I remember the words clearly 'Why don't you try writing your own songs'. About ten years ago this innocent comment from my wife came after once again hearing me thrash my favourite Bob Dylan and Neil Young songs on my guitar. It seemed something of a crazy idea but possibly could be worth a go. I thought that a love song would be appropriate under the circumstances. The line We Belong Together popped into my head and so was born my first song with the aid of pen, paper and a tape recorder. It can be found on my C.D 'Chasing Rainbows'. I was so pleased with myself and the ease the song came to me that I wrote a song every evening for a month. My second song 'Run with the Wind was talked about in my blog First Running Steps. I'm so glad that I was given the encouragement to write as it has opened up a World of Creativity that I didn't know was waiting to surface and to be shared with others.
We Belong Together
I'm wondering where I'm going to
I'm wondering where I've been
You came along when I needed you
And showed me how to dream
Chorus
We belong together and make our plans forever
You walk on beside me
And help me to believe
In the way that I live my life
With a future to see
Chorus
The beauty in this world of ours
Is so precious and clean
It captures and embraces
In peace and serene
Chorus
Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Friday, 9 September 2011
New Horizons
For the first time I have been introduced to the world of blogging. I am excited about sharing with you my passions and my adventures on the usually sunny Kapiti Coast.
One of my achievements I am proud of is my latest Picture Book called You're Not Eating Me. Let me tell you how this book was born.
I was teaching my Year 3/4 class a very interesting lesson on Alliteration. Usually after class I go for my regular run. I run about 10km in a session and during that time I simply love to just think. And it occured to me on this day that I could take this lesson on Alliteration and actually turn it into something fun. Something the kids would love and enjoy. And because they love it when we sing in class I thought my idea would simply be perfect! So during my 40 minute run I came up with the words, but because I obviously didn't have pen and paper with me had to keep repeating it to myself until I came back to class. Afterwards I spent about 20 minutes playing around on the piano and finally it just all fell into place. I had words. Fun words! And music! And now it was simply just to find somebody who could illustrate my book. Not an easy task because I'm not much of an artist and I wanted something kids could really relate to. So I did the only logical thing - I held a competition at school.
I was so incredibly impressed when Chelsea Osborne one of the Year 8 students came back to me with a selection of illustrations. I was totally blown away by the detail she put into these pictures and finally after 8 months I was all set to get my "baby" published.
I wanted to offer something more. Something more than just simply a book. So I added a CD. I included the "You're not eating me" song along with 11 others that I wrote and wanted to share with kids. I know that these were popular songs based on the reactions in class.
One of my achievements I am proud of is my latest Picture Book called You're Not Eating Me. Let me tell you how this book was born.
I was teaching my Year 3/4 class a very interesting lesson on Alliteration. Usually after class I go for my regular run. I run about 10km in a session and during that time I simply love to just think. And it occured to me on this day that I could take this lesson on Alliteration and actually turn it into something fun. Something the kids would love and enjoy. And because they love it when we sing in class I thought my idea would simply be perfect! So during my 40 minute run I came up with the words, but because I obviously didn't have pen and paper with me had to keep repeating it to myself until I came back to class. Afterwards I spent about 20 minutes playing around on the piano and finally it just all fell into place. I had words. Fun words! And music! And now it was simply just to find somebody who could illustrate my book. Not an easy task because I'm not much of an artist and I wanted something kids could really relate to. So I did the only logical thing - I held a competition at school.
I was so incredibly impressed when Chelsea Osborne one of the Year 8 students came back to me with a selection of illustrations. I was totally blown away by the detail she put into these pictures and finally after 8 months I was all set to get my "baby" published.
I wanted to offer something more. Something more than just simply a book. So I added a CD. I included the "You're not eating me" song along with 11 others that I wrote and wanted to share with kids. I know that these were popular songs based on the reactions in class.
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