Last week I wrote a song inspired by Eddie Hall’s Strongman documentary. Although he is a well prepared athlete, he broke the world record 500kg deadlift whilst jet-lagged & after almost no sleep at the Arnold Classic in Melbourne. It occurred to me that sometimes we reach greatness when we’re like “the situation is not …
Music and Art change everything. Honestly. It doesn’t matter if you’re an armchair fan or if you’re heavily involved in their worlds. At some point in your life an act has came on the radio, or shown up in your feed, or you’ve seen them playing for the first time or you’ve been personally handed …
One morning last week I woke up unusually early & inspired. The night before I’d been reading a really good book about productivity & what stops us from creating something. That book is Steven Pressfield’s book The War Of Art. I recommend it to anyone who is doing something creative yet hits a wall, or is …
Manchester, 2010 – it all happened really quick. I was fired from a job at Odeon Cinemas for missing a fire drill too many times. I knew the risk of not attending but I didn’t love my job. How could I?! It was just to pay my rent. I was the kid with “Do The …