Music
The chances of anything coming from Mars…
…are a million to one he said. So last night I went to watch Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds (the musical adaptation of H.G Wells novel) at the cinema with one of my friends. We wanted to go and see it live, but didn’t manage to get tickets. Might as well go for the next [...]
Busy Lizzy!
So last week kicked off the start of my summer holidays. 4 glorious months off! Of course in that time I will need to find a job to fund next years University fees but other than that I have had quite a busy first week.
“I think music in itself is healing…
It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.” Billy Joel Such a wise man Billy Joel is. The same man who brought us the insanely catchy ‘Piano Man’. Which I now have stuck in my head. So I have realised that [...]
We will always love you…
I decided long ago never to walk in anyone’s shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe. Whitney Houston – ‘Greatest Love Of All’ 11th February 2012. The date that brought the tragic loss of another great icon in our life. Singer, actress and all round legend Whitney [...]
Music is enough for a lifetime…
…but a lifetime is not enough for music. Composer, pianist and Romantic, Sergei Rachmaninoff. (1 April 1873 – 28 March 1943) So we’re already in the 2nd month of 2012 and it has definitely been a New Year in many ways! One that I’ve noticed is that I’ve discovered a variety of new artists to [...]
Top 5 of January: Albums
One of the things I said when 2011 started was that I was going to try and listen to music that I don’t generally listen to every day. However we all know that CD’s can cost quite a lot and of course it is illegal to download from the internet. So instead I downloaded Spotify, [...]
All done…but more to come :)
So the reason why I haven’t been posting much recently is because I’ve had exams in January and so I’ve been spending most of my time revising for them. But they’re all done now! Had my last one on Wednesday, it was IT. I think it went alright but I guess we’ll have to see [...]