My mission: to write, arrange and demo two new songs and finish my application for the Woodford Folk Festival which needs to be in by 22 May.
The 17 Day challenge is over and I do have two new songs but only one is near completion as a demo. The application to perform at the Woodford folk festival was sent off but as they will look at my website for any demos it actually buys me a little bit more time.
Considering how long it can take me to write and arrange new material and with all the hiccups along the way, I’ll give myself a 8/10 for this one.
The second new song is a fun little quirky number… a bit like Bobby McFerrin meets Joni Mitchell. I’ll be able to perform all the vocal parts with the loop machine at the next gig. It’s interesting how even my fun numbers always come out a little bit dark. The lyric of this one is cute but the character in the song is a little out of control.
Annie and I have continued to work on the video with a lovely outing driving around the hills shooting stock footage. The poor darling is currently suffering from a cow fetish so every time we passed a field of cattle we had to stop so she could take photos. Naturally I had to cow-tow to her wishes.
We made a stomach based decision to stop at the Kallista deli for coffee and my favourite macaroons. Here is a picture of Annie as she rises over a cappuccino.
Annie Watkins - Coffee surprize...
I hope to have the new tunes up a listen for those people on the mailing list soon…. you know… soon as in Riley soon…..
