JBP

As some of you know, I have started working at the local college teaching History and Varieties of English. There I met a bloke who teaches voice production to students. When I talked to him (he is a doctor - a speech therapist) he noticed that my vocal chords sound as if they were really tense and uptight. He offered some help, but since I have had the problem of hoarse/husky voice (probably as a result of glottis insufficiency) ever since I was a child, he said it's gonna be really difficult to fix it. But he also said that 90% of whether we will have a successful outcome is up to me.
If anyone is interested in what kind of stuff he tells me to do (vioce / vocal exercises) I'll try and post some on here. Next week, maybe. now, I am off to study how voice is produced and what my voice disorder is really about.

Firstly, apparently I am one of the members who have the greates number of songs on here, haha. Just checked it - it's true. I am proud of myself, I can say

Secondly, instead of writing my MA thesis on translating neologisms from English into Polish I am in fact writing a blog seemingly without any reason. Actually, it's my first blog ever, soo... again I am quite proud of myself

Thirdly, today I have talked to a guy who does karaoke shows with my girlfriend (and is a drummer) and we might do a couple of gig sometime in the future. Some of my songs and some cover songs ... Again, I am proud of myself to be open to the world and possibilities it brings.

Fourthly, as usually, I will be spending more time on music soon, I hope. There are a couple of songs that need some lyrics (any Polish lyric writers out there who are willing to help me?) and also need finishing. Again, I will most probably be very proud of myself if you turn out to like them after I have posted them on here.

Keep you fingers crossed for me. GTG.

Jim

this is as far as I managed to go before my mandolin E string snapped. What a shame... I had no choice but to loop it. Tell me what you think and wheter you like the direction in which it was going, please. Thanks!

Hi all! I am looking for a name for my band  - we'll be playing the stuff that is on here : jbp.bandamp.com/music so the name should reflect the tone of music to an extend. If you have any ideas, please share.
Oh, and JBP is out - it doesn't work that well here in Poland. The name should be memorable, and JBP isn't, sadly

BTW. JBP are initial letters of my full name

THANK YOU for your interest.
I do hope you can come up with sth nice - I simply can't!

What does one need to record a drum set with each drum being recorded separately, just the way you would do it in a studio. I have a drum set and 8 mics to mic it all up, but I need an audio interface that will allow me to record the drum set the way I want to, i.e. with 8 simultanious tracks, one for each mics.

Any suggestions as to a possible  setup that wouldnt be very expensive? What do you normally use to record drums?

German men are being shamed into urinating while sitting down by a gadget which is saving millions of women from cleaning up in the bathroom after them.

About 1.8 million toilets are already haunted by Spuk, or Spook, as the little $10 device is called. Attached to the underside of the toilet seat, Spuk quietly endures sitting visitors. But anyone trying to lift the seat and attempt to stand and urinate (known as “Stehpinkeln“) should be prepared for the ghost’s unrelenting wrath.

“Hey, stand-peeing is not allowed here and will be punished with fines, so if you don’t want any trouble, you’d best sit down,” one of the devices orders in a voice impersonating the German leader, Chancellor Gerhard Schroder. Another has a voice similar to that of his predecessor, Helmut Kohl.

“Excuse me, but there’s a penalty for peeing while standing in this house,” it warns culprits. “You’d better not risk any problems and sit down!”

Other versions start roaring like a lion or try to persuade stubborn customers with the soothing voice of a female flight attendant.

“We welcome you aboard Never Come Back Airlines,” the voice says. “We’d like to ask our male passengers in particular to sit down, buckle up and refrain from smoking.”

We’ve lost 1.8 million Germans to “Spuk” and now I am hearing through the grapevine that Swedish women now demand that their men use the toilet in a strictly sedentary posture.


article found at: http://www.dumpyourwifenow.com/2007/03/22/women-want-men-to-sit-when-peeing/

I suppose it's not only Germans who are tortured by women to do it.

PS>When I am drunk I sit down to pee - otherwise it'd go all over the place.
Don't know about you Gents

:-)

Greetings to all women

Spring is coming so I thought a lighter version of this song would be much more suitable for this time of year.

piano: Tritonkeyboarder
vocals: Monica and Jim (JBP)

Thank you for listening