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soul Choir End of Term
My final two rehearsals at Soul Choir were held at Holmfirth Picturedrome. However we were not in the now familiar theatre, last encountered for the Northern Soul event. Instead, given the heat, we took to the outdoor courtyard which was…
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KGS Summer Experience Day
On Sat 25th July I spent the day at KGS in Denby Dale for the Summer Experience Day workshops. The day comprised three guitar focussed strands with ‘Play in a Band’, ‘Songwriting’ and Introduction to The Blues. Attendees were split…
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The Honley Show
This year I’m pleased to say that I made it to the Soul Choir‘s Honley Show performance. One of the most enjoyable choir performances sop far and only the second time that I have performed outdoors. Our 12 song set…
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kirklees Guitar School ~ Blues Improvisation Workshop
As learning guitar continues I seek to improve my use of techniques like bending, hammer-on / pull-offs, vibrato and slides. To help with that, and as an enjoyable aside, I have been looking at Blues improvisation. Mainly this has been via…
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New Song – ‘charge Me Up’
A new songwriting adventure arising from a challenge by one of my Guitar tutors to write a new song using Open G Guitar Tuning. ‘Charge Me Up’ is based upon my personal early experience of owning my first EV and…
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Soul Choir Summer Concerts 2026
Following on from our first two concerts of 2026 ( Sing into Spring and Marsden Cuckoo Festival) we’ve continued work on the ‘Decade of Soul’ songs but added new items to the repertoire for our forthcoming gigs. First up we’re…
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Open G – song Challenge
As my familiarisation with Open G tuning continued I shared a few bars of a learning piece, Alter Bridge’s ‘Watch Over You’, to the Kirklees Guitar School’s Facebook page’s #FeedbackFriday feature. In amongst some encouraging comments James Kuhnel, the principal,…
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Marsden Cuckoo Festival
The Soul Choir’s second gig of 2026 sees a return to perform at St Bartholomew’s Church as part of the annual Marsden Cuckoo Festival This year we have been working on songs from a decade of Soul – the 1960s.…
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Sing Into Spring
Another uplifting concert where we reunited with the youngsters from the True Talent choir and The Huddersfield Community Gospel Choir . What a great audience too, a full house and they were really supportive and joining in. Overall great singing…
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Open G Guitar revisted
Last year I purchased a JET JS-400 Double Cut guitar. It has been such a pleasure to play and has really given my guitar learning a boost. A while back I started learning some songs where the guitar was in…
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Sittin’ On The Dock of The Bay
Serendipity brought together a Kirklees Guitar School Lesson with the well-loved Soul Choir set-list item Otis Redding’s ‘Sittin’ On The Dock of The Bay’. Too good to miss the opportunity to learn the song and try producing a cover. Today…
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The Back Catalogue
Now paying attention to the rework of my original song, ‘The Back Catalogue’ with the addition of the Acoustic Guitar track in the bridge section. Next up is finishing the drum track and the intro before adding vocals.
