Days 3 to 5 went by so quickly. Something like this: Thursday night was sufficiently documented. Somewhere in there Friday started, which was were we played at the Sound Lounge at the Currumbin RSL. Besides one of the best riders ever, this night takes the prize for the memory [...]
Author Archives: Rowley Cowper
Day 2
August 17th, 2012 – 1:58 pm
DAY 2 Previous Night’s Bedtime: ~3am Woke up: 7:45am Yessss! Sleep in SUCCESS!! And an appropriate bedtime too. I’m adapting quickly. Today was a blur of nothings…relaxing on the front porch; playing on the piano; an hour or two of computer games………excellent time well spent. The gig last night at The End was a blast [...]
5 Days By The Razor
August 15th, 2012 – 7:07 pm
Life has presented me with the desireable opportunity of trying life as an unemployed musician – I finished up yesterday at my job after several years of service, and I don’t start the new one until Monday, 5 days from now. Of course in reality I jest, and those amongst us who are talented enough [...]
The End Is Nigh
July 11th, 2012 – 12:23 am
I’m at home rehearsing for the show at The End next week. I’m really looking forward to it…although I’ll admit that I’m fast learning that rehearsing on my own is no where near as much fun as rehearsing with a band! Still, I’ve put down the electric guitar and picked up the acoustic for the [...]
The Pecking Order Of Things
July 3rd, 2012 – 10:45 pm
Tonight I learned that procrastination comes in all forms. Normally I’d be trying to avoid real work, and I’d pick up a guitar or a book. But tonight with several shows on the horizon, I was supposed to rehearse. Instead, halfway through the first song, I veered off and wrote a new song. From start [...]
Things I’ve learned from the recording process…
June 19th, 2012 – 3:30 pm
My friends are quick to remind me that I’ve taken an awfully long time to record my own album. And they’re right too…right now I can’t remember if I started in 2010 or 2009 (or earlier!?). But it certainly hasn’t been wasted time – I’ve learned a lot since my first indignation when my producer [...]
Off the road again…
June 7th, 2012 – 1:06 pm
I’m back from the first leg of the Edward Guglielmino & The Show tour, which covered Brisbane, Launceston, Hobart and Melbourne. Cowper played support for a few of them and whilst a but rusty, it was great to get up and play my own stuff again. I’m back in Brisbane now and working on the [...]
‘Sunshine State’ Album Launch & Tour for Ed G & The Show
April 18th, 2012 – 12:42 am
I said that I had some news, and I most certainly was not lying – here it is. One of the reasons that the Cowper Machine has been so quiet over the past year has been as a result of my involvement in the band Edward Guglielmino & The Show. As a long term (and [...]
News, and Gig at Black Bear Lodge
April 11th, 2012 – 1:51 pm
So there is news, but first I thought I’d quickly say that after a very long hiatus, I’ll be playing a Cowper gig this Sunday night at Black Bear Lodge. It is going to be so wonderful to be back on what was the old Troubadour stage – I’m extremely keen to be back playing my [...]