by Mel | Apr 15, 2011 | Random thoughts
Over on Facebook, someone invented the 30 Day SongChallenge…so I’m jumping in (following the lovely Keziah’s example). I did the first one on Facebook but Nicky brilliantly pointed out that doing it on the blog would make it easier to look back on,...
by Mel | Mar 19, 2011 | Grumbling
You know, generally I try not to get all ranty mcranty pants on here on the blog but every once in a while words have to be had. Tonight is one of those nights. You see, perhaps I’m being Captain Obvious but I would say that in general, people taking themselves...
by Mel | Mar 13, 2011 | Writing
Listening to one song incessantly as I write this afternoon…which made me wonder just how many plays some songs in my iTunes libary have had thanks to writing soundtracks. So, a rainy Sunday afternoon meme. Top 25 most played songs (and the book they belong to)...
by Mel | Dec 18, 2009 | Writing
I’ve posted before about soundtracks but after my last post, thought it might be interesting to look at how my soundtrack changes with subsequent drafts. My first pass at the soundtrack is fairly instinctual, I grab stuff out of iTunes and put it in some sort of...
by Mel | May 31, 2009 | Cool stuff
Pink rocked the house last night. I’ve seen her before and would see her again. In fact I’d pay a lot to see her in a smaller setting doing more acoustic/bluesy stuff because she really does have a blow the roof off voice. She’s very popular here in...
