tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post6192449573941329214..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: As if by magic...Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-72841248185059728462009-10-05T22:27:54.811+01:002009-10-05T22:27:54.811+01:00Yes, band. Sorry, brain lagging behind fingers.Yes, band. Sorry, brain lagging behind fingers.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-60224168957614635352009-10-05T22:11:04.603+01:002009-10-05T22:11:04.603+01:00Virual nad? Virtual band?
xVirual nad? Virtual band?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-39636660638769765412009-10-05T22:03:01.526+01:002009-10-05T22:03:01.526+01:00Ooweee! I see I have my work cut out for me! Tha...Ooweee! I see I have my work cut out for me! That was a great poem/song - the rhythmic treatment really worked well. I enjoyed both versions. Maybe we can get a virual nad together LOL.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80702960728323622042009-03-19T19:34:00.000+00:002009-03-19T19:34:00.000+00:00No I realised that at that stage...reading the poe...No I realised that at that stage...reading the poem was quite sufficient! Sometimes I get a bit carried away with excitement...<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-26998650240851218632009-03-19T18:29:00.000+00:002009-03-19T18:29:00.000+00:00I wouldn't have fancied doing it so soon either, b...I wouldn't have fancied doing it so soon either, but let us know when you do do it!Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-27715506740690752732009-03-18T08:06:00.000+00:002009-03-18T08:06:00.000+00:00It was a big audience (for guests Heidi Talbot, Jo...It was a big audience (for guests Heidi Talbot, John McCusker and Boo Hewerdine) so I just did poems...I didn't think my solo singing was ready for that kind of public arena just yet! Maybe I'll try it somewhere smaller first...<BR/>The guests were great of course - beautiful singing, superb fiddling, the loveliest guitar sounds....all in all a brilliant night of music. Look out for them performing near you folks!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-30577220142753134782009-03-16T21:21:00.000+00:002009-03-16T21:21:00.000+00:00Sing, sing away!Sing, sing away!Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-22533019530049735572009-03-16T12:58:00.000+00:002009-03-16T12:58:00.000+00:00So do I dare sing it at the folk club tomorrow? Is...So do I dare sing it at the folk club tomorrow? Is it too new?<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-18476122391113630442009-03-16T10:17:00.000+00:002009-03-16T10:17:00.000+00:00nicely played! both versions!nicely played! both versions!swisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-18042700801652158032009-03-16T08:10:00.000+00:002009-03-16T08:10:00.000+00:00Well I do still write songs with Verona in the sit...Well I do still write songs with Verona in the sitting room here so it's not all online collaborations...but I think this one worked really well. <BR/><BR/>I've heard Jim Moray on the radio and really liked it. I liked what he had to say about music too. A bit like Michael Marra...who was brilliant at the concert last night...he's not a purist...likes to blend and play with genres and ideas. Lovely!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61580545199800202552009-03-16T06:43:00.000+00:002009-03-16T06:43:00.000+00:00Gone are the days when collaboration meant the two...Gone are the days when collaboration meant the two of you sitting in a bedroom with a guitar and a Bic biro and your dad banging on the ceiling from below. What a combination! Dominic's voice puts me in mind of Jim Moray, whose 'Low Culture' is currently making something of a stir now that folk music is the new black.<BR/><BR/>So what's next, both?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-85271750121306696342009-03-15T14:38:00.000+00:002009-03-15T14:38:00.000+00:00Thanks Barbara. You're always there with a kind wo...Thanks Barbara. You're always there with a kind word of some kind. Lucky little Barbaras at home!<BR/><BR/>And Sorlil...yes, I can do melancholy...<BR/>And of course it was partly your recent news that made me think of this piece of writing in the first place (that and all the Myerson motherhood business...and a few other things).<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87117235504121120772009-03-15T14:32:00.000+00:002009-03-15T14:32:00.000+00:00This is fantastic! I love hearing the contrast of ...This is fantastic! I love hearing the contrast of both of you and Dominic's 'raspy' voice (as poetikat put it) which completely suits the folkiness of it. I love your singing of it, Rachel, it has that melancholy feel at the heart of many folk songs.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87219047815907889532009-03-15T11:08:00.000+00:002009-03-15T11:08:00.000+00:00Deadly - another internet collaboration brought to...Deadly - another internet collaboration brought to you by the marvel of technology!<BR/><BR/>Word verification: eurica :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33027864017613496692009-03-15T11:02:00.000+00:002009-03-15T11:02:00.000+00:00Ah Weaver...the motherly pride is there in your ty...Ah Weaver...the motherly pride is there in your typing!<BR/><BR/>And Roxana...thanks so much. I've been singing Dominic's version today...it's harder to fit the words in but I like the rhythm of it and it's a lot cheerier! I might even dare sing it out somewhere soon...<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-73811790895285475512009-03-15T10:52:00.000+00:002009-03-15T10:52:00.000+00:00it's so beautiful! thank you both for this fabulou...it's so beautiful! thank you both for this fabulous piece of 'shared creativity'. Dominic is great, but I really loved your voice and version too, Rachel. it has such a quiet intimacy.Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-45563101048830821972009-03-15T10:46:00.000+00:002009-03-15T10:46:00.000+00:00I didn't raise him for him to sit about doing noth...I didn't raise him for him to sit about doing nothing you know Rachel - but seriously - he has music in his soul.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-30176741737039150652009-03-15T10:04:00.000+00:002009-03-15T10:04:00.000+00:00Glad you're all liking it. I like Dominic's versio...Glad you're all liking it. I like Dominic's version more and more. It's particularly interesting to hear it sung by a man because what I wrote it about was pregnancy and feelings all to do with that. I wasn't pregnant when I wrote it but it was more about what I would feel like if I did get pregnant for a second time and have another child (and I never did so it is all theoretical really...you don't need to know how, why or anything of that nature!). When I wrote this I was doing a lot of thinking about what else I would manage to do in my life if I kept having children (I know some of you still manage to be writers with lots of kids but I really wasn't sure if it would work out like that for me..). I didn't write any of that as an introduction with the poem because, although it was obvious to me that that was what it was about, I realised when I read it to a friend that other people didn't necessarily get that from it at all. Some see it as a more general, women's life/working poem...and I suppose it is that too. My favourite word in it is 'labour' - I remember someone saying to me in the hospital when I was having Small Girl "it's called labour for a reason, you know". She took DAYS to come out!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-1800465722960521712009-03-15T09:54:00.000+00:002009-03-15T09:54:00.000+00:00:)Like I said - all song lyrics are poems. So lots...:)<BR/><BR/>Like I said - all song lyrics are poems. So lots of poems can be sung.<BR/><BR/>It's actually rather lovely...deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-28587995763686079552009-03-15T09:50:00.000+00:002009-03-15T09:50:00.000+00:00Very cool, Rachel and Dominic,well done. Great pie...Very cool, Rachel and Dominic,well done. Great piece, too...love what the music and voices have done to the words...it's very interesting seeing it all 'in the making'Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-23291456675152407392009-03-15T08:43:00.000+00:002009-03-15T08:43:00.000+00:00Well we're both singing it here! I think it would ...Well we're both singing it here! I think it would sound really good sung by a group or a choir. I'm seeing the women's choir again tonight...I'll have to try and persuade them to give it a try!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-38517215235971305572009-03-14T21:57:00.000+00:002009-03-14T21:57:00.000+00:00How COOL is that?!I gave you both a standing ovati...How COOL is that?!<BR/><BR/>I gave you both a standing ovation. :)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-69045535258728818222009-03-14T21:40:00.000+00:002009-03-14T21:40:00.000+00:00I really like Dominic's voice too. It has a nice r...I really like Dominic's voice too. It has a nice raspy quality that suits your piece. You need to get him to put some more of your stuff to music - how about the Weekend Papers one? I think it would come off rather like a Lennon piece.<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-48198972811153335152009-03-14T21:38:00.000+00:002009-03-14T21:38:00.000+00:00I love it! The poem is terrific and the music suit...I love it! The poem is terrific and the music suits it to a tee. How cool!<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.com