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The Blind Pig Gig
Returning to The Blind Pig for our second showcase event felt less daunting than the December gig. I sang lead on The Monkees version of ‘I’m a Believer’, solo on the Zutons version of ‘Valerie’ and lent backing vocals to…
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‘Valerie’ – Zutons original V Amy Winehouse Cover?
Having chosen to sing ‘Valerie’, from the function band choice list, at the second Sing Pop gig I had to then make a further choice between singing a cover of the Zuton’s original or the Amy Winehouse cover. Although I…
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Sing Pop – Final Rehearsals
On Monday evening this adventure took the Sing Pop Students to the Creative Dance Centre in Brighouse. We rehearsed our backing vocals along with the basic choreography in the dance studio in front of the mirrors. You need a sense of…
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showcase Preparations
With the Soul Choir events now concluded till Autumn I can now turn full attention to the forthcoming Sing Pop showcase appearance on Sunday 20th July. We are returning to excellent music venue, The Blind Pig at Sowerby Bridge, that…
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Ripon Set Cancelled
Sadly we didn’t get to perform our set at The Ripon Theatre Festival due to a vehicle breakdown impacting our choral leader. All was not lost though as there were some good performances by Yorkshire Voices, The Rock Choir and…
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Two Rehearsals and a Festival
Preparation for next month’s Sing Pop ‘On The Mic’ at The Blind Pig, Sowerby Bridge continue at Heath URC this week, sandwiched between a Soul Choir Rehearsal and then a Soul Choir Performance as part of the Ripon Theatre Festival …
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Jet Guitar setup Revisited
The new Jet Guitar plays very well but the tuning wasn’t as stable as I initially felt. I felt I was getting slippage on the top two strings and noted that the tuner post windings were very short indeed compared…
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Out of order Revisited
One of my musical aims for Autumn / Winter 2025 is to finally do a full recording including vocals of my original song ‘Out Of Order‘. The song was written in 2017, inspired by my late sister Michelle’s battle with…
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Sing Pop – Backing Vocals
At Sing Pop work continues on preparing for our July showcase event. We will each be singing covers of four songs, two as lead and two providing backing vocals: 1. Our own solo choice from the ‘functions band’ list ~…
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Guitar Setup
Having plugged the new Jet JS400 guitar into the amp I noticed the string buzz which led me down the rabbit hole of truss rod adjustment to increase the neck relief. Having watched a couple of videos I set about…
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Light Music…
Jet JS-400 When I started learning guitar I never imagined that one day the key criteria for a new instrument would be its weight. Well that time has arrived. In order to keep playing and learning I need to be…
