Two Things Learnt In The Last 24 Hours

:Caution; Those offended by narcissistic tendencies may want to avoid this post:

1) I have the ability to pull off 1940s 'crooner' classics really well.

Whilst driving back from Bath yesterday evening I covered such hits as 'You're Just Too Good To Be True', 'Come Fly With Me', 'Mack The Knife' and 'Have You Met Miss Jones'. Of course, I have no idea whether those are the actual song titles, but I'm sure you know which ones I mean.

A tip for anyone who want to be able to sing 1940s 'crooner' type songs; these guys must of had tremendous lungs so getting your breathing right is important.

2) Recording yourself reading is incredibly satisfactory.

I sat down yesterday with a chilled beer and began reading through my book of poetry and writing and recorded this using my hand held recorder. I was only doing this to run down the batteries so that I could re-charge them for my camera but I found the results to be incredibly pleasing. By reading poetry or prose out loud, you bring a whole new life to the words. You are putting them out there into the environment and colouring them with atmosphere.

So there you go. Two things learnt in the last 24 hours. Maybe this post will inspire you to sing out loud or make a recording of yourself reading something interesting. Probably not though.

By the way, I have new music - both electronic and acoustic - but am holding onto it for the time being until I have a significant body of work to unleash on the unsuspecting public.