Dan Hoyes – musician, producer, tutor
Well done to Struan for an excellent take on Josh Turner’s St Louis Blues. A very long technical piece that has taken a huge amount of determination. I’ve found Struan’s song suggestions very interesting over the years, and really enjoyed having a go at this myself.
Also, congratulations to Asher for passing the Grade 5 Rock Guitar exam in December with a merit – particularly impressive as he skipped two grade, jumping from Grade 2 to Grade 5 in a very short time!
Currently planning to play a few London gigs with my solo loop project. I’m also looking to release an EP soon.
It recently occurred to us that any trace of Flight School has long since been deleted from streaming services. And despite never playing more than one gig a year and sporadically releasing only a handful of EPs throughout their existence, it turns out that there are just enough tracks for a compilation album.
Amongst the collection is a new version of ‘Open The Door’ and some forgotten live tracks – remastered together for a Flight School greatest hits collection that literally no one had asked for…
Available on all streaming services – or have a listen on Spotify here:
An ex-student of mine released another new single today. I taught Katie guitar for a few years when she was at school. She’s since gone on to do a degree in songwriting and performing, and release her own music. The track ‘Home’ features the Budapest Orchestra and it sounds great – such creative arrangements. Another proud tutor moment.
Congratulations to Issy and Asher for passing their Grade 7 Acoustic and Grade 2 Rock guitar exams. A great result for both.
We recorded Issy playing one of her pieces – ‘The Way Home’ by Stuart Ryan. I’ve taught her since she was just six year’s old – very proud!
Dix Neuf – a band that I tutor at school have made a music video for a track they have written. I helped them to create the parts, arrange the track, record it and edit the music video. It’s a rather spooky dream with a great twist at the end (and some superb acting!)
I’m playing a few London gigs throughout 2022 with my solo loop project.
