Welcome to my website. I'm moved from Wordpress to a github pages as I very rarely do any updating, but I did want a place to save some vibecoding projects. I started damianevans.net when I was self-employed and it seemed like a good idea. When I was looking for a job it seemed like a good idea again. Now I'm not sure why I'm keeping it but I was foolish enough to put my year of birth in my email address back in the 90s, so I like my damianevans.net email address more the older I get.
On this site
Music
Who I've played with and what I've recorded. This used to be my whole thing, but these days I play 99% in trad sessions.
Writing & Research
Jazz in Ireland from 1919 on, my PhD, the Documenting Jazz conferences, and a few other things.
Galway Jazz Club
The club Lorraine and I ran from 2004 to 2007, with every headliner I have a record of.
Projects
Tuners, players, tune finders and other tools I've built. All free, all on GitHub. Most of these are plugins for Obsidian, which I've used to build a whole practice setup for the banjo and mandolin. I can sit down and be practicing without having to go through the whole process that I used to do with Double Bass. Trad is good for that, especially since it's a hobby for me, so I'm happy learning tunes, and improving technique as I go. There are always more tunes to learn, mostly inspired by what I hear people playing in sessions. I love the analogue nature of local tunes, it seems very rare to me.
About
A short bio and how to get in touch.