The Soundcheck
Gig diaries, setlist stories, and the honest reality of gigging as a solo acoustic musician. Published alongside my weekly Sunday newsletter — sign up here to get it in your inbox.
- The Soundcheck
A new-look website, a week of singalongs, and putting the music first
This week's Soundcheck — a fully redesigned website, gigs at The Minnow, the Hare & Hounds and The Bear, why Music First matters, and an honest word on using AI to help write my books.
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The Vocal Chain: how I get one crystal-clear live vocal out of an Allen & Heath CQ12
A full-time gigging musician's exact, step-by-step setup for a clear live vocal on the Allen & Heath CQ12 — real numbers, feedback solved, no sound guy needed.
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The night a hen party, a stag do and a ruby wedding all walked into The Trooper
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Playing a venue for the first time — what you learn in the first twenty minutes
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The five most requested songs at my gigs in 2026 (and what changed since last year)
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Why I write The Soundcheck every single Sunday — even when I have nothing to say
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What a solo acoustic wedding singer actually does on the day
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First dance songs that work brilliantly live acoustic — a wedding singer's guide
A working wedding singer's honest guide to first dance songs that actually work live acoustic — the ones that always land, the ones that are harder than they look, and how to pick yours.
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50 acoustic cover songs that actually work in a UK pub — a gigging musician's setlist
50 acoustic cover songs I actually play in UK pubs every week. Built from hundreds of pub gigs — the real working setlist of a full-time gigging acoustic musician, not a generic list.
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