I found my voice, it had gone missing you see.

Recently in the last few days my voice has come back, I didn't lose it as you may if you had a sore throat or tonsillitis or whatever.
I lost it in the sense that I haven't been feeling very inspired, and so have mostly been repeating the same few lines out loud, of a small selection of artist's that I have been listening to, e.g. Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling, Stephanie Finegan and The Fugees. This has meant I haven't been coming up with any new lyrics, or melodies that have caught my own interest, but by no means am I disregarding the severe amount of impact these artists hold.

I have on our home computer five song's, of which the beautiful band I've been in this year got together to record in June time. I had listened a couple of time's to these songs on the speaker that comes from the back of the computer, it doesn't do anything much justice, but you can work out what song is playing and that is about it..

So, I had the revolutionary idea of putting them onto a compact disc. (Better late than never) This meant I could carry the song's around with me, in the car I could listen at leisure, even at work if I fancied. The results have been (I shouldn't use this word twice really, but just for effect, and in the style of How I Met Your Mother's "Legendary" quote) revolutionary. You heard it, got the idea, yours truly has not shut up since.

I have reminded myself that I can be a part of something that sounds, well, just darling.

Something else that may also have helped is the fact that; the other day, I received not one, not two, not even three, but ten brand spanking new micro cassettes for my dictaphone. By now the tape I inserted a week ago has a colorful variety of sounds, including an interview I did this morning with Professor Inkling, as he conducted his 'sound of a train made by a plastic bowl' experiment.
All quite exciting stuff.

12th of September will be, a good day. You know why?

Well, I was listening to a song on the radio, and I got strong colours of Joni Mitchell from it, I was seriously confused, the voice then wavered over to Laura Marling and back, and then into a country and western style - I was listening to Laura Marling, but wait, was it her?

Laura Marling's new song Sophia, it's beautiful, as only to be expected, but it's also bloody brilliant, like a recipe for overpowering synapse stimulation of the healing kind. Hearing many element's of inspiration, I am curious as to where she has been, I keep forgetting I will hopefully be lucky enough to see her in two weeks time (forgetting because I avoided checking the line up for the festival I'm working at, just incase I couldn't attend- I am attending, and boy, am I riveted!) I am never sure if it is very fair to compare artists on a first hearing, I know they'd love the comparison if they loved the artist, but they'll never find out so...

The above date is the release of the new album, I may just pre order now- what do I have to lose. Regrettably and also as to be expected, the tour she is doing around British cathedrals is SOLD OUT. But, but, but I maybe, probably will, be able to see her soon.

Man, rambling (see what I did there) on a little now, apologies for general digression of subject and overall lack of coherence.



This band I'm in, I want it to have a future; listening to music, writing things, working music out with others and then performing, it all feel's so bladdy... healthy. We have been blessed and may it continue.

The sound of my own voice; It just needed a little encouragement, from myself.