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This is a blog about how hard it is to leave your family to go on tour.

This is a blog encouraging readers to chase their dreams and do things that make them scared, insecure and uncomfortable in spite of what others think or what our own negative thoughts say in our minds.

I get asked the question so many times… "What does it mean at the end of "Goodbye Henry" when RAYE says “Brooksy can’t see me?” We were in the studio recording the album and there were a few songs that we recorded live to tape (just like they did in the good old days). For those of you who don’t know what this means, it means that we’re all playing at the same time and due to “tape” being older technology there are often limits to how many things can be recorded at once so so

I remember as a child wanting to be a builder (I loved Lego) and also being obsessed with Thomas The Tank Engine so maybe a train driver. One thing I knew is that being a professional drummer wasn’t even something I thought about. In fact, I didn’t know that it was possible. I had seen countless musicians on the TV and all of the big bands that were touring and making records but for some reason it didn’t compute that being a musician as a profession was actually viable for m

So , it all goes back to the place of my birth. A small market town in the middle of England; Stafford. The place where i was born and raised until 13 years of age. It doesn't start with me though. Growing up the Brooksy nickname had already been used by members of my family with my dad and his 6 brothers in Stafford, as well as my own big brother Adam who was affectionately known as Brooksy at School. I also ended up being called by this name and the rest, you could say is h