19 January 2019
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Or, rather, don’t turn up at The Blagrave Arms in Reading tonight expecting to see my debut gig with Long Player. After listening back to recordings from Monday’s rehearsal, we decided to postpone the pleasure as too many of the … Continue reading
14 January 2019
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I did my first ‘earplug rehearsal’ for a while tonight. That is to say, a rehearsal where I felt the need to put the plugs in. It wasn’t particularly over the top but with bass and guitar keeping up with … Continue reading
8 January 2019
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Looking around at my collection of musical instruments and paraphernalia while I type this, I realise that all the toys is, strictly speaking, an exaggeration. However, after another Long Player rehearsal last night (60s / 70s blues rock covers), I … Continue reading
24 December 2018
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I normally play Silent Night in G but, since I had the benefit of a flautist joining us for the Christmas Eve Communion tonight, I decided to stick to the key of B flat, which we had dots for. I … Continue reading
17 December 2018
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I obviously wasn’t singing as hard at this year’s carol service as I’ve done in recent previous years, as my voice wasn’t noticeably deeper and huskier today. …. or perhaps it was due to the expedient of dropping our traditional … Continue reading
13 December 2018
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One of my tasks this week has been cutting together the church nativity. For the past few years, we’ve taken to doing this using video rather than trying to stage a live production – less time required for rehearsal, no … Continue reading
10 December 2018
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Sometimes Scary Pockets cover songs I know well and, as with this example, they sometimes pick ones that pretty much passed me by: In this case, I’d heard the song before but I couldn’t have begun humming it. As with … Continue reading
9 December 2018
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Just one more rehearsal to go before the Carols by Candlelight service at St Clement’s (6:30pm, 16 December – all welcome). From this afternoon’s rehearsal, I think there are two main things for me to attend to: Creating deeper mental … Continue reading
8 December 2018
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Later this afternoon, I’m due to provide some music for a tree decoration and lighting event St Clement’s is putting on (event from 3:30pm at the St Clement’s Centre on Cross Street in East Oxford; music from 4:30pm). It is … Continue reading
2 December 2018
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I had thought I was quite well prepared to resource the choir for this year’s carol service but it turns out last year I mainly gave them scans of the music to work from and not the practice tracks I … Continue reading