This is the story of Sundayana - The song we were most proud of, the song that still stands as, in my opinion, the best I’ve ever been a part of writing, and the song that we promised ourselves would be the final sign off for Ruby Beach, as it didn’t feel right to end having never released it. A worldwide pandemic, and some other pretty hefty life events both good and bad later, and we’re finally here. Sundayana encapsulates the feeling of a hungover Sunday afternoon, navigating the hazy headspace of leaving your house into a world you're just not quite ready for yet…

Thanks largely to me being a musical hermit for most of lockdown, I am not often blessed with the wonders of a world turned upside down by the Coronapocalypse. A socially distanced wedding however - different story…

Disclaimer: I’m pretty sure the following isn’t actually Jazz. I dunno what I’m talking about because what I’m talking about involves music theory, but what I do know is this: Notice all those little stickers on the picture of my keyboard you clicked on to get here? One of them is in the wrong place – which suggests I didn’t actually use a scale that is traditionally associated with the Jazz style, according to some google…

This is now version 3. I have struggled. There is so much going on in the world that feels like it needs comment, but I don’t have the words to do it justice. Version 1 - The story. Everyone has been doing videos in lockdown, I tried to do this one, and it didn’t work, one way or another…

Welcome to… this. I don’t entirely know what ‘‘this” is yet - what I do know is that it’s going to be the place where I put the musical things that I’m working on, and tell you about them in many more words than my marketing degree tells me I should ever put near a social media account…