Performances and other news......

'Sympathique'
Verteuil 15th June 2011

Good intentions inevitably go by the wayside! However I have not been completely idle. I have managed to perform a couple of times recently which was great fun. These two images were taken during an evening at a friends party in June. I was singing 'Sympathique' a great French number. I ended with 'St Louis Blues'. Having a performance to work towards really helps keep the motivation going! I find I am far more confident now, and I am getting a real buzz from being on stage.

St Louis Blues
Verteuil, 15th June 2011

Comments I received afterwards, both from friends and a professional musician at an event in July were most encouraging, and helped me feel that I had really absorbed my lessons on communicating the songs, and being 'Linda' not just copying someone else. So that is a great achievement, especially as the last performance featured two French songs! In preparing for these events, it became clear that my repertoire will have to be amended.

My guitar has been in my hands regularly, finger-tips are now hard again and I am working hard on new chords, especially some barre chords. The penny has finally dropped that these are actually based on simple chord shapes....

I have a singing lesson booked for the beginning of August, so another target to encourage me back to work.

Finally, a friend has just loaned me his studio recording gear! So more fun to come. Today I managed to make my first recorded item. Sounds grander than it actually is - it means I found out how to record a few words and hum a bit into the mike!