"Art is how we decorate space. Music is how we decorate time."

Anyone who knows me will know how much I love music. All of it. It's such a big part of my life and I would genuinely be lost without it! 

"Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand." - Stevie Wonder

So at the beginning of the year I was asked to do a commission for a Beatles fan, a three-piece canvas... But, lessons learnt, no deposit and they pulled out. It's a good job I like the Beatles, if it was the Bee Gees - it would have been a whole different ball game. So I decided I'm going to keep them and it will go up in my music room in my future house. I added my New Year's Resolution and ultimate saying from now on onto the 3 canvases, 3 words, 'Let It Be'. (Pictured below, with two of my guitars, covering all "basses" with a classical and electric.)

Before I go on, I think it's important that you give I giorni - Ludovico Einaudi a listen, because where my heads at right now, lyrics are a bit too much and the piano does enough for me. Just wait until 5 minutes 30 seconds in - no words can describe it. I listen to Einaudi all the time when painting. Definite game changer.

It's been a crazy year so as requested, I've tried to sum up the complete year into several memorable songs that will lead the way into next year. A New Year.

1. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 

2. Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates

3. The Beatles - Blackbird

4. Sam Smith - Lay Me Down

5. Tyler Ward (ft. Lindsey Stirling) - Some Kind Of Beautiful

6. A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - Say Something

7. Rumer - You Just Don't Know People

8. Imagine Dragons - Demons

9. The Five Stairsteps - O-O-H Child

10. Demi Lovato - Confident

11. Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

(I apologise for any inconvenient ads that pop up with these YouTube links. But you know, I think it's important we know where to buy the Frozen dolls. Go YouTube!)