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Some, er, music and poetry writing for a change

December 18, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Recently someone pointed out that despite our having a category on HTWB for music and poetry, posts on these topics have been thin on the ground recently. Grovelling apologies.

Some, er, music and poetry writing for a change

This is dedicated to the victims of the UK’s Cumbria floods and I hope it might give you a small smile, despite the terrible experience you have had just before Christmas. xx

To make up for it I thought – given the time of year – I should re-write the lyrics to a few favorite Christmas songs which I think count as (basic) poetry and can be sung to these popular tunes. Having got started on these three I was longing to keep going, and I have to say I love writing funny poetry, but I stopped at this selection…  [Read more…]

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A man walks into a (musicians’) bar …

January 11, 2015 By Leave a Comment
A man walks into a (musicians') bar...

If you don’t know what this is, you could be in for a whole load of treble…

Delighted to welcome back the one and only, multi-talented Rhiannon Daniel, this time with some very clever and funny musicians’ gags she wrote the other day on Twitter. See if you can come up with some more … [Read more…]

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Fed up with Christmas carols? Boogie with me and Pentatonix

December 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment

…here are some natty little numbers from my favorite (a capella) band of the moment and after their wonderful sharing of Christmas songs, now (in this post, anyway!) they’re not singing anything about Christmas or New Years.

Pentatonix on How To Write Better dot net

A capella band extraordinaire … and not singing Christmas songs

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Are Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” words a sign of happier times?

March 24, 2014 By 2 Comments

pharrell williams,happy,song,music,Suzan St Maur,howtowritebetter.net,how to write better,wordsSongs and their lyrics – like Pharrell Williams‘ “Happy” – often reflect the mood of a country or now, given our “global village” technology, large chunks of the world. Released in November 2013 and used as a soundtrack for the movie Despicable Me 2, Pharrell Williams‘ song has become an anthem picked up by millions. [Read more…]

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How a healthy lifestyle saved a Christmas turkey from the chop

December 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Welcome to Christmas week here on HTWB! No writing or work for these few days, but just some fun for the Holidays – so stay tuned…

Deadly December

turkey,Christmas,healthy,writing,Suzan St Maur,howtowritebetter.net,how to write betterWhen I was a young turkey, new to the coop,

My big brother Mike took me out on the stoop,

Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow, [Read more…]

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Blogging-mas … Christmas songs with blogging lyrics to sing along to

December 23, 2013 By 4 Comments
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Don’t forget to blog this Christmas!

Whether you celebrate Christmas or not you can’t fail to have noticed the music around us at this time of the year.

Here are my interpretations of the lyrics for two popular Christmas songs, along with some live performances to which you can sing along… [Read more…]

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