London? Work in London???

Hmmmm. Claude has an interview on Friday for a job in London. Has he gone completely mad? Maybe...but it is a good opportunity and means we could live in an area we are really taken with.

It would mean another long commute, but at least on a train and not driving. Some of it would be on the Tube, which I find quite romantic to be honest. I might change my mind doing it twice a day, every day, but I just love the names of the stations. It seems so magical to hear the names and all the history associated with them: Swiss Cottage, Elephant and Castle, Baker Street, Waterloo, Oxford Circus and even the lines: Bakerloo, District, Jubilee, Piccadilly - there is wonder and adventure in these names.

Off to Czech

We are driving to Czech once again on Saturday. It still feels weird when I saw we are "driving" as it seems quite ludicrous.

But driving we are and, in all honesty, it has worked out well in the past.

I am looking forward to the trip - it will be a break and we are going to take a day trip to Prague, which is a wonderful city.

Band Tales #2

So, the band had its first rehearsal yesterday.

It went very well considering it was the time we have played together. We worked through four songs, which were sounding pretty good.

Got a two week break now as we are off to Czech on Saturday. Then we will work on a few more songs and we will start to get some gigs booked.

Still need a name...

Band Tales #1

The band is rehearsing for the first time next Saturday.

I am going to be busy running through songs to make sure I am up to scratch.

No other ideas for names yet...but that will come later

Band Born?

Been admiring and playing the amazing new Gibson Les Paul lately. She is a beauty!

It has inspired me to start getting a band in place. I was in a band at uni and we got reasonably good - but never really good. I have also been in a couple of covers bands with mixed results.

I reckon this is the chance to put something together that could be really good. I am taking lead vocals (which I haven't done before) and guitar, bass player sorted and I am meeting a potential drummer on Monday. Keep it simple, three members, some covers, some original songs and we will see.

Then comes the really hard part. Choosing a name. Always a very, very difficult task. I have already considered some, but front runner at the moment is Velvet Revolution. This could change.