162: How do you get an audience to clap on the right beat?
By tricking them, like this: https://youtu.be/–qv9SI6vws Although the 5/4 bar is not where the video says – it feels like it’s earlier. Nite the celebration of the drummer in the background!
By tricking them, like this: https://youtu.be/–qv9SI6vws Although the 5/4 bar is not where the video says – it feels like it’s earlier. Nite the celebration of the drummer in the background!
I am ridiculously excited about it! The news broke today, which has been on the horizon for a while, that The Divine Comedy will release a new album on September 2nd. Titled Foreverland, I have already pre-ordered the deluxe edition of it to add to my extensive collection, along with some other merchandise! The band’s […]
I’m amazed I’ve made it through this. Let’s start by saying that my favourite song this time last year wasn’t this selection – but rather the same song from Day 1, The Divine Comedy’s In Pursuit Of Happiness. So, I made a little rule with myself for this one that whatever I chose couldn’t have […]
A few years ago, Neil Hannon, made this video for the Culture Show. I love this and he creates the perfect Eurovision song.
My memory is terrible, but I very definitely remember Dad playing the Buster soundtrack a lot on journeys back in the day. Here we have Phil Collins doing some singing.
Once again, I know that Brian May is not to everyone’s tastes but I make no apology for admitting that I love this piece of his work. It is a guitar instrumental which I have often tried to arrange it for a band but can never quite find the right way to go about it. […]
A long time ago, in what feels like a galaxy far away, which was actually Morley in the early 21st Century, I played this piece of music as part of my A-Level recital alongside Mrs Wilkinson (?), one of the music teachers. I recall rehearsing this for months but realised recently that it had been […]
Apart from a lot of terrible songs, not a great deal to be honest. None of them really stood out to me. There were a few songs which used the set and screens very well, but other than that I’m a little underwhelmed. Spain’s dong stands out for me in a Europop kinda way, but […]