Thursday Excellent afternoon session with the children in Yrs 5 & 6 from Pontnewynydd Primary School. Last term they recorded the School leaving song (“There with Me); this term we’re working on their own song “Cool School” (words – mostly – by them, music by me) and the new reggae-style song “Universal Harvest”. There are some really good voices who generally lead the rest and Justin the Sound Engineer is brilliant with them, which helps. We don’t have long: the primary school day is full and the room is almost unbearably hot, but both songs go really well. Hopefully, recording next week. Just an ordinary school in South Wales but the care and enthusiasm shines out. Friday Two choir practic
It was one of ‘those’ evenings of which there are a number round here. I can’t remember which charity we were supporting, but we’d all come together as a village in a neighbour’s garden on a warm summer’s evening. The drink – of varying strengths – had been flowing fairly freely. No-one had to drive to get home. I, as usual, was holding forth about music in general and singing in particular, saying something like “Virtually everyone can sing, you know…” and being met with a chorus of “Oh, no, I can’t sing; I’m tone-deaf” or some variation thereof. “I bet you hum tunes in the car or sing in the shower”, I said. Murmurs of agreement. “So, you’re not tone-deaf then!” I concluded triumphantly. T
