Last month I was lucky enough to be whisked away from dreary Southampton to Belgium. We stayed in Brussels, which I cannot recommend enough as a place to visit. Among the incredible food and stellar beer selection I managed to find my way to the Musical Instrument Museum and their SAX200 exhibition, celebrating 200 years of sax! As a bit of a saxophone nerd myself (see my work here) I was in my element but I thought I'd share with you 5 interesting facts you may not have know

Last Monday saw myself, Jake Horn and Dan Lloyd get together for a live video recording session. These talented chaps are running a series of weekly video covers, called the 'Tikki Sessions', in Southampton with guest artists. I had the pleasure of joining them on saxophone for this groovy little rendition of Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. To see more videos head over to the media page. #video #cover #uptownfunk

Its freezing outside, The New Year has arrived in frozen splendour. I've just returned from a gig at 4am . Having sufficiently warmed myself I feel like it's time to tell the world about a little pedal that I've been using and I couldn't recommend to fellow saxophone players and musicians enough. Enter Mooer Audio's 'Pitch Box'. This pale blue demon has really opened up some sonic doors in the last few months for me. It has 3 modes; 'Pitch shift', 'Harmony' and 'Detune'. The