Practice system
GoAgain
Train your brain through rhythm.
Where my time goes.
Book
Beginner to Composer in 14 Days
Learn piano by composing your own piece - ending with a real lead sheet.
Things I've been thinking about.
Become a multi-instrumentalist. It’s easier than you think
What is a multi-instrumentalist?
Wikipedia defines a multi-instrumentalist as:
“a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency” - Wikipedia
Notice the word ‘proficiency’. In Wikipedia’s view multi-instrumentalists have to be experts, not just on one instrument but on all of them - no easy feat. There’s no denying it’s incredible to watch and listen to musicians who have mastered their craft, however I prefer to think of multi-instrumentalists as ‘musically fluent’ rather than proficient. Fluency is a very different proposition, a more attainable one. Where proficiency is reserved for the few, fluency is open to all…
Pieces I've worked through.
Jazz trio transcriptions
1 / 3
Raven
GoGo Penguin
Original work
1 / 3
This Now This
Spønn
How I got here.
I started in music - spending my early career teaching, performing, and writing.
Over the years I’ve played in a lot of different contexts - performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, recording at Abbey Road, working with artists like Joy Crookes, even appearing as a drummer in one of Gabrielle Aplin’s videos. I also wrote and produced music for an animated short that went on to win awards.
In 2022, an MSc in Music for Screen pulled me into software. One thing led to another, and now I build digital products.
I’m drawn to the overlap between creative thinking and problem solving. A lot of what I do now comes from how I learned to think in music.
Where my time also goes.
Founder
CopyLint
A copy checker for teams that need their writing to stay on-brand.
Collaboration
Mothers Memoirs
A guided writing space for honest reflections on motherhood.