I love dutch bikes...

Sorry i haven't checked in in a while, i have been writing away here, in between catching a lot of planes and not getting a lot of sleep. Took off to play the Oerol festival on the island of Terschelling in the Netherlands and played with Jochem on cello. It was nice to feel short for a change... how do these guys get so tall on a diet of cake and coffee? The first show was a bit ropey as we had no time to rehearse together and was the usual festival sound check...none. The second night was magic though At place called the Koffie pot. Very intimate and i jsut miked the guitar and sang acoustically. i wanted to keep playing. Jochem was great despite his sunburn. I spent day cycling around the island on dutch bikes which are just too fuckin cool. (I'm a sucker for bikes) Swam in the north sea. We hit the ferry at 7 am after at least 2 hours sleep. that makes a total for the last 2 weeks of 6.5 hrs. Spend the day in Amsterdam looking at expensive Spanish guitars i cant afford, checking the awesome art, Anne Frank house and drinking lots of fine dutch coffee. The answer to you next question is no...i don't smoke. Hope all of ye are well. looks like the end of the year from September on will see me on the road solidly.

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i have just finished an animation for the irish film board, so i can concentrate on finishing the writing for the next album again. The new songs are coming along, i keep hearing piano underneath the guitar. So im going to get a piano and bash the shite out of it till it soudns half reasonable. don't worry i will get a real pianist to play live! I love the sound of piano and if i could carry it on my back to shows i would play piano for all my songs. My throat has been fucked for last 2 weeks but is finally on the mend. Off to Morocco for a week, i wrote a lot of lyrics last time i was there. hope fully the same floodgates will open. Surfed on the weekend in west of ireland on Achill island. the cloud came down to ground level and couldn't see the shore...special. Mary b gets here in a few hours to put down some cello lines on some demos. Hope all of you are well..