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Travel

Iceland 2024

I went to Iceland for the first time about six years ago. I took a solo trip, hired a car and drove The Golden Circle – a circular route of natural landmarks that takes about a day to get around – and then along the south coast to Jokulsarlon. Otherwise I mostly just hung out in Reykjavik, but I loved it…

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Touring

Using an ATA Carnet for Live Music Touring

An ATA Carnet (I’ll probably just call it a carnet from here on) is a legal document which allows you to take “professional equipment”, or in this case musical instruments, audio equipment, lights, stage props, tools etc. out of the country temporarily without paying any tax or duties on them.

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Year in Review

Albums of 2022

This is a list I made back at the end of last year, updated solely for the purposes of kicking off the blog on this page. 2022 felt like a really strong year for music in a way that 2023 has yet to.

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