Testing Soundcloud

So, over on my web-site I've got a bunch of demos. They're mainly there so I can direct people to my songs, and also to enable easy access.
I'm just going to try and migrate to using Soundcloud for sharing purposes, and also, perhaps, to embed direct on the web-site.

 Here's a tester:

Music & Words

Cours de guitare & piano/clavier Ateliers linguistique (anglais/français) Traduction (français vers l'anglais)

Great bands from the Black Country/Birmingham/West Midlands area

Because for a while now I've been thinking about some of the excellent bands that have come from my home region, or who have included significant members from the Black Country/Birmingham/West Midlands region, I've finally decided to start making myself a list. I've a preference for rock/metal music, but I'll probably include those bands who played in other styles too. (If my info is wrong, let me know so I can correct it:-) )

Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne (yeah, I know he was part of Sabbath, but he had/has a very succesful solo carreer too)
Judas Priest
Magnum
Led Zeppelin (Both John Bonham and Robert Plant are originally from the region)
Robert Plant
Wizard
Electric Light Orchestra
Slade
Black Country Communion (Glenn Hughes and Jason Bonham are originally from the region)
Shy
Marshall Law
Diamond Head
Dark Star
Spencer Davis Group
Steve Winwood
Traffic
Toyah Willcox
The Move
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Moody Blues
Apache Indian
Duran Duran
Musical Youth
UB40

Ta Jeunesse no.257

Open publication - Free publishing

Farmer Giles of Ham - J.R.R.Tolkien

Recently read this short story by J.R.R.Tolkien and thorougly enjoyed it. It's available on the ebookbrowse.com website for reading or downloading.

J R R Tolkien Farmer Giles of Ham rtf

Ta desitnée - Ton choix

Voici une animation flash créé pour présenter la bonne nouvelle de tout ce que Jésus peut et veut faire pour nous. Il présente les vérités bibliques de notre besoin de Jésus, de son sacrifice, ainsi que de l'amour de Dieu et son désir de nous pardonner et nous offre la réconciliation. Le lien renvoie aux pages originaux du site ydyc.com
 

Your Destiny - Your Choice

Here's a little flash cartoon which was created to share the Good News that Jesus can and wants to change our lives, offer us the forgiveness and reconciliation with God. The links send you to the original pages at ydyc.com
 

Barnabas - Little Foxes

Barnabas were a Christian heavy rock outfit from the 80s.  I owned a copy of their album Little Foxes which is apparently now out of print. Thankfully numerous fans seem to be discovering (or posting) links to digital versions of many of the albums from those times.  Hence, here are two links for blogposts which give info on Barnabas and download links for the album Little Foxes : http://flipsidemn.blogspot.fr/2009/05/barnabas-little-foxes.html and http://phillovesmusic.blogspot.fr/2011/07/barnabas-little-foxes-1986.html

As the establishment continues to seek ways of making sharing even obsolete and deleted music illegal, may as well make the most of the links before they get deleted.

It does make you wonder who is heading up these laws against sharing on the internet.  I don't think it's the groups and artists, as generally the ones I've spoken to are quite happy to have their music available again.

Contre la suppresion des postes enseignants en Mayenne

Christmas is coming!

Birmigham Guitar Shops

http://www.pmtonline.co.uk/
http://www.fairdealmusic.co.uk/
http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/birmingham_shop.asp

If you like any of what you see on this blog, why not check out some of contributions to various sites :

Chritian Faith Based Comics

Home of the Graphic Novel "Allegories of the Way"

Home to some interesting christian-based comic projects.

And it look like David's Mighty Men is finally coming back to the 'Net!

Concert avec SOLA

Ce samedi je donne un concert avec mon groupe Sola, à 20h30 au Foyer Rural, Avenue de la division Leclerc, Château-Gontier Bazouges. L'entrée est gratuite, alors si vous êtes disponible, venez passer la soirée avec nous, pour (re)découvrir nos compositions ainsi que quelques reprises.

Vous trouverez des vidéos d'un concert qu'on a fait en juillet ici

Is the New Testament Reliable?

Just finished reading an excellent little book on the historical reliability of the New Testament by Paul Barnett. I think it's been reprinted under the title 'Is the New Testament Reliable?' Great stuff ;-) You can get a copy on amazon.co.uk or any 'good christian book shop' like GLO Bookshop (http://www.globookshop.com/) for example.

Sola - Videos

Here are a few videos of the recent Sola concert we did in Argentré, July 2011. Second outing for a reinvented Sola ;-)



For more info on Sola : http://sola53.free.fr

Guitar Battle - Flash animation

Here's a little guitar based flash animation I came across recently which I thought was pretty cool. Hope you enjoy the guitar references.

Free music - Holy Soldier

Holy Soldier are a Christian hard rock/metal group from the 90s. They did some excellent rock music and one album in particular that I rememeber never tiring of listening to entitled simply "Holy Soldier" released in 1992.

I've just discovered that they have made some of their tracks available for free download on their site : holysoldier.com

Here's the direct link : http://www.holysoldier.com/download_mp3.htm Go check them out while they're there. And why not buy a couple of albmus too, while you're at it ;-)

Music 4 the Soul 2011 - videos

Voici quelques vidéos du concert qu'on a organisé et donné à Châtequ-Gontier le vendredi 22 juillet avec l'équipe Music 4 the Soul.

Here are a few videos of the concert I helped to organise and play in here in Château-Gontier on Fiday 22nd July with the Music 4 the Soul team.

Concert de Music 4 the Soul - Vendredi 22 juillet - Château-Gontier

Du 13 au 22 juillet, je participe à l'organisation d'un camp de musique "Music 4 the Soul".

Les participants, venus de l'Ecosse, l'Argentine, l'Angleterre et la France, prendront une semaine pour préparer un concert d'environ une heure et demie, avec des chants de Zazie, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Christophe Maé, Laurent Voulzy, Dany Brillant, Tracy Chapman, Barclay James Harvest, Ben Harper, Eric Clapton et bien d'autres encore ! A ceci s'ajouteront des histoires personelles des participants en rapport avec les thèmes des chansons et leur propre expérience avec Dieu et la foi chrétienne.

Les concerts auront lieu ici à Château-Gontier le vendredi 22 juillet dans la Salle des Fêtes à 20h30. Ensuite le groupe fera deux autres concerts, un à Guincamp (22), et un dernier au Horps dans le nord Mayenne. Chaque soirée est ouverte au public et l'entrée est gratuite.

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