Today I was interviewed by Ewing Stevens on radiolive.co.nz – and this came about because my blog post about singing on Susan Boyle’s new album had been spotted by her fan club forum in America. It’s a strange old international thing – the internet! You can listen by clicking on the picture of Ewing: Read the rest of this post»
Twitter Weekly Updates for 1-08-2010
just adopted ‘singer’ for the year @adoptaword to help a child communicate http://www.adoptaword.co.uk # Read the rest of this post»
Rambling on: the long trek from Hogwarts to Eewoks
Where were we?…….ah yes, we’ve had our scotch egg and a reviving pint of ale and we’ve set off again on our ramble from Hogwarts to Ewoks. John Williams is one of the last of a dying breed of composers. Nowadays, music is composed on a computer programme where, instead of beats per minute being [...] Read the rest of this post»
Rambling on: the long trek from Ragwort to Hogwarts
On Sunday I escaped from work to ramble for nine miles on the Sussex Downs, chatting with my fellow walkers about everything from Ragwort to Hogwarts. ‘The Downs’ are a bit of a misnomer, as my poor old leg muscles will testify……..although the wonderful views are probably worth the pain of the Ups! I walk [...] Read the rest of this post»
Twitter Weekly Updates for 24-07-2010
Lordy……just been booked to do BVs on Susan Boyle’s new CD! Read the rest of this post»
Singing on Susan Boyle’s new Christmas album and why doesn’t practice make perfect?
This afternoon I was singing on Susan Boyle‘s new Christmas Album and wondering about the phrase ‘practice makes perfect’. It seems that I have inadvertently caused a small commotion in the Susan Boyle Fan Club Forum. In yesterday’s blog post I mused on the whole X Factor/Britain and America’s Got Talent phenomena. The public has [...] Read the rest of this post»
Susan Boyle And Dreaming The Dream Of Being Discovered
On Tuesday I received a text booking me for a session for Susan Boyle‘s new CD which set me thinking about the very modern fable of dreaming of being discovered. Along with many people I watched Susan Boyle’s Audition on Britain’s Got Talent. (Yes, the guilty secret is out – I LOVE the audition stages [...] Read the rest of this post»
Twitter Weekly Updates for 18-07-2010
session at Abbey Road http://www.JoHisaishi.com – alias taken from Japanese pronunciation of Quincy Jones reversed! # Beethoven 9 in St Paul’s Cathedral | with the LSO, Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot… http://goo.gl/fb/WW4VI # Off to see @aldobrizzi at the Festival Brazil http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/literature-spoken-word/tickets/aldo-brizzi-reis-53883 # Jo Hisaishi at Abbey Road | Back in the studio with [...] Read the rest of this post»
Jo Hisaishi at Abbey Road | Back in the studio with the choir for Tolga Kashif’s Genesis Suite
This week I was recording at Abbey Road with Joe Hisaishi and also went back in the studio with Tolga Kashif for a choir session on his ‘Genesis Suite’. Both were with the choir London Voices which was fixed by Terry Edwards (former Chorus Master at Royal Opera House in Covent Garden). The two sessions [...] Read the rest of this post»
Beethoven 9 in St Paul’s Cathedral | with the LSO, Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner
On Thursday July 8th, I went off to St. Paul’s Cathedral to rehearse and perform Beethoven’s epic 9th Symphony with Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. This was part of the City of London Festival and the last in a series of concerts we began in January. The first concert was in [...] Read the rest of this post»