Hands Up for Musicians

Scottish musicians expanding their creative horizons into other other areas of musical practice.

Kath Burlinson blog

What a huge privilege it was to be invited to be part of the team at Distil 2012. To be surrounded by such creativity, talent and musicianship, yoked to deep soul and integrity was special indeed. And then there were the magnificent walks, the beautiful pool, the steam room, the bar and the sessions therein, […]

Amy Duncan Blog

I am feeling greatly inspired after the Distil Residential. It has been a wonderful opportunity to develop composition ideas in a supported and accepting environment. I haven’t had much experience in writing for many instruments other than voice, guitar, piano and double bass. Earlier this year I wrote string parts for my forthcoming album ‘Cycles of Life‘, […]

Innes Watson Blog

I have been lucky enough to attend 2 Distil residentials now and also Distil Electronic. I have not yet written any blog about any of my experiences so this is gonna be packed with tails of exploration, inspiration and innovation! The first Distil I took part in (Distil 10 in 2009) featured the composer Stephen […]

Andro with Distil again

Here’s another great video of Andro singing with the participants of Distil and their G&Ts…

Distil photo upload

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Distil Day 3

Day 3 was another varied affair. We started off the day with a workshop on stage technique from Kath Burlinson and after a few 1-1 sessions we embarked on our Creative process workshop. We had 3 wonderful results A musical discursive on all things USA An Alice in Wonderland world of mirrors and wishes A […]

Great tunes in the bar at our Distil Residential in New Lanark.

Some classic tunes performed last night in the bar at New Lanark. As usual trad music drew in all the punters in the bar who ended up tapping their feet and smiling along with music. Some great sets of tunes were played including a mammoth set of strathspeys and 2/4 marches. Today we ‘ve been […]

Distil day 1

We’ve had a great time here at Distil Residential so far. We’ve been coming to New Lanark for 10 years now and apon chatting to Dave Francis it turns out that this is our 20th Distil Residential when you include the residentials we held in England and Wales. Amazing stuff! Anyway we started of the […]