September 2018

 Looking forward to hooking up with gang in Session A9 for a weekend of music.

 You can catch the band at – 

• Boat of Garten Community Hall on Friday the 21st  September.    
• Skye Live Festival – Portree on Saturday the 22nd of September. Visit http://www.skyelive.co.uk for more info.

Looking forward to a busy old time in July, starting off with a week at Feis Chataibh in Golspie Sutherland so looking forward to catching up with the tutors there and I’m sure a few tunes will be had.

Later in July I’m teaming up with the Ruby Rendall Band who I used to tour with in the 90s so should be fun.

You can come and catch Ruby and the band –

•        Parkers Function Suite Inverurie - 21^st of July
•       Eden Court Theatre Inverness - 22^nd of July
•        Public Institute Fochabers – 25^th July
•        British Legion Thurso – 27^th July
•        The Sound Archive Kirwall – 28^th     
•     The Orkney Theatre Kirwall – 29th July
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Session A9 Upcoming Gigs

 24^th Nov – Perth Concert Hall along with Julie Fowlis

 25^th Nov – Leicester Grammar School

 26^th Nov – Victoria Hall Saltaire

 26^th January 2018  - Session A9 will be at Celtic Connections in The Royal Concert Hall

Session A9 dates for October 2017

 20^th  An Lanntair  Stornoway

21^st  The Tolbooth  Stirling

22^nd Fochabers Institute  Fochabers

23^rd Soundhouse La Belle Angele  Edinburgh

24^th Drygate Brewery  Glasgow

25^th Eden Court Theatre  Inverness

26^th Carnegie Hall  Clashmore

27^th Glassel Village Hall  Glassel

28^th White Church  Comrie

It’s been a pretty hectic summer for me with teaching, recording and gigs with some fabulous musicians including Brian McAlpine, Douglas Lawrence, Angus Lyon, Ed Pearlman, Andy Thorburn and Jim Humter to name but a few.

Apart from working with my fiddle students in Caithness and at The Music School in Plockton, I’ve been working at various Feisean and also helping some of the ceilidh trail students who have been out on tour throughout the Highlands this summer.

I also had time to fit in a jaunt down under along with Douglas Lawrence and Angus Lyon as we were invited to teach at this years Scots String New Zealand fiddle school in Auckland. We had a terrific time and played with a met some amazing people from all over New Zealand and Australia.

August finds me heading west to work at the Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School in the USA. This takes place from the 13^th to the 19^th of August so I’m looking forward to catching up with some old friends and meeting and playing music along with many new ones. 

For more info visit - https://bostonharborfiddleschool.files.wordpress.com

In September I’m heading north twice to Shetland. The first trip is to work with Fiddle Major Margaret Robertson’s fab fiddlers for their Hairst Helly weekend along with my good friend Adam Sutherland. This takes place on the 9^th and 10^th of September.

Trip number two to Shetland sees me heading up to play with the Ruby Rendall Band who’ll be performing around the island from the 28^th to the 30^th of September which I’m sure will be a blast.

October and November finds Session A9 heading out on the road for some dates in Scotland and England. More info to follow or check out the Session A9 Facebook page.

The Caithness Mix Room which is my studio in Wick has also kept me on my toes over the summer, including various session work for Skippinish’s new album, Ruby Rendall, Roddy Mathews and others and also many CD mastering projects.

Other upcoming projects include working with Caithness writer, poet and play write, George Gunn plus also gigs with Golspie’s Geordie Jack Band.

Saturday the 18th of February - Feis Inbhir Narainn In Nairn Community Centre. I will be joining a terrific bunch of tutors for a host of classes through out the day. Please visit http://www.nairnfeis.co.uk for more info.

Sunday the 19th of February - I will be joining up with my good friend Ruby Rendall at the Chalmers Mackay Music School in Inverurie where I will be hosting a day of various fiddle classes. For more info visit http://chalmersmackay.co.uk 

Saturday the 25th of February - Geordie Jack In Concert at Eden Court Theatre Inverness. I'm looking forward to a great night of songs with Golspie's own and former Colorado front man, Geordie Jack. Visit https://www.eden-court.co.uk/whats-on/shows/geordie-jack-in-concert for more info. 

3rd & 4th of March - Feis Chataibh Group Work Weekend In Golspie. Visit http://feischataibh.co.uk for more info.  

22nd to 29th April - Scots String NZ. I'm looking forward to bringing my Caithness tunes out to New Zealand. More info to follow. 

Over the past few months I've been beavering away putting together my new studio in Wick and now The Caithness Mix Room is my new space for writing / recording / mixing and mastering in my home town of Wick.

After years of visiting many great studios throughout the the UK, I've always yearned for my own space to work that suits my needs and now it's up and running I'm delighted with final result.

The room is based around my Pro Tools setup using Universal Apollo interfaces and Universal Audio Mic Pre Amps and countless UAD plugins.

My recording setup is also portable so I'm able to record projects in various locations and then bring it back to Wick for editing and mixing.

Mastering has been a big part of my life for many years, as before turning to be a full time professional musician and tutor I was a full time mastering engineer for Grampian Records. I've continued mastering over the years using various studios but delighted to have my own new studio up and running.

The studio also hosts a terrific array of sample libraries for orchestral, drum and pianos samples.

Online session work is also available and just some of the most recent sessions I've recorded at the Caithness Mix Room can be heard on Tim Edey's latest album and also Blair Douglas's December 2016 release.

Please don't hesitate to contact me about the studio for your new project and CD mastering, just visit the contact page.