LES ESSENTIELS DE DAVID MCTAGUE
1. Record & Guitar.
A record. A guitar. Music. Magic. They’re here to symbolise music as an integral part of my life.
2. Bag.
My mobile office. I carry this pretty much everywhere, and it certainly contains a few essentials. This particular specimen is a few years old now, and hails from Marrakech.
3. Flat cap.
I call it my flat cap but I think it’s technically a ‘newsboy’. It’s brown corduroy and I wear it a lot.
4. Ashtray.
This is something I’ve just had for ages. Pretty much since leaving my parents house, so it’s symbolic of that I guess. Time has moved on, people have moved on and places have moved on… and this ashtray has been along for the ride. I still use it now and again.
5. Mellowtone flyers.
I had to include them here as I’m always carrying them, and leaving a trail around. In this digital age I think it’s really important that we still retain some tangibles, so we never stopped printing our flyers. We use lots of different illustrators, but always monochrome artwork.
6. Ring.
Many years ago I tried on a ring, that was owned by my girlfriend at the time. A slender, square, silver ring; one that fitted my little finger perfectly. And I didn’t take it off. It was really thin and broke a few years later, so I had it copied using silver from a ring from the Oman my parents had given me. I wear it every day. If for any reason I don’t have it on it feels very strange…
7. Pencil.
I like to write in pencil.
8. Diary.
I like to have an old paper diary.
9. Computer & Phone.
I guess these days they speak for themselves as essentials.
10. Notebook.
An essential for anyone who wants to get anything done, in my opinion.
David McTague
July 2017
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