Graeme Thomson

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Graeme Thomson

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments There is a website called setlist.fm which allows its users to vicariously attend pretty much any concert. Search the name of an artist and a comprehensive history of their live performances will appear, spanning decades long gone to the hour just past. Setlist.fm is both a useful resource and a massive spoiler-fest; the music equivalent of skipping to the last page of a book. Those planning to see a band can discover...

4 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Graeme Thomson

I was talking recently to a rock guitarist about the amount of music an audience hears during a typical concert that is ‘on track’ – in other words, not played live in the moment but instead stored, supplied and sequenced via computer. They suggested that nowadays every artist, from pop starlets to indie rebels, relies on ‘track’ to a greater or lesser extent. Does it matter?

4 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Graeme Thomson

I was talking recently to a rock guitarist about the amount of music an audience hears during a typical concert that is ‘on track’ – in other words, not played live in the moment but instead stored, supplied and sequenced via computer. They suggested that nowadays every artist, from pop starlets to indie rebels, relies on ‘track’ to a greater or lesser extent.

1 month ago | marinelink.com | Graeme Thomson

Scottish shipbuilder Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Graeme Thomson. Graeme will officially take up the position on Thursday, May 1, 2025, following on from former interim CEO, John Petticrew. Graeme joins Ferguson Marine from international aerospace, defense and nuclear engineering services business, Babcock, where he has been Programme Director since 2019, overseeing the delivery of the Type 31 Royal Navy frigate program.

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Graeme Thomson

Progressive rock never died. Whenever some grizzled punk soldier next appears on a BBC4 documentary relaying their version of that beloved old fairytale, the Sex Pistols’s Slaying of the Dinosaurs, it’s worth remembering that nothing of the sort occurred. The big beasts of the 1970s – Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes – thrived into the 1980s and beyond, albeit in somewhat sleeker form.