Free music - No Big Deal

No Big Deal were a Christian rock group doing the rounds in the early '90s. I came across them when they performed at a school during the Metal Meltdown festival. They did an excellent set, rock tinged with a funky edge on some of the songs, which at the time reminded me a little of Extreme.

They released at least one EP called "You've Been Robbed" which I have on cassette, and as I've recently converted it to mp3s (using my trusty Audacity), I thought I'd post it up here for downloading. . . music this decent just deserves to be heard.

As with Phenomena EPs, these songs are not mine, and hopefully members of No Big Deal won't mind me posting these songs. I've tried to find out what happened to them after the festival but I've not been able to find any info about them on the internet. The only thing I've come across is this review from Cross Rhythms magazine :

If you'd been bold enough to step into the rock 'n' roll pubs of Southampton and Portsmouth over the last six months you'll have caught this tough, gritty foursome who play decidedly heavy rock managing to avoid both the predictability of some metal and the tired old blues ruffs of some heavy rock. In fact, this tape exudes a gutsy vitality I found completely invigorating while the lyrics speak the gospel truth with unembarrassed directness. Suffice it to say I liked 'You've Been Robbed1 and once they get a producer and a budget they'll surely be on to bigger things. In the meantime, get along to one of their gigs all you Hampshire rockers. - Tony Cummings

So I guess this post is a little hommage to an excellent Christian 90s rock band.

Here's the link to download the EP: http://www.everlightskeep.com/No_Big_Deal_-_-You've_Been_Robbed.zip

Free music - via Leafmouth

Thanks to the wonderful people at Beehave webzine I've just discovered a bunch of rock/punk/metal/hardcore albums being made freely available featuring Jeff Jacquay via his official website leafmouth.com. Excellent stuff!

Crize2foi en concert - 10 juin 2011

Voici deux chansons que j'avais fait au dernier Caf'conc de Challenge & Musik, le vendredi 10 juin 2011.

Le premier est le permier morceau que j'ai composé pour la guitare. J'espèrais trouver des paroles et une mélodie pour qu'il devient un chant, mais finalmenet c'est resté depuis très longtemps un instrumentale. Alors, finalement j'ai décidé de le joindre à quelques paroles légèrement modifées de la chanson "Lving On The Edge" de Aerosmith, une chanson qui fait partie des mes préférées.

Le deuxième morceau est un composition que je travaille depuis à peu près deux ans. Je voulais trouver des paroles, mais finalement comme celui d'avant, rien n'est venu pour l'instant, alors j'ai décidé de le garder comme instrumental. C'est la prémière fois que j'ai composé avec un accordage ouvert, celui de DADF#AD, suite à un masterclass songwriting avec Terry Lee Hale oganisé par l'association Challenge & Musik en 2008.

The Letter Black

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Inkspace - Free Open Source Vector Graphics Programme

Inkspace is an excellent open-source programme, freely available from www.inkscape.org/.

It's an alternative to some of the big name graphic software out there. I'm not too sure of how it compares to the likes of Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro, but it seems very capable!

I'm no graphic artist, but I've been messing around with Paint Shop Pro for a few years, without ever really getting into it. But the time has come to start developping my own graphics for web-sites, posters, and such and it looks as though Inkscape is going to be my way forward.

Not that I've got anything against Paint Shop Pro (I have version 7 on my computer) but tutorials seem so hard to find! Plus which, it has since been updated and I really can't afford to invest in the more recent versions.

Inkscape, as I mentioned above, is available as a free download, it's opehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifn-source, works on Windows, Mac, or Linux and there are a whole host of tutorials available for the beginnger and intermediate user. The doll figure to the right is my first attempt at using Inkspace, and is the result of a tutorial at verysimpledesigns.com.

But after making a quick search I've come across a few others which look very promising too:
www.microugly.com/inkscape-quickguide/
screencasters.heathenx.org/

Sola en concert le 16 avril

Le samedi 16 avril à 20h je vous invite de venir nous découvrir de nouveaux morceaux en savourant des crêpes lors d'une "soirée crêpe/concert" organisé par des amis à notre église.


A l'Eglise Protestante Evangélique, 15 rue de Rennes, 53000 LAVAL. Pour plus de renseignements voir le site de l'église ou envoyez moi un mail :-)

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Free Music - Phenomena

Phenomena were an excellent christian rock group from the West Midlands, England. They were around in the late 80s and early 90s and produced at least two EPs, which are available in this download.

I don't know many more details about the group, apart form the fact that Jon Grant was the guitarist in the group, and he went on to perform with singer Lynsey, who later became his wife. The two know do an excellent job with a youth work called Krunch based in the West Midlands.

The latest I heard there was a possibility of Phenomena reuniting for some gigs! For more info check out their facebook page

The download available here is from 2 EPs Phenomena recorded. They are tranfers from cassettes, using Audacity to clean up and compress the files. Unfortunately Audacity can't remove tape-wobble from years of playing, and believe me these Phenomena cassettes have been well played. Check out the song "So you say" which is a song which has stuck in my head since I heard it back in the early 90s.

Here's the link to download the tracks: http://www.everlightskeep.com/Phenomena_EP.zip

Free Music - Martyn Joseph

Martyn Joseph - free downloads

Martyn Joseph is a Welsh singer/songwirter. He often performs solo, just him and his acoustic guitar, although he has been known to have a full band set-up, or to join with other musicians (see 'Faith, Folk and Anarchy' below). He's made loads of recordings, but personally I prefer his live acoustic stuff; to me it's where his passion really comes across. And passion is a word you have to use when talking about Martyn Joseph, who writes and performs passionate songs covering a variety of subjects from the mundane to the spectacular.
You can discover or rediscover Martyn Joseph through a variety of mp3s freely available at www.MartynJoseph.net/category/listen/. There are also a whole host of downloadable Windows Audio files (wma) taken from various radio interviews that Martyn has done over the years, including his thoughts on different subjects as well as some live performances.
Visit www.MartynJoseph.com

Song for Christmas

Here's an arrangement I did of the Christmas song "O come, o come, Emmanuel". You can download it from scribD.com, I think. If you have any difficulty but would like a copy, let me know and I'll send a copy.

And just so's you know, this version of the score and the accompanying PDF file was created using Musescore, freely available from www.musescore.org.

O Come, o Come Emmanuel

Christmas Carol Service

Salut,

Si vous avez envie de célébrer Noël en anglais cette année, voici deux possibilités qui vous sont proposées.

Samedi 18 décembre à l'Eglise Protestante Evangélique, 15 rue de Rennes, Laval à partir de 17h. Et ensuite le mercredi 22 décembre à la Salle Gothique aux Ursulines, (EMDA) à Château-Gontier à 20h.

Les deux soirées sont des occasions pour chanter des cantiques traditionnels de Noël, et d'entendre des lectures tirées de la Bible au sujet du premier Noël, et le tout (presque) en anglais! Tout le monde est le bienvenue, et il y a une collation festive à la fin !




Pour plus de renseignements :
http://www.eglise-protestante-laval.com
http://apec53.free.fr

FREE - Musescore - Open source music partition/notation editor

Here is an excellent little music partition/notation editor that works on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. It's open-source and free. What more can you ask for? It saves in a variety of ways, from midi, to pdf, to xml, etc.

Find out more at www.musescore.org

Nous deux et compagnie : Théâtre à Château-Gontier

Voilà, je vous invite de venir nombreux pour soutenir une soirée humour/théâtre au Rex de Château-Gontier le samedi 20 novembre à 21h. La pièce s'appelle "Nous Deux et Compagnie" et c'est le spectacle auquel j'étais invité à participer en composant la musique de deux textes du spectacle, ainsi que de jouer des morceaux instrumentale.

La Cie Lionel de Messey présentera la pièce Nous Deux et Compagnie le samedi 20 novembre à 21h00 au Rex à Château-Gontier.

" L'éternel féminin face à l'éternel masculin, cette alchimie improbable, Nathalie Chauvin (Caroline) et Lionel de Messey (François) l'interprètent en quinze tableaux parfois explosifs où l'humour sort toujours vainqueur. Quant à l'amour..."

Infos pratiques :
Samedi 20 novembre à 21h00
Le Rex
Quai Charles de Gaulle
Tarifs :
plein 8 €
réduit : 4 € (demandeurs d'emploi)
Réservations :
02 43 06 66 71 ou 06 83 02 75 33

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Forgiveness through Jesus

I read this verse today and wanted to note it down somewhere.

"Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses."

(Acts 13:38-39)

Forgiveness and justification comes through believing Jesus, faith in Jesus.
Et en fraçais :

"Sachez-le donc, mes frères, c'est grâce à [Jésus] que le pardon des péchés vous est annoncé; c'est par lui que tout homme qui croit est acquitté de toutes les fautes dont vous ne pouviez pas être acquittés par la Loi de Moïse."

(Actes 13:38-39)

Le pardon et la justification vient parce qu'on croit Jésus, on fait confiance à Jésus.