{"id":394,"date":"2020-05-28T18:39:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/?p=394"},"modified":"2020-05-28T18:39:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T17:39:22","slug":"hacktrax-news-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/28\/hacktrax-news-may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacktrax News &#8211; May 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As this lockdown goes on, I continue to think of all our friends across the globe and all those who have been so badly affected by this terrible virus.\u00a0 I am thankful for being fortunate enough to do some work from home which means there is a structure to my day.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Collaborations<\/h3>\n<p>One of the advantages of modern technology is the possibility to work with other musicians around the world. Among several other projects \u00a0I recorded flute here a few weeks back to send on \u00a0to friends in Italy (Giorgio Coslovich for a recording with David Jackson and also Roberto Vitelli).<\/p>\n<p>I was delighted to be asked to take part in video performances by the Watch which you can see here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1_3HkGkYFZo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You may also enjoy this video of Hands of the Priestess with Marco Lo Muscio at the piano in Rome and me in Sheffield.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aibwuE1dUA0?start=99\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the favourite venues for any band on the UK touring circuit is Trading Boundaries-here is part of our set at the end of last year with the Steve Hackett Acoustic Trio.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ij3heUlJMjE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Solo Sessions<\/h3>\n<p>I am now concentrating on writing and beginning to record which is always an exciting prospect. And as a bit of light relief, I have started a series of solo sessions where I play along to pre-recorded tracks provided by friends such as Giorgio Gabriel , Marco Lo Muscio and Matt Lumb. If you have missed these and want to take a look please click here.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLvri3hMmwlQ_DcVZPNZcPZKEGn5LVgHul\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I recorded a similar video to support Christian Aid , a charity who works with people of all faiths and none. So do take a look and if you possibly can, please make a donation via the link in the description box.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDgUvvONODQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>John Hackett Band News<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/john-hackett-band-t-shirts\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-391 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-916x916.jpg 916w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-458x458.jpg 458w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-536x536.jpg 536w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-268x268.jpg 268w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-730x730.jpg 730w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1-365x365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JHB-Tshirt-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Just before our John Hackett Band tour was cut short, we took possession of some lovely new organic cotton T-shirts to help you look good on your daily 5k run. Currently available in all sizes from small to XXL, you can order them from the Hacktrax Shop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may also like to know that our drummer Duncan Parsons has a fine new album out called <strong>Common Sense Dancing<\/strong> to which I was pleased to add a bit of fluting.<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2935895078\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/duncanparsons.bandcamp.com\/album\/common-sense-dancing\">Common Sense Dancing by Duncan Parsons<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, do stay safe and we will let you know as soon as we hear anything about the prospect of resuming live concerts by the John Hackett Band<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As this lockdown goes on, I continue to think of all our friends across the globe and all those who have been so badly affected by this terrible virus.\u00a0 I am thankful for being fortunate enough to do some work &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/28\/hacktrax-news-may-2020\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}