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jeremy james
Aug 5, 20212 min read
The Japanese Concept of 'Ma' and Silence in Music
In 'Absolutely on Music' maestro Seiji Ozawa spoke of 'Ma'. Writer Haruki Murakami and Ozawa were discussing the second movement of...
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jeremy james
Aug 5, 20213 min read
Keith Richards and the Recording Session from Hell
I love all of the tracks that Keith sings for the Stones — they tend to sound like gloriously messy first takes, and while some of them...
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jeremy james
Aug 5, 20211 min read
What’s that Strange Chord at the start of Bowie’s ‘Starman’?
‘Starman’ is a Bowie classic that we’ve all heard countless times, but what’s that chord he plays at the start? We know the sound of it...
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jeremy james
Aug 4, 20211 min read
Brian Jones and his Gretsch 6118
For the first couple of years the Stones were bashing away on some fairly ordinary guitars — mostly from the Harmony range (often seen as...
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jeremy james
Aug 3, 20212 min read
REVIEW: Music Nomad’s F-One oil
This is one for all the guitarists out there — you know who you are! In late January, I changed over the bridge on one of my Gretsches...
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