by Michael Grimes | May 14, 2018 | Making stuff
I’m finding it hard to start this because it means facing up to the fact that I got quite far on this project and then stopped when I hit a problem, because I was terrified of making it worse. That was a year ago. Maybe this will spur me into completing it – or...
by Michael Grimes | May 8, 2018 | My music
Last week I wrote about how Logic Pro X helps me release ideas from my head in a way I couldn’t before and turn them into more-or-less fully-realised compositions. Butterflies is one of those, which I finally let fly in the wild on Soundcloud recently....
by Michael Grimes | Apr 28, 2018 | My music
The image here is of the unfinished Foreshore Freeway Bridge in Cape Town. Thankfully, none of my unfinished projects have been as bold, as expensive or as public as that; but they do leave me with a profound sense of failure. The problem, though – and a reason they...
by Michael Grimes | Apr 28, 2018 | Other stuff
I tinker with making things but I’m no expert at any of it and learn as I go. Sometimes these are physical things that require filling a table with tools I don’t really know how to use, other-times they are less tangible, like music. Things I make often...
