I LOVE MUSIC... my house is full of CD's, records, sheet music and my real love is my digital Piano.... My beautiful Technics! Its a big ass full size digital materpiece and gives out a great sound. I LOVE TO DANCE, teaching, going out to my local with family and friends! I LOVE GIGGING! (We actually flew to Italy to play at someones wedding and HAD A BLAST!) I love playing with my son, collecting all his school pictures and models he makes for me! I love eating out at fancy restaurants or just going for a chinese down the road.... Cinema, Chilling down the beach, DVD with a big fat Duvet and a cuppa, Drawing and Photography, Shopping... HELL YEAH, Shoes.... um.... Going out with the band, messing about and drinking too much... then drawing on eachothers faces... hahahaha Memories!!!!
Hmmmmm..... very hard to think of 'Who I'd like to meet'. I have so many idols and inspirations its hard to think of them all! Here we go... I'd like to meet John Legend. I'm a big fan of his. John Mayer (I secretly have the hots for) Shhhhh! Simon Pegg... Legendary!!! Ricky Gervais... Cringingly Hillarious.... Chris Moyles... for a beer! James Morrison - I went and saw him a few months ago and my god that man is good! Stevie Wonder (Love him) infact Wonder Woman... get a few tips! Robert Lindsey (Really fancy that man) and Huey Lewis (God I fancy that man too) Oddly... I've ALWAYS wanted to meet Richard Branson. He's done so well throughout his life and I'd love to get some hints... (wouldn't we all!) And... I guess I'd like to meet the future love of my life. (Do they exist... lol) You gotta be strong to keep up with me!!! I set you the challenge!Heres the video to our track 'We were one'.....Messing about WITH KYLIE in the studio (in between recording our debut Album)This is my day job.... Love it!One of My all time favourite bands 'The Brand New Heavies' 2006 'Surrender' with Nicole Russo.
TREMAIN! Ha ha.... ok onto more, shall we say, well known muso's...Dont even get me started..... The list is endless. Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Prince, Rolling Stones, India Arie, Maximo Park, Donnie Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Coldplay, Brand new heavies, Corinne Bailey Rae, Curtis Mayfield, D'Angelo, Angie Stone, Burt Bacarach, Earth Wind and Fire, Bob Marley, John Legend, Ray Charles, Queen, Luther Vandross, James Morrison, Snow Patrol, Joey Nightmare, Kaiser Chiefs, Alcia Keys, Paolo Nutini, James Brown, Basement Jaxx, Beverley Knight, George Benson, Jackson 5, Razorlight, Lemar, Joe, Maxwell, Erika Badu, Will Young, Aretha Franklin, BabyFace, Masters at Work, U2, Maceo (And the Macks) Jurassic 5, LL Cool J, Eva Cassidy, Take That (I was a huge teen fan!) Ann Sexton, Babyface, Eric Clapton, jools Holland, The Feeling, Mika, Hed Kandi (Everything) oh theres just too many. In short I love everything. I'm very open minded!
Ooooh I love alot of films... particularly Brit Flicks 'Shaun of the Dead' -best film, Hot Fuzz... say no more... Love Actually, Sexy Beast, Little Voice, The Commitments, About a boy, Bridget Jones!!!! But I can be so girly at times. Dirty Dancing, The Sound of Music (Childhood thing) but then I also have a darker side... Schindlers list, Saving Private Ryan, Seven, American Beauty... but nothing beats a good animation.... Monsters Inc has me in stitches, and Toy Story... Classic, Shrek, Hoodwinked! Some American-y stuff.... Old School 'you're my boy Blue', Dodgeball, Meet the Fockers, Team America, Gold Member, Saw 1, (2 was rubbish.... just too much) Almost Famous, The Truman Show, Man in the Moon, Legally Blonde, Beeltejuice, The Bodyguard, Um........?
Trial and Retribution, My Family, Phoenix Nights, Max & Paddy,... well anything with Peter Kay really! Friends... big fan! Ugly Betty, 2 Pints of Lager, Hollyoaks, Planet Earth (God Im such a geek) I love comedies and sitcoms but the best for me is Extras and the Office.... Absolutely cracks me up! Red Dwarf, Black Adder, Vicar of Dibley.... Oooohhh.... and Cash in the Attic... brings a tear to my eye! hahahaha! The Real Hustle, New Tricks, Green Wing, No Angels, Sugar Rush, Scrubs, That 70's Show, Smack the Pony, Friday Night Project, Justin Lee Collins, Lee Evans, Alan Davies, Dawn French, Eddie Izzard, Paul O'Grady... Oh I could go on!
Not much that will particularly astound you... But at the moment I'm attempting 'I can make you thin' by Paul Mckenner (Dunno how he spells it) not sure its working yet..... I still have too many 'curves'!.... 'look into my eyes, not around the eyes, right into my eyes... and one two three you're back in the room!' Jane Campions 'The Piano'. What a beautifully dark book/film! Before that 'Teaching today' by Geoff Petty... intersting hey?
MY MUM, MY DAD AND MY WONDERFUL SISTERS. Everyday they make me proud! What amazing young women they are turning into. And my boy, who will one day be a man (with a beard and everything) He's gonna make me unbelievably proud I know it! Love you all xx