You’ve heard the one about the third Monday in January being the most depressing day of the year? The benefit of a rest over Christmas has worn… Read more “It’s sad…so sad…”
Month: February 2020
Weekly Challenge #5 – How Deep is Your Love??
Theme Night #25 has been and gone, but the wonderful music of The BeeGees will live on. To celebrate that fact, this week’s challenge features one of… Read more “Weekly Challenge #5 – How Deep is Your Love??”
Theme Night #25 – reflections
So! Another Theme Night consigned to history. We had a lot of firsts this time – a Maori blessing, an unknowing participant, a troupe of dancers, flourescent… Read more “Theme Night #25 – reflections”
Walking the walk
Every time a Theme Night or a Teenage Theme Night comes around, many performers get out of their comfort zone. It might be singing in a professional… Read more “Walking the walk”
Arranging
People often ask me what arranging is. So here’s an example. The first video below is the original BeeGees version of I Started a Joke, the second… Read more “Arranging”
Kendy
So last night a plan came together. Last September Luke Devaney played me a clip from Episode 60 of the Kendy and Raybo Podcast. The two hosts… Read more “Kendy”
How do themes get chosen?
It was Tommy Higgins that suggested the BeeGees. He had done his research, and presented me with a 30-song list. Songs they had performed themselves, and songs… Read more “How do themes get chosen?”
You Win Again
In the era before samples, Phil Collins approached Maurice Gibb in an airport looking for a copy of ‘the stomps’ – the famous sound that opens the… Read more “You Win Again”
Weekly Challenge #4 – Words (BeeGees)
Theme Night #25 is on the way, and in accordance with the theme, today’s challenge features an early BeeGees hit song – Words. Those of you who… Read more “Weekly Challenge #4 – Words (BeeGees)”
Nothing Compares 2 0
The second of February Two thousand and twenty. Not very striking is it? Write it in numerical fashion however and it becomes a digital palindrome, getting people… Read more “Nothing Compares 2 0”
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