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What have you been up to during the various lockdowns (musical or otherwise)?

Does anyone fancy a bit of a social Zoom get together? We could use it as an opportunity to plan for our first sessions.

Obviously dependent upon the prevailing regulations, here are some tentative dates for our Strummers Sessions for the rest of 2021: May – 21st June – 18th July – 16th August – 13th September – 17th October – 15th November – … Continue reading →

Our very popular Langcliffe sessions are suspended due to the current Corona Virus situation but we are working with the Langcliffe Institute Trustees to resume them.   Look out for information on our plans to resume the sessions and the new … Continue reading →

La fabbrica dei sogni. Alessi dal 1921 by Alberto Alessi My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Dream Factory.A reread (of the English translation of this edition), but a nice little book charting the history of this Italian design house. … Continue reading →

Due to some unforeseen circumstances we need to rearrange our next 3 Settle Music Sessions. May’s will be 25th, June’s will be 22nd, July’s will be 27th. Hope to see you there

Hi All Just a quick note to say that this month’s Ukulele Session is in Langcliffe Institute. It is next Friday (17th November) Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm, Cost: £5 per person, as per usual.. I have built a Settle Music … Continue reading →

Had to make lots of updates to the phone today to retain access to work systems so decided to load FB  messenger too. Been using it on the pc for ages but now I have no place to hide 🙂 … Continue reading →

Hi All Friday (10th) sees our next guitar sessions at the Primary School in Settle. The usual arrangements apply. 7pm to 9pm. Everyone welcome from beginner onwards (parents to stay with juniors please). £5 each (£2.50 juniors). We’ll be using … Continue reading →

Been a busy day doing budgets so musical opportunities have been limited. Did enjoy a feast of youtube clips while at the Gym especially selections from the Fender Stratocaster 50th anniversary concert…. made me want to get mine out!   It … Continue reading →