Happy Birthday Kiri

Glad you had such a great day.

So, what was on performance list?

*Karen is thinking of taking up a brass instrument again (can play the bugle, but it has no valves!), but which one? Has to be a band instrument.

Karen, it was for church, and I normally play guitar. But our pianist skipped at the last minute.

So the performance list, was all the songs we sang:

1. Let the Nations Be Glad
2. Holy Is The Lord (Chris Tomlin)
3. Lamentations 3: 22 - 23 (Colin Buchanan)
4. Amazing Love (Chris Tomlin)
5. Mighty To Save (Hillsong)

I played the piano like I play a guitar - with the bass notes in the lower hand, and the chords in the upper hand, and I let the singers deal with the melody. I did OK, considering that I didn't have a piano to practice - so it was very much just sight-reading. I was very nervous. But thankful that there was a bass guitarist, drums, and 3 singers to cover over all my mistakes!

Wow, lovely songs, we sing some of those at church too (Newport Pagnell Baptist Church). We sing new and old songs. It's quite a skill to play from the chords like that. That's how my singing teacher plays. I know I'd have to read the music but I can't coordinate 2 hands at once. Used to be able to play the guitar when I was a youngster, but not now.

Yeah, sometimes life deals us a lemon. A biggun'! For some it's age, for others it's an illness or an accident. I'm practically an idiot when it comes to music. I love to hear certain genres, but don't expect me to ever play something that sounds like music... A pig squealing in its last death throws sounds better.

What genres do you like BO? I'm a fan of almost everything. I just love music in most all of its forms.

I'm rather fond of 70s/80s pop, some rock of the same era, new age, and some Celtic. On occasion, I will also enjoy mostly percussion and some reggae, and even some traditional-style Chinese music. I've even been known to play some classical albums, such as Beethoven's symphonies. The rest is all wasted on me.

What names in the celtic? I'm very fond of those genres too! Kate Bush from the 70's, Alan Parson's Project, etc.

Celtic: Clannad, Steeleye Span, Great Big Sea

I'm very fond of Classical - but stray more to the Late 1800's Early 1900's romantics - Debussy, Vaughan Williams, etc.

Well, my Celtic collection is by far not what I'd want it to be... Clannad, Enya, and one of the Celtic Woman albums. There's definitely room for more, but I need to find the suitable ones first. My interest in Celtic is rather new.

My 70s/80s collection includes names like ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Police, Queen, Micheal and Janet Jackson, Orchestral Maneuvres in the Dark, Alan Parsons Project & Pink Floyd, to name but a few.

I've also collected some Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre, and others like those.

A somewhat odd one in my collection is ERA. Don't quite know where to put that.

Clannad and Enya are lovely. You'd also like Loreena McKenitt I think, if you haven't heard of her? Great Big Sea is a celtic band from Canada - but they're more drinking songs, than the Clannad, etc.

I never really got into the Jacksons - but I'm board with the others - Police, Sting, Queen, OMD, Alan parsons, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac are great!

I've never heard any Klaus Schulze - but the other electronica that you've mentioned I know. Love Tangerine Dream - have one of their albums, the one with Tyger, Tyger on it

Ooh my era of music too! Absolutely love Queen! And I was a Donny Osmond fan.