1979 – I was born on a Thursday It’s said that Thursdays child has far to go, but then if you read that rhyme you’ll notice only people born on a Wednesday get a bashing (full of woe). Lots happened in 1979: on Feb 18th it snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes, In [...]
The other day I was searching for a video for Stevie Wonders Heaven Help Us All, a fantastic Tune. Amongst the search results was one of those songs that takes you WAY back, to when you were a kid. One of those songs that literally conjures images in your head–of people, places and things. No [...]
Music, by Oxford English definition is “The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre“. Music to most people though is much much more. As I’ve gone through life I’ve had music as a constant companion, whilst celebrating, mourning, travelling, [...]
Music is all around us, with the birth of technology music is everywhere–mountain tops, 100 leagues under the sea, and even in space. The turnover of music, and how we discard tracks and artists in a new “one-hit wonder” commerce driven industry, accelerates each day. Some songs however live forever, and often provide a soundtrack [...]