I just received an email confirming that I have been selected as one of the 10 UK participants on the PRSF New Music Incubator programme for 2011-2012. It doesn’t get much better than that. For someone at this stage of dedicating himself to his music there couldn’t be anything more fitting.

What an amazing opportunity! I am really chuffed and can’t wait to get stuck in. Stuff like this will add yet more drive to my work over the period of my sabbatical.

Thank you to Capsule for putting me forward for this. It’s a nomination only programme, so without them I am nobody.

News like this makes all the hard work feel doubly worth it!

Update: UK artists have been announced.

Amy Cunningham
Bob Levene
Claire M Singer
Edmund Finnis
Lina Lapelyte
Lucy Railton
Luke Styles
Mark Fell
Ruaidhri Mannion
Sam Underwood (That’s me!)

I can’t help myself but feel a little scared looking at that list. One thing is for sure, it’s going to be amazing!