THANK YOU DAY 2021! It’s THANK YOU day today and who else could I thank but the amazing, loyal and wonderful Rockies for keeping Rock Choir alive during the pandemic and also the outstanding, creative, talented and all-round superb Rock Choir Team who could not have done more to help me and care for our […]
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A HUGE NORDOFF ROBBINS THANK YOU
A HUGE NORDOFF ROBBINS THANK YOU We are soon to move in our busy winter performance season and I want to wish each of you love and good luck with your forthcoming events! Many of you are brand new to Rock Choir and I’m sure you are equally excited and nervous at the prospect of stepping onto a stage for the first […]
Imagine if Music Didn’t Exist?
Imagine if Music Didn’t Exist? Consider your daily routine without hearing or engaging with music in any way. What would your life be like? Music instantly affects the way we feel. It impacts our mood. It flows through us and engages us physically and emotionally. There isn’t anything else like it! It’s historic, worldwide, cultural […]
Music is my therapy
Music is my therapy Singing and enjoying music or simply taking part in, or surrounding yourself with music (whether you’d consider yourself a musician or not) will absolutely have a positive impact on your life and on the stress in your life. We will ALL experience stress in varying levels throughout our lives and I […]
Connecting emotionally with a song
Connecting emotionally with a song… …in this case – ‘Human’ by Rag n Bone Man! Human (Rag n Bone Man) is a slightly different song to normal for us to be learning and performing in Rock Choir. It was/is a huge hit and described as “raw” and “honest”. It’s a departure from the more gentle romantic […]
I became a lounge-singer at 15
I became a lounge-singer at 15 years old… My first professional singing engagement was as a singer-pianist at a restaurant called JB’s near Birmingham airport. It was 1989 and my sister, Liz, had taken me to its nightclub where diners would go to after they’d finished their meal. As part of the venue’s regular schedule, […]
I’m still in love with Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox…
I’m still in love with Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox… WOBG features various rhythmic and musical motifs and it was these that I explored and untangled from the track to re-build again for Rock Choir. When I was an A-level teacher I reverted to this song to find a way of breaking down […]
When I first fell in love with Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox…..
When I first fell in love with Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox… Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox has provided me with much inspiration over the years and has been a key feel-good performance song for everyone in RC since I introduced it in 2008/9. It never fades and like so many […]