Hello Lucy and all,
You wrote:
“i am also looking into doing a music course maybe at college so i can get into
songwriting.”
Would there be interest in people writing articles about music for the Vibe
website – not articles about your favourite bands and things, but ‘how to.’
Items on subjects like songwriting, interpreting and arranging songs, how to
bring something new to a cover version, and so on?
I’ve been enjoying music since I was five – I’m embarrassed to say, that was
1960. A few years ago, I went to the Sidmouth Folk Festival and attended a
workshop on songwriting. Its presenter, Tom Bliss, said to me afterwards that
he thought I knew at least as much as he did about the craft. When I was at
school and wanting to know how to earn at least some money from performing, I
got some great advice from Reg Webb, who’s also on this list. So, how about
sharing what we know about how things are done. I’ll join the list from home
this evening, and set the ball rolling if you like.
Best,
Clive
From: vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vibe-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Lucy Jones
Sent: 15 April 2015 14:36
To: vibe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vibe] Re: Introduction
Hello as everyone is introducing themselves I thought I would do the same
My name is lucy i am 26 and live in ashbourne in derbyshire and have been
totally blind since birth
I have really only just started out on my musical journey i am having singing
lessons learning to play the piano which I really enjoy and i have recently
started lessons on the guitar
I am learning pop music mainly i am also looking into doing a music course
maybe at college so i can get into songwriting and composition and i plan to
take exams in piano singing as well as music theory
I am glad to be part of the list and i look forward to getting to know some of
you
Sent from my iPhone
On 15 Apr 2015, at 1:43 pm, Chris Norman
<chris.norman2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:chris.norman2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi all,
I received an email about this list from another list I’m on, and thought I’d
join.
It seems this list is all about helping people etc, so I’ll tell you what I
know (won’t take long), and take the opportunity to textually shake everyone’s
hand.
Some of you may know me, my name is Chris Norman, I am 25 years old, and I am 1
third of Last Train Home (www.lasttrainhome.net<http://www.lasttrainhome.net>).
We are an acoustic trio (guitar / vocals, keyboard / vocals, and drums), and we
play covers primarily, although we do do a couple of songs that I have written.
I’m primarily a guitarist and singer. I don’t profess to be much good at either
of these, but it’s all about the enjoyment. In my role as guitarist and singer
for LTH, I am front man, and as such am required to make a lot of noise, to
cover up for the fact that we don’t have many instruments. My weapon of choice
in this regard is a TC Helicon Voice Live 2, which is the previous generation
of Voice Live products from TC Helicon. This wonderful piece of technical
wizardry provides me with not only my guitar effects, but 4 part harmony on
request, and all my vocal reverbs and delays and stuff. Despite it’s complex
nature, it’s actually a really accessible piece of kit.
I have a small studio at home, but again, it’s run with more enthusiasm than
skill. I use Pro Tools, with a smattering of logic here and there when I feel
like going back to the glory days of Garage Band: of presets and not having to
worry about busses and the minutiae of other stuff you have to worry about with
Pro Tools insistence of "professionalism".
In my free time it has to be said, I do more Python programming than music. My
particular interest is game design, although I made MetroClick, which is a
computer-based metronome, and I have half finished a piece of software designed
for sound design on the stage.
Anyways, it’s lovely to meet you all, and I hope I can help in some way.
Take care,
Chris Norman
