WIDE DAYS - BORN TO BE WIDE - (FANTASTIC) SEMINARS ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Meursault - You Brought Screaming Into The World

Electric Circus, Mobile Phone Drawing

Meursault, with Screamy bit - Electric Circus, Mobile Phone Drawing

Hopeless Heroic, Electric Circus, Mobile Phone Drawing

Hopeless Heroic, Electric Circus, Mobile Phone Drawing

Aaron Wright, Sneaky Pete's, Watercolour

Panda Su at Sneaky Pete's, Mobile Phone Drawing

Holden, Cabaret Voltaire, Mobile Phone Drawing

WIDE DAYS SEMINAR - 'I AM THE LAW - ESSENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE'

Dawn Barraclough, Murray Buchanan, Steven Fisher, Claire Thompson

Moderator: Jen Hunter (Musicians Union)

WIDE DAYS SEMINAR - 'HOW TO GET ON A FESTIVAL BILL'

Pete Irvine (Unique Events/Hogmanay Edinburgh), Helen Chalmers (Wickerman), Dave Corbett (T in the Park, The Edge), Rob Hicks (Rockness, Belladrum), P.C. Rae (Slottsfjell, Norway/SXSW)

Moderator: Vic Galloway (BBC Scotland)

WIDE DAYS SEMINAR - 'HOW TO GET ON A FESTIVAL BILL - CHOICE QUOTES'

Moderator: Vic Galloway (BBC Scotland)

WIDE DAYS SEMINAR - 'WHAT NEXT? - PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE'

Will Page (Chief Economist PRS), Scott Cohen (The Orchard), Andrew Dubber (Birmingham University), Steve Mayall (Music Ally)

Moderator: Olaf Furniss (Born To Be Wide)

WIDE DAYS SEMINAR - 'SPEAK TO THE MANAGEMENT'

Bruce Findlay (Aberfeldy/The Silencers/Simple Minds), Keith Harris (Stevie Wonder), Rab Andrew (Texas/Primal Scream), Grant Dickson (The View/Broken Records), Mark Baillie (Woodenbox)

Moderator: Derick Mackinnon (Born To Be Wide/NFS)

WIDE DAYS SEMINAR - 'GAVIN BAIN - CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN''

OLAF FURNISS'S CLOSING STATEMENT ON 'WIDE DAYS'

If you didn't attend, you'll wish you had.

Excellent seminars, the atmosphere charged with opinions and enlightening comments, a full day of crucial and entertaining information for anyone interested in any aspect of the music industry, all from a notably seminal group of exciting and much-experienced speakers. The bands playing later in the evening showcases are excellent and well worth finding out about if you haven't already. Though I don't have pictures of them from this event, this also includes the Edinburgh based Art/Music Collective 'Found' who are one of my favourites, plus Carrie Mac.

So get on it - Come to the next Born To Be Wide Event. It'll be brilliant.

Daisy Dares You, Edinburgh Music Library.

Daisy Dares You

This gig was a lot of fun, and good to see in the Music Library. Daisy was off to play the Lancaster Library, the original venue and organisers of the fantastic initiative 'Get it Loud in Libraries' of which tonight was part of the tour. This drawing was done on my mobile phone and texted immediately to members of the audience and those involved. Ah, the genius of modern technology!

Flaming Lips, StarDeath & White Dwarfs, and the Storytelling Centre

You guys don't need any encouragement...

If I could go back in time...

Sunset Song

Stardeath & White Dwarfs (Wayne Coyne's nephew's band)

My first mural painted from a drawing I did on my mobile phone - Storytelling Centre, Glasgow.

Yes folks, it's been a varied day. First off, I got up early to finish my first 'mobile phone' mural at the Storytelling centre. Then rushed home to get ready before drawing Flaming Lips, with support band Stardeath & White Dwarfs (incidentally the band of Wayne Coyne's nephew). Shall be updated soon with further edits. Flaming Lips was definitely the best live concert I have attended this year without a doubt! (Close competition with Efterklang and David Byrne though - hmmm.) Too many flipping things to draw. Will have to draw them again.

The 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

At the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. It's been amazing to be a part of it all tonight - seeing Gorbachov in attendance was really special. Hilary Clinton's speech was miles more inspiring than Gordon Brown's....I also cried. I'll admit I ws overcome. It's been an amazing night.


Twenty Year Anniversary Ceremony of the Fall of the Berlin Wall


The Brandenbeg Gate


The Atomic Clock, AlexanderPlatz, Berlin