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Em wanted to be able to play outside the changes, but the music was becoming a mathematical jigsaw, and so the pieces she kept gave her a clue to some of the meanings she was looking for. She was full of limitations. She witnessed several musicians who seemed to be free of the chains she wore. They were not only steeped in history but were creating it. Their purpose was clear. They were into making music and were also big on communication and making themselves available for you to get involved at whatever level they required. Em gravitated towards those who had a sense of humour, who made theory fun to do. There was no wasting breath or time. The changes became a shorthand of Roman numerals, like 2, 5, 1. So you could begin to hear clearly the root movements and then get through the scales. Playing the scales or arpeggios, jazz was a busy place to be and Em did her daily workouts diligently. With it came loneliness. The incisive mark Jeanne Lee had left was the opposite. It said inclus...

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  FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Jim Kelly & Barry Leef’s track ‘(Is This) The Last Goodbye?’ from the EP ‘Who Is Who’ has been entered into the 67th GRAMMY Awards ® If you are a Recording Academy Voting Member, we would truly appreciate your consideration of our music when you vote in the Best Global Music Performance Listen on your favourite streaming platform: https://open.spotify.com/track/1yIAyLWuobxN9nBgMasfYl WRITERS: Barry Leef, Janice Slater, Russell Slater, Jim Kelly FEATURED MUSICIANS: Barry Leef (vocals) Jim Kelly (guitars) Brendan St. Ledger (keyboards) Victor Rounds (bass) Scott Hills (drums/percussion) Jo Elms (backing vocals) #GRAMMYS #FYC #ForYourConsideration #whoiswho #bestglobalmusicperformance #originalmusic #adultcontemporaryjazz #smoothrock #easylistening

  Vocals. Vocalatti. (Annette Scott) Music, composition, production, David. k. A. Spencer credits Released March 24, 2024 Original recording: Danse Danse Co-writers: Kadish, Lucas, Scott, Slater. (Apra/Amcos 2022) https://davidkaspencer.bandcamp.com/track/danse-breakdown-vocals-vocalatti-co-writers-kadish-lucas-scott-slater

  From the time I could hold a pencil I loved drawing .... Like many things I forget about it every now and then but I'd like to share some of my artwork with you now and hope you enjoy some, if not all of it.... Thank you for viewing! https://www.saatchiart.com/janicepslater

Cogito ergo sum: I think therefore I am I think about everything now The time is moist and ripe I cogitate, I speculate, My mind is in full flight. I wonder about systems, Thoughts of structures plague me too, I imagine that colour sequences Almost always start with blue. I visualise mathematics, Long sequences of noughts and zeros, I cannot for the life of me Work out why billionaires are heroes. My Latin’s coming back to me In fragments from the past Catullus, Horace, Virgil, I’m sure you must have asked About ‘cogito ergo sum’ Was it meaningful to me? I answer with the basics, Conjugating sets me free. I think about everything now I fail to understand Why meme-makers cannot spell, Why grammar’s out of hand. I think about everything now About trivial details Why adverbs have gone missing How compound nouns have failed. I think about everything now I love ancient books and men I re-read old lover’s poetry That’s hidden in my den. I think about everything now The best is most obscure L...

  Janice:  Kathryn, I've just completed reading your Metamorphosis Poems 1980 - 2020.  With poetry, I'll often skip one or two, and land where I  can give my whole, but I found with your poems that each spoke to me very directly. I wanted to spend time sinking into the varied worlds you were exploring. I chose to read a poem a day thus I have decided to choose just one poem to focus my questions on.   Your title 'In the heat' reached not only out but surrounded me.  'In the heat' appears to be born out of suburbia, as well as a more urban landscape, and the edges of elsewhere...can you expand on its themes for us... Kathryn: 'In the heat' was written in 1989 when I had moved to St Mary's in the outer western suburbs of Sydney. It was one in a series of poems I wrote at that time. St Marys was an alien landscape to me. I had previously lived close to the city of Sydney. The poem is the expression of the profound dislocation I felt at that time, as wel...