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Cover: Only You by Yazoo
Early on the morning of my wedding day in 1982 I had been to the barbers for a trim and then called into a music store and bought Yazoo’s ‘Only You’ hit single. The following year a brilliant acapella cover…
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guitar & vocals
With a few non-musical activities behind me for a short while, its back to guitar practice but this time with some accompanying vocals. Currently I am paying attention to learning / rehearsing four songs, trying develop two guitar skills and…
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Kirklees Guitar School Live
Last night I attended the live recording of two November KGS Podcasts at Denby Dale Pie Hall. It was a brilliant evening and great to see James and George recording live. The relaxed vibe that comes over on the videos…
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Guitar learning
My guitar lessons at Kirklees Guitar School have centred around refreshing previously learned and performed songs and then adding improved dynamics. The theme of adding dynamic contrast as also applied to a cover of Yazoo’s ‘Only You’ that I’m working…
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Northern Soul Celebration
On Wednesay 22nd October The Soul Choir held a final rehearsal on stage at Holmfirth Picturedrome with the band. That provided a tantalising taster for the ‘Keep the Faith’gig…and it did not dissappoint. On Thursday the 23rd we were first…
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Northern Soul Concert
The rehearsals for this weeks ‘Keep The Faith’ Evening of Northern Soul event have been real foot-tapper events in themselves. We’ve added another 7 brilliant songs to our list and that includes some of the anthems that define this genre.…
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Northern Soul
Northern Soul Music has become a significant part of my music activity this year. Currently the Soul Choir is preparing for the ‘Keep The Faith’ gig later this month at Holmfirth Picturedrome. That’s adding several more Northern Soul favourites to…
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fret Polish
Really enjoying the increased activity with my guitars, guitar lessons and revisiting songs, both originals and covers. When I originally wrote ‘Out of Order’ in 2017 I used pencil and blank score paper to capture ideas and then transcribed them…
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Mrs Sunderland Workshop 2026
After not taking part in a Mrs Sunderland Choral Workshop since that living on the edge of a global pandamic event in 2020 it feels good to be registered to take part in the 2026 event. The theme next February…
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A Celebration of Northern Soul
Soul Choir returned to rehearsals this week with the anticipation of another landmark event at The Holmfirth PictureDrome approaching in October. Our last gig there, in December 2024, was truly memorable and this special Celebration of Northern Soul looks set…
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A Go To Guitar Song?
Recently both James Kuhnel and Andrew Beal at Kirklees Guitar School have both posed a question along the lines of ‘what is your go to song on guitar’ if asked to play? I realised that I don’t really have one.…
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KGS Practice Challenge
Week 1 James Kuhnel of Kirklees Guitar School runs an Online Student Guitar Group on Facebook. He set the group the challenge of practicing each day in August. For Week 1 the challenge included note picking and rhythm exercices, with…
