Welcome to the blogsite of Mark Marrington, a central repository for my various activities (academic and musical). My intention is to build-up a collection of writings here over the next few months which will reflect (for better or worse) my ideas on such contentious topics as music education, the nature of composition, music production, the guitar and so on. As yet there is no central theme - and there may never be one! If the things you find written here provoke a response of ANY kind, do feel free to contribute a comment.