Before reading this please note you can listen to some of the music I create by using the player on the right. I was recently told about Bonus Bagging, a friend said he’d made a load of money in the first month and then around £500 in the subsequent months for about a year. As…
Continue ReadingAfter Life (Fictional Story About Everlasting Life ~ Work In Progress)
After Life By Simon Smith 2012 This is a story that looks in to the issue of being able to live indefinitely by having one’s head kept alive. Some of the links aren’t working so please scroll down to see the chapters. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5…
Continue ReadingNote Taking Apps Review For The IPad 2012 / 2013
Before reading this please note you can listen to some of the music I create by using the player on the right. The iPad comes with a memo pad – it’s OK but it’s very limited. Once you start taking notes, you start to realise what other features may be of use. So let’s look…
Continue ReadingDon’t Ever Underestimate How Much Effect You’re Having On Others
When I was 19 I was at Art College and there was a model who I fell for. One day I went in to the studio with a piece of paper in my pocket, on it I’d written, “Will you come out to dinner with me?” I didn’t get the courage to give her the…
Continue ReadingAll The Things You Say In Love May Come Back One Day To Halt You
I probably can’t do this subject justice but it’s one that is close to most of our hearts, I know it’s close to mine, and it’s been haunting me lately, because I see so many people who feel unable to let go and move on and I feel for them. So this is about the…
Continue ReadingBest IPad Photo Editing Apps 2012
Before reading this please note you can listen to some of the music I create by using the player on the right. I have listed a few iPad photo editing apps in order of preference below. Sorry the reviews are not in depth but hopefully if you need to be pointed in the right direction they…
Continue ReadingBest IPad Drawing And Painting Programs Round Up 2015
I am a painter but have also used digital art packages professionally for over 30 years. A lot of people have been going on about i-Pad drawing programs so I thought I’d get the most popular packages and try them out. Below is a list of which ones I thought were worth trying having, the…
Continue ReadingMy Friend Made Barry Manilow’s Day Which Made His Day Too.
I think my friend Ian Owles was the lighting camera man on this video and Barry Manilow told him afterwards that he felt no one had made him look that good before. Ian had a secret he couldn’t tell anyone, and his secret was that he was colour blind. So on film sets he’d ask…
Continue ReadingIt’s a Wonderful Life
Hi, I’m releasing my latest song today. I wrote this song about a moment when someone pulls up to their house one evening and realises things have changed between their partner and themselves. Faced with an inevitable separation there’s a part of them that realises even though there’ll be some tough times ahead, life still…
Continue ReadingPut Your Seatbelt On, I Want To Try Something. I’ve Seen It In A Cartoon, I Think I Can Do It!
Before reading this please note you can listen to some of the music I create by using the player on the right. This is a post about driving safely. I’m a well trained driver but I still drive badly sometimes so, if you read this, prepare for a bumpy ride! “Put your seat belt on,…
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