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Just a short note, to wish you a happy festive season. 

I hope these coming weeks bring some peace and joy. 

Thank you to all of you who visited my website, joined the email list, watched my videos, listened to…

I have an early Christmas gift for you: Merry Christmas Medley 

As you probably know by now, I've been releasing a new track on the first of each month, and for December I put together an arrangement of some…

My new single 'Due Voci (Two Voices)' released November 1

This solo guitar piece was composed as a wedding gift to Andrea & Marianna, who were married in December, 2019.

Of course it's a romantic tune, and I hope you…

New song Happy Place - Oct 1

This fingerpicking acoustic guitar instrumental was composed on a cruise ship exploring the islands of the South Pacific.

I’d visited Vanuatu a number of times, and was always taken by the joyous sound…

A new month - a new tune!  My September single Road Wear is a personal reflection on the ageing process shared by both player and instrument .

In a recent photo shoot, the photographer had me hold my rather scratched…

Check out this recent review of the Michael Fix & Richard Gilewitz album Echoes from the Past. There's a great interview with Richard, as well.

Here's an excerpt:

On Echoes From The Past, Richard Gilewitz and Michael Fix prove…

A new month - a new tune!  My August single is Marking Time is a new country/blues acoustic guitar instrumental. 

For people working in the arts industry, life has been on hold this past couple of years, and phrases like…

July 1 is the release date for Man On The Wire. Co-written with Mark Cryle, the song details the life of one of Australia's most celebrated entertainers. 

Con Colleano - the 'Wizard of the Wire' - was an internationally…

We interrupt normal transmission to bring you news of an unexpected musical surprise: a new duets album by Michael Fix & Richard Gilewitz - Echoes From The Past 

Richard, from the USA, has been a regular visitor to Australia, and…

New Single - June 1. This month's track is called The Traveller, a minor key fingerpicking guitar tune that twists & turns like a country lane, the sort of tune I might have been playing when the photo…

Last month I suggested we ride the Red Vespa, this time...it's a Bumpy Ride...I didn't plan the track sequencing this way - honest! - it's just the way the tracks are popping out each month.

Bumpy Ride is an acoustic…

New single, plus video - April 1. 

If I were the motorbiking kind, I’d ride a Vespa. A red one. I’ve been threatening to buy a Vespa each time I’ve returned home from a tour of Italy, (and especially after…

Yes, it's the first of the month, and as promised, a new song, and video. 

Arriving on streaming platforms on March 1 is a new/old tune called Rainy Day Blues. 

Rainy Day Blues was composed over twenty years ago. No…

Hello friends, 

On the first of every month, I will be releasing a new track. 

Arriving on streaming platforms on February 1 is a new solo piece called Flâneur. 

Flâneur is a peculiar French word that describes a person…

It's been 2 years since Christine Collister & I last performed together, in fact, our very last concert was in Gladstone (Qld), the night before the first wave of Covid lockdowns began in March 2020.

North & South is our…

My last newsletter for 2021...well, it's been quite a year, hasn't it! Even today, I learnt that Tasmania's Cygnet Folk Festival - where I was booked to perform in 3 weeks time - has been postponed to 2023, due to…

One Christmas Eve is the title of my newest album, featuring 13 stripped-back, peaceful, guitar arrangements of traditional Christmas Carols.

I wanted to re-create the mood of my childhood Christmases; we celebrated in the European tradition on Christmas Eve, by…

My Wollongong Guitar Camp - twice re-scheduled due to Covid-19 - is going ahead! There are only a couple of spots left, so act fast!  

June 5-6, 2021 @ CentroCBD, Wollongong. Lunch included. Limited places, Info & Ticket Link

Just back from a tour around NSW, presenting a new show and album: Timelines - Australian Stories in Song 

It was really wonderful to performing again, and Mark Cryle & I had a lot of fun on the road together. 

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Timelines; Australian Stories in Song is Live! 

Mark Cryle and I share a passion for keeping Australia’s chequered history alive - the good, the bad and the ugly - all revealed through a catalogue of new original songs. Our first…

It's been a busy month; I can reveal a new project, announce a tour, and a new album! 

Timelines; Australian Stories in Song will be launched in April. Mark Cryle is a dear friend & highly regarded songwriter, and…

I just received some nice news...A tune I'd written in March 2020 'The Other Side' has won 'Best Tune' voted by Cygnet Folk Festival Song Competition. This track will be on my new album (released later in 2021) & is…

Master songsmith Allan Caswell & I have teamed up to write our first Christmas song together...

Christmas Takes Me Home was aimed at being an old school, classic Christmas song. “We didn’t want sleigh bells and snow or blinding heat…