L is for Love and Baking Cakes

At a poetry reading last week, I asked the audience for topics. A young man seated with what was obviously his girlfriend asked for ‘Love’. So I read a poem I wrote in 1989. Here’s the opening of that poem, set to beats and loops. Even though I mixed it with vocal presence, and it… Continue Reading →

April 14, 2011 5

Dialogue about Spoken Word/Poetry Audio Tracks

Following on from my last post where I discuss a bit of the creative process – both technical and artistic – when creating audio tracks for my poems, I’ve heard back from the other person in this dialogue that it’s cool to publish her part of our correspondence. Have a read and feel free to enter… Continue Reading →

May 15, 2011 1

Tweaked AIFF Booth Lake

This has been quite a learning process. Thanks to help from a Soundcloud friend, I’ve managed to improve it slightly. It also stimulated a dialogue about my process of making audio tracks for my poetry, part of which I’ve excerpted here, in an edited version: I Could Have Been a Banker was my first attempt at… Continue Reading →

May 14, 2011 2