our time, celebrates his 100th birthday on Monday 20th July 2020. Born the son of a Co-op baker and confectionery manager in Hinkley, Leicestershire he [more…]

Morse Code

29th June 2020 Going Postal 0

Just a few of the umpteen songs I could have chosen! Apparently I’m a bit of a numpty for not making the link between “The Longest Day” and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony! So, with June being [more…]

The Wrecking Crew

1st May 2020 Going Postal 0

Wiki: “The Wrecking Crew was a loose collective of session musicians based in Los Angeles whose services were employed for thousands of studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including several hundred Top 40 hits. The musicians were not publicly recognised in their [more…]

The Suit

23rd April 2020 Colin Cross 0

After much thought and many a battle with myself I’ve finally got around to completing another element in the “Twenty Five” series of writings. Maybe it’ll kick start me into finally getting on with it. [more…]

A Real Studio Experience.

17th April 2020 El Cnutador 0

As a keen guitarologist I simply love playing the electric guitar. But pressures of family life and work mean I cannot really commit to being in a band again; practice 5 times a week then [more…]

In Depth MIDI File Operations in C#

13th April 2020 honey the monster 0

Download source code from GitHub Prologue We all have a lot of time on our hands right now, and some of you cunts need to #learntocode. As such, I’m presenting content like this from time [more…]

V Discs

27th March 2020 Going Postal 0

“V” or “Victory Discs” were a development of an idea originally cooked up in 1941 by thee US Army’s Recreation and Welfare Section and the were based on the thought that recordings of military band [more…]