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Walking with the muse

It's been a whilst since I last checked in with this blog.  I remember when I used to feel the rise of excitement in my chest, like the words were just about to spill out my mouth and I had…

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A toast to a better place!

Helloooo!! 

Hope you are all having a nice Monday evening.  We are nearing the end of January!  I can’t help cast my mind back to this time last year.  I was having a pretty hard time just getting on…

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House Gig, Barricades Rise, Patreon Update.

Hello everyone!  How are you all doing?

I wanted to tell you about my weekend.  I traveled down to Birmingham on Saturday to play a house gig.  For those who don't know, a house gig is literally a concert that…Read more

Hello 2017, let's be nice to each other.

HELLO!! 

This is a great time of the year to reflect.  I often get bogged down with the PURE MILLIONS of stuff I have still to get done that it can sometimes be hard to really appreciate what great…

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Hogmanay, happy?

So you know those articles you read on 'how to be successful' blah shite?  One of the common pieces of advice is to go outside your comfort zone.  Well, I consider 2016 being one big anxiety filled comfort bashing year

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Thoughts from the road.

Hey pals,

It's been an ace week, the Born In Winter UK Tour has been on the road for 7 days and I have played 6 gigs in that time.  I am fucking knackered today.  Sitting in a cafe…

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My time in Berlin is over.  I am going home. 

I FIND IT HARD TO RETAIN CONSISTENT PERSPECTIVE.  LIFE CREEPS UP ON YOU AND DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR SITUATION.  A BAD DAY FOR ME IS STILL SOAKED IN PRIVILEGE.  SOME PEOPLE LITERALLY HAVE NOTHING.  NO THING.  NO.  THING.  

I HAVE

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Warning: Never Eat your Emails

Note to Self: No one is perfect.  No one is better than anyone else.

Almost exactly one year ago I received an email.  The jist of it was: 

“Rosie, you fucked up. 

Rosie, you are a bully. 

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Opia release date announced, but who is she?

Hello beautiful beings!

I am so excited and proud to announce the release date of my New E.P. Opia...


From The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows...

opia 

n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can…

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New Demos and New Resolutions

Hello! 

Are you a consistent person in your work?  Hobbies?  Or do you do things in bouts and phases? I am absolutely someone that goes through ‘phases’.  I go through fitness phases, food phases, mood phases.  I doubt I…

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I AM RECORDING MY DEBUT ALBUM!!

Holy fucking hellbags - I am doing my first album!! 

Supporters that have been around since 2013, you will know that I attempted my debut back then.  I actually got so far as to record the WHOLE fucking album…

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The last push: Spring 2016 Tour Update

I am sitting in KaffeeKuche in Munich listening to Mike Nisbet playing his wonderful music.  THE POWER JUST CUT OUT, and obviously like a pro he deals with it by just making a joke, reconnecting and taking things up from…

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How to get FREE pants on tour!

Have a look inside my tour bag!  AND how to get free pants :)

I am shit at packing as you will soon see.  But if you are heading off on tour and don't know what the fuck to…

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MY NEW FUCKING E.P.

HELLO!

It's been a long ass few months!  I have been pinging up and down from Scotland to London, on tour around Europe and am currently in the Big Smoke for ONE MORE DAY then I head home to Bonnie…Read more

On Tour!

Hello pals!!! 

I'm currently sitting in my wee golf, taking a short break whilst on tour with the artPACKT crew!

The tour so far has been AMAZING!  Seriously, we are counting ourselves so so lucky right now.  People are coming…Read more
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End of an era. Start of an adventure.

I can see St. Pauls.  The cathedral is sitting to my right, I am facing the river.  When I need to think I come to the river.  To the middle of the city.  Right to the core, the reason for…Read more
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Motivation

motivation məʊtɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/ noun  
  1. 1.  a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way. "escape can be a strong motivation for travel"
      There was me thinking motivation was something that you…
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