Firstly, my dad is not really a fisherman. The title of this blog is from a song by The Waifs, if you weren't sure. I like The Waifs. I like music.
Actually I REALLY like music. I love it. I LOVE IT! Music takes me to my happy place.
Problem is, while I make time to listen to music, in the car, on my iPod, around the house, I don't really make time to PLAY music and that makes me a bit sad :( I tell myself that I don't have time to play, because I'm fairly busy and there always seem to be more important things to do. But the truth is, I don't MAKE time.
So. Here I go, making time.
Over the next few weeks I'm going to learn no less than ten new songs that happen to be some of my favourites at the moment. I'll learn them on piano or guitar, or maybe both. If you're lucky (or possibly unlucky!) you might get to hear one or two of them if I can record them somehow... maybe I will ask my friend Mr Chan to help me out there, he's pretty good at that kind of thing.
I have a few ideas of songs that I'd like to learn.... but I change my mind a lot, so there's no point in me telling you all of them now.
I'm going to start with something by Florence & the Machine. I'm quite a fan at the moment! The first song on their album is Dog Days and it's pretty happy... I like to listen to it loud in the car and it makes me jump around in my seat a little (safely of course.... my foot firmly on the accelerator... oh not too much! The other foot is always near the brake, and hands on the steering wheel in the 10 and 2 positions just like my driving instructor told me about.... oh..*cough* ...years ago. What? You missed that? Oh I can't say it again. Then you'd know how old I am!).
In preparation for my little musical journey, I bought some new guitar strings and I've got a file that I'm going to put my music in. I printed the chords for Dog Days earlier today, and for Passion Pit's song "Moth Wings". That might be second on the list.
Stay tuned for my stories of a sore wrist and callouses on my fingers - I'm so out of practice!!
[Get it? Stay tuned? Stay TUNED?]
;)
Wassssupp hayblogger =)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your gonna have an interesting couple of weeks, I like the song "Dog Days" but I also like "You've got the love" so if you could do that as well that would be pretty cool=). Don't think I didn't pick up on that 10 and 2 position thingo I've seen you drive before and I you weren't doing it then soo got yaa, don't worry I wont tell anyone=).
Talk to ya soon fellow blogger .
You should create an instrument which combines the piano and guitar together! call it the keytar!
ReplyDeletehey sounds like a plan
ReplyDeletei love florence:)
ReplyDeletesond like a good idea:)))
cant wait to hear rome recordings.
yes i get it stay tuned... aha but this is a really good idea and mabey you should record your songs and release an EP of redone songs might be a good idea ;) keep it up
ReplyDeletecool :)
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