Life is Amazing…
Since uploading the track and posting this yesterday, I've discovered a technical problem with the track that renders the vocals almost inaudible! I'm working on fixing it. Meanwhile, it's an instrumental for some listeners!! New audio track uploaded to Soundcloud. You can listen to it here. Booth Lake is a poem I wrote in about... Continue Reading →
I love the xylophone. Actually, I love any tuned instrument that creates sound by hitting it with something, whether that something be mallets, sticks, brushes, fingers, hands, whatever. In a word, percussion. In western music we hear the xylophone, or variations of it, played in symphonies and jazz. It's also commonly heard in African... Continue Reading →
When I was living in Spain, I sang in a lot of jam sessions. When I first started going to the jams, I improvised my poems and lyrics to punk music. There was one jam session where the organiser often sang this song to introduce me, whether it was because he identified me as Canadian... Continue Reading →
Alison Amazed 