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Firstly, let me apologise for not posting for several days (assuming that there's anyone there to apologise to). I have been a combination of both quite busy and quite lazy, which although sounding rather oxymoronical, reflects rather well my status, and probably is quite representative of my mission. Why's that? Well, most artists you see interviewed on things like Popworld such as Girls Aloud or Lemar are always giving it "oh we're so busy, with touring and whatnot". But conversely, I've heard all kind of accounts of life on tour as being a couple of hours for the gig with the rest of the time spent waiting around, doing nothing. So it's like being both busy and lazy at the same time. Well. Perhaps.

So, my busy-ness has been wide-ranging and oh-so-much-fun. I've been trying to get some chords going, but it's a little more difficult than perhaps my bullish initial attitude was prepared for. Spurred on by my friend Adam and by the wisdom inherent in my Complete Guitar Player book, I've been developing my first chord, but I remain inconsistent. I've christened it the "Leah Betts" because it's such a bad E. Here's what it looks like for tab' fans:



But like I say, I'm continuing to refine it and haven't quite worked out how to make it sound clean, nor have I got the recording nous to enable you folks to hear it. Nevertheless, this will all change soon, and I hope to be putting up examples of my art in the very near future. Watch this space. I really have to commit more time to getting better. I confess that I haven't done as much in this area as I would have liked to.

Anyway, I've also been busy in other aspects of my life. However, it seems that since commencing my adventure I've increasingly began to expose every aspect of my behaviour to some kind of rock microscope, to determine its appropriateness for an aspiring pop artist. For instance, I went home the other day and played golf with my dad. Golf?! I hear you exclaim. Well, given the fondness for golf that has been displayed by both Alice Cooper and Meatloaf in recent television specials, I have little doubt of golf's credentials as #1 game for the older theatrical rocker; if i could sidle into that genre one day I'd be pleased as punch. I understand that terminal mid 90s Dave Lee Travis favourites hootie and the blowfish are also big fans of golf. I don't quite know what that means. For those interested in the game I played ok, having not played at all for about a year. The final score was a draw, leaving me and my old man both contented.

In other sports news I played squash earlier this week but I have never heard of any musician living or dead who has played this game. The closest I can think of is the Smashing Pumpkins, but that isn't very funny. Check out the vid below though, which is weird. As it goes on them butternut squashes develop an ever-more phallic personality.