The winter afternoon sun in Lawnton this week has been glorious. I went outs into the front yard around 3pm today and took these photos with my mobile phone, and didn’t want to come back inside!
Year: 2009
Lullaby
Here’s a simple lullaby.
I picked out the simplest chord progression I could find, (I IV V) threw in a simple bridge (ii I ii V) and played a few different parts on different tracks. (Air Sax, Floboe, Bass Clarinet). The piano accompaniment is a what I got when I plugged the chords into Band in Box).
It’s amazing how something beautiful can come out of something so simple.
The pics are of my sister, brother and me as babies.
Hope you like it
Fun at Southbank Parklands
We had a wonderful day at Southbank Parklands yesterday.
After checking out the “Machines of Da Vinci” exhibition, we headed down to Chez Laila to enjoy some fantastic Lebanese food, and thick, muddy Lebanese coffee. I thought I might have seen a young Ozzy Osborne there.
Then we hopped on the huge Ferris Wheel, the “Wheel of Brisbane” as the sun was going down. The view was spectacular, and we all agreed that Brissie is a much prettier city than we give her credit for.
Afterwards we went to the free comedy concert at the Piazza and watched The Kransky Sisters, Tripod plus a host of other comedians debating whether or not Queenslanders have more cause than other Australians to be happy. (Of course we do!)
Incidentally, the Kranskys are hilarious. Check out their website if you haven’t heard of them. Tripod are so funny you forget how talented they are as musicians.
All in all, a fantastic day! I hope we have many more days like this.
“Jhon and the Tooth Fairy” by Lilly
Once upon a time there lived a little boy named Jhon. Jhon really wanted his tooth to come out but it wasn’t going to come out. He tride and tride to pull it out but it still didn’t come out.
But one night when he was eting dinner he felt somethink wead (wierd) in his mouth, His tooth came out. He was so iksited. When he went to bed he put it under his pillow and the tooth fary came. She gave him two dollas.
The next day when he woak up he saw that his tooth was goan (gone).
He saw his two dollas. At school he spent it on tuckshop. He bort himself a slush puppy. It was dallishus.
The End.
"Jhon and the Tooth Fairy" by Lilly
Once upon a time there lived a little boy named Jhon. Jhon really wanted his tooth to come out but it wasn’t going to come out. He tride and tride to pull it out but it still didn’t come out.
But one night when he was eting dinner he felt somethink wead (wierd) in his mouth, His tooth came out. He was so iksited. When he went to bed he put it under his pillow and the tooth fary came. She gave him two dollas.
The next day when he woak up he saw that his tooth was goan (gone).
He saw his two dollas. At school he spent it on tuckshop. He bort himself a slush puppy. It was dallishus.
The End.
Music – Live and Raw
Here’s some more live music from our jam session this morning.
As with previous sessions, Brian picks the chords on the guitar, and I improvise on the WX5 playing whatever music seems to fit.
The end result has plenty of mistakes. We could have tidied it up post-mix, but the aim of the exercise is to create something fresh, and real, rather than make something tidy and manufactured.
Life, Friends and Music mean more when they’re real – when you can see the flaws, but you know that what you see is what you get, and you like it anyway.
I hope you like them
1. Happy Day (Floboe and Guitar)
We just started warming up with this song at the start and didn’t intend to record it, but we were having fun with it, so we decided to record it. Every Saturday is a happy day for me – it’s a lot of fun to sit down for an hour and make music.
2. Almost Knockin’ (Floboe & Guitar)
This one was an exercise on a known chord progression. The chords on this song are the same as “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” except we’ve thrown a bridge in the middle. The hard thing is NOT to play the tune you’re used to hearing, but to create something new.
3. Little Boy Blues (Clarinet & Guitar).
I love what Brian does on the guitar on this one. It’s a delight to learn with such a talented musician. I don’t know how he can do so much on one instrument.
This one’s cheeky. I think the blues teach you not to take yourself, or life too seriously. Kids teach you this too, so perhaps Kids and the Blues are related some way?
4. Minor Tears (Air Sax & Guitar)
The Air Sax has a haunting quality about it. It’s ideal for slow minor blues. You might notice it “squeaks” a bit in the high register. That’s not through bad fingering. The tone generator is programmed to “break” when it goes up high. I suppose whoever created that voice thought that something so sad should have a few cracks in it.
5. Evensong (Trumpet & Guitar)
When I close my eyes playing this, I’m sitting on a hillside, playing a smooth trumpet, watching the sun go down.
The 110 Pound Weakling
Here’s a video the boys made this afternoon.
A skinny 9 year old boy discovers the wonders of Steroids.
Great stuff, guys. When is the feature length film coming out????
Kids on a Trampoline
Our kids and their friends having fun on the trampoline at our place while the adults were upstairs.