Harmonies

Opening my e-mails these days has become more exciting. No not because of the the large amount of people sending me e-mails asking if my penis needs enlarging (does anyone else get this?.....e-mails that is....or is it just me?) It's not even bank companies with whomihave had no dealings asking me to send them every known detail about myself as they need to check something......yeah right!!!! It certainly isn't the adverts regarding Viagra!! No,I happened to stumble across an e-mail address of a friend I used to go to Scouts with over 21 years ago. We haven't spoken to each other since. I was a senior patrol leader when I left (discovered girls I think) Mario my little mate has stayed with them ever since and is now the Group Scout Leader and I quote states he “married the Scouts!!!” I am receiving regular e-mails which have lead me down memory lane.....every e-mail another memory. It was there I had my first brush with music...I played the bugle in the band....and if it isn't the GSL (Mario) it's our singer guitarist Boots discussing music .......discussing our rehearsals planning our next songs. I'm even getting e-mails from the Boston based Barabanshik ....(that is a mouth full) Brap brap banshik will be back soon and I can't wait...I'm sure the Hot Machero sound will be the best yet...we have come a long way since February and we can only get better.

The Boots man is introducing us to his Beatles influenced creations. There is some class stuff on this assortment of discs he has lent to me. Harmonies........hmmm they are the thorn in my side ....oh how I used to just sit back pluck my bass ( I said pluck!) and let the Diddler do the backing vocals. Wifey and Boots are starting to sound good on Into the deep and Sing but the other songs really dictate a male backing voice........now I have a problem...(no not that one I have cream for that) I can't sing and play at the same time (ok I can't sing full stop!) ........(what do you mean I can't play either?)........(don't you just hate people who overuse brackets?) so I'm having to learn quick......whistle for the choir has always been the song I like the least but the Bootster has noticed their is backing on it......pants! I knew he would, so I'm practicing playing and singing.

So Harmonies are stuck in my head at the moment especially Beatles influenced ...I walked into a shop this morning and the shop assistant asked if I needed anything I nearly went into a volley off "Help I need somebody ,Help! not just anybody Help, I need somebody Heeeeeeeeellllllllp!" no but it's cool and Boots sounds like Macca .............. I sound like a dead ringer for John Lennon....I mean as he was last week .........exactly! but we will give it a go. Early sounds are very positive Boots' version of Dakota is really good and we were treated to an acoustic version of Time of your life and Dock of the bay which were very impressive....so why acoustic I hear you say? when we have the mixer and speaker cabinets etc,,,was it to hear the complexities of the notes we are playing?..to get our harmonies spot on? nah none of them......twas cos I pulled the plug it was home time. I’m thinking of telling Bara popodopoulis shik to get rid of his hi hat (clap together cymbal thing) Boots in Bara barking up the wrong tree shik’s absence does a mean hi hat impression but that is a story for another day.

I will leave you with the quote of the week from Mr T at work......

“When is Christmas this year?”