Searching for skills
I made a decision to look for local musicians to get involved with my album project.
The biggest problem with my composing is on the music side of things. I think that I pen good songs, and that has been confirmed by many musicians and industry pro’s.
I am satisfied with my lyrics, and the general melodies, and hooks etc. The problem comes when I try to get the song out of my head into musical form. Because I only play a bit of guitar, I cannot seem to get the expression I want out of the instruments. Like I can with the vocals. I’m quite sure that I will be more capable of that in time, but I would really like to release the album before the end of this year.
I was talking to a mate of mine who goes to occasional karaoke, and I found out that he was in a band. He asked me several times to come with him to an open mic night. So I did on wednesday.
I ended up getting up and doing 2 numbers, with the help of a guitarist.
I must admit that I really enjoyed the night. The venue sort of reminded me a bit of the cavern club (of beatles fame). It was underground, and all arches. The acoustics were fantastic because the long arches acted like funnels for the sound.
Before I left, A few of the musicians came up to me and asked me to come back and perform again. So I agreed that I would gen up on one of the songs they perform, if they would learn one of the songs I like. There were no objections . So it seems I’ll be up under the arches again soon.
All of this gave me an excellent idea. I could go to various open mic nights and get to know a number of local musicians. Then find out if they are interested in helping me develop my album. I will run up CD of a number of my original songs for them to check out. If they like what they hear, then we will talk 
I’m going to be putting more about this in my blog, as it happens. I found 2 potential musicians on wednesday, though nothing is in concrete until they are sitting in my studio, recording with me.
OK. So what’s been going on on my Youtube channel. Youtoube are constantly overhauling their interface, and I’ve just discovered that they have taken away the total video views. So I had to add up all the individual video viewing figures myself. Here’s the lowdown:
Subscribers have climbed to 746.
The channel viewings have climbed to 17,049.
After a long counting process. I can tell you that my total viewing figures are 262,877.
You can visit my Youtube channel at the following link:
Right. I’ve got to go and learn “Afternoons and coffee spoons” for the next open mic night
