WRITING NEW MUSIC

SOMEHOW, AMIDST ALL THE BUSYNESS OF THESE DAYS SURROUNDED BY LITTLE ONES I HAVE FOUND TIME TO WRITE TWO NEW SONGS. 

I AM UP TO 9 NEW SONGS SINCE THE LAST 6 CANADIAN TOUR DATES HAD TO BE CANCELLED AND I FEEL THAT I AM BEING BLESSED WITH THIS SURGE OF CREATIVITY.

OUR WHOLE FAMILY IS INTO MUSIC. MY FATHER WAS IN AN AWARD WINNING BOYS CHOIR IN ENGLAND  AND MY MOTHER PLAYS PIANO AND SINGS BEAUTIFULLY . BEFORE THE PANDEMIC CHANGED THE WORLD BOTH OF THEM CONTINUED TO SHARE THEIR GIFTS IN THIER CHURCH CHOIR. 

MY BROTHER, J.D., CONTINUES TO WRITE AND RECORD HIS OWN MUSIC IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO, AND PLAYS IN THE BAND BIGG WIGGLE THERE. JOHN ALSO BRINGS IN ALL THE BIG NAME ACTS INTO THE CASINO IN THAT CITY. 

ALL OF MY SISTERS SING AND PLAY AT LEAST ONE INSTRUMENT.  TWO OF THEM (MARY AND PAULA) ALSO WRITE MUSIC. OUR DAUGHTER , EMILY, JUST RECEIVED A GLOWING REVIEW FOR HER FIRST, FULL LENGTH ALBUM RELEASE FOR HER BAND, “BAD BUDDY” AND THEY HIT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON C.K.U.A. RADIO THIS WEEK! OUR SONS AND EM’S TWIN, LANA, ARE ALSO MUSICAL (DARREN WHO IS CURRENTLY VISITING WITH US) HAS A CHRISTMAS ALBUM OUT THAT I LOVE CALLED “CHRISTMAS POWER” BY THE ‘AUTOMATIC TIMERS ‘. 

AND NOW I WATCH HOW MY GRANDCHILDREN BREAK INTO SMILES AND DANCE MOVES WHEN A SONG COMES ON IN OUR HOME. 

“MUSIC WASHES AWAY FROM THE SOUL THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE” BERTHOLD AUERBACK.

DON’T MOST OF US FEEL THIS WAY?  THERE IS A SONG OUT THERE FOR EVERY MOOD AND EACH SONG REMINDS SOMEONE OF WHERE THEY WERE OR WHAT THEY WERE DOING AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THEIR LIFE.  “YOUR SONG” OR A FAVOURITE PLAYLIST CAN HAVE YOU SMILING AND SINGING AS LOUD AS YOU CAN AS YOU DRIVE AROUND IN YOUR CAR OR SOAP UP IN THE SHOWER. AND IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU CAN HOLD A TUNE.  ROBIN WILLIAM’S CHARACTER IN ‘AUGUST RUSH’ DESCRIBED MUSIC AS… “GOD’S LITTLE REMINDER THAT THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES US IN THIS UNIVERSE; HARMONIC CONNECTION BETWEEN ALL LIVING BEINGS, EVERYWHERE, EVEN THE STARS.”

SO I KEEP WRITING. AND SINGING. AND JOY INCREASES IN THESE TOUGH TIMES.