Author: Adam Harkus

  • Introducing Jambrains…..

    I recently took part in a songwriting competition where I was introduced to the multi-talented Jambrains for the first time with his beautiful “The Harder we Hit”. Please check out his first ever album 900 Days for this, and many more fantastic tracks from a range of genres, which showcase his skills to the full.… Read more

  • 500 Followers!

    A BIG thank you to each and every one of you for supporting my blog! I’ll have lots more more Original Music,  Songwriting, Production & Performance Articles, Music Gear Reviews, and Travel Writing of all sorts for you soon and into the New Year and beyond. Thanks for reading, listening and watching! Read more

    500 Followers!
  • Cornford Roadhouse 30 Guitar Combo Amplifier Review

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    Review of the Cornford Roadhouse 30 – A 30 watt, all-valve (2x 6l6, 3x 12AX7) 1×12 guitar combo amplifier, made in the U.K. My first boutique guitar amplifier? Not quite, the Cornford Roadhouse series was essentially Cornford’s “Budget” PCB range. I say ‘was’ because Cornford Amplification sadly ceased trading mid-2013, with its chief designer Martin… Read more

  • Goa : A Lesson in Life. Final Chapter : The Journey Home

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    It was now mid-afternoon in Anjuna. I trudged back to Anjuna Palms for the last time with great sadness, it had only seemed like yesterday when I first explored this place. The gang at the bike shop waved as usual, but as I announced my departure they dropped their usual sales pitch immediately, posing for… Read more

  • A Life in Pictures

    Why do we live our lives behind the lens of a camera? What will you do when you’re older and have nothing left but the pictures to look back on? What a tragic way to live, feverishly documenting the whole ‘act’ of life, as if it wasn’t your own, just so you had a library… Read more

  • A Postcard To Blackpool: Sowing the seeds

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    “Why do you love Blackpool so much?” It’s a question I get asked all the time by family, friends and colleagues alike, and not one I can easily answer, so I’m going to go right back to the beginning, to my very first visit when I was barely a teenager. As a child I traveled… Read more