Had a quiet birthday this time. Still recording new material with Olivia and Jeanette.
Love that sexy robot (Summer Glau) in the Sarah Connor Terminator series on Fox8!

January 31. Last night Jeff Beck played the Enmore Theatre here in Sydney. What can I say. The man's a genius. Yea that's what I'll say! Which leads me to mention Tal Wilkenfeld. She's taken bass playing to a new level! By the way Vinnie Colaiuta – drums and David Sancious - keyboards were damn good too!

Jeff and Tal courtesy of digitaljunglist

What do Jeff Beck and Denny Ball have in common? We've both played for The Yardbirds.
I also spent a week with Jeff and Cozy Powell as they checked each other out for the Jeff Beck Group in the early 70's. Although I was there as a virtual sparring partner for the two of them - the experience was invaluable!

I'm writing and recording with Olivia Davies songs for her first album. Olivia will be famous one day. She is also a featured artiste on the Denny and the Jets album.

A recent family birthday gathering in Australia produced this photo on the Procol Harum site!

The Denny Ball Album is finished and the three days of filming are complete on the video.
Elke Avis played a great cameo in the video. She has been touring with Angus and Julia Stone in the UK and is now back in San Francisco.

I have been recording with two other very different artiste's on album projects. Michelle Perez plays guitar and sings. Tracks are almost complete. Stuart Henderson on drums and yours truly providing the recording and bass guitar.
I've played the bass on one magic track by Manuela, a delightful singer who has her own unique style.
The re-mix of the original 1973 BEDLAM album which was originally commissioned by Majestic Records is back underway. The Bedlam project is still being overseen by Geoff Gillespie who continues to support the band and the principles behind the music!

I also own the Licensing rights to Bedlam Live in London 1973, Bedlam the Anthology and Big Bertha Live in Hamburg and I am hoping to make these available as downloads as soon as possible.

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I have left London and now live in Sydney Australia.
My new album features an awesome drummer/percussionist Elke Avis. She laid down the initial drum tracks quite a while ago, and I have since built up the tracks with the help of other local talent here in Sydney.
I'm also playing gigs with a band (it's a secret!) as well as working in the film and TV industry in some support roles.
Nicole Tanzabel's short film 'Pigeonhole' which features Vicar of Dibley actor John Bluthal is now doing the rounds of film festivals around the world.
I spend loads of time in my studio, with special attention to re-mixing some of the nostalgic stuff!
Speaking of which, this is Near The Edge an unreleased Bedlam track. The vocal is mine (temporary) until Frank Aiello sends me his version. (Still waiting Frank!)
Bedlam were once called The Beast. The Beast in Stockholm Sweden 1973. My thanks to Claes Hassel for this old memory!

A New First Line is a track written by me and Cozy Powell. I play all the instruments except the drums which were played by Cozy . There are more tracks like this one still to be completed.
The host site supports audio streaming which works fine as long as you have a fairly fast connection

Link here to some demo tracks by the legendary Dave Ball.