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The Longsuffering
When i lived in South Africa about 10 years ago a friend once told me, "Patrick, it does not matter if you play your songs for 1000 people or for 1 person, just always sing as unto the Lord".
Last night me and Kaspars organised a concert. We invited all our friends, lighted candles, made coffee and made the cafe as cozy as possible. No one of our friends came, exept for a Afghan refugee called Zahim and a troublesome man who's name i forgot once he mentioned it.
Zahim invited us to come and play for his friends. Zahim stays with 30 Afgan people in a Catholic Church in the centre of Brussels. They once where staying there with 400...
The trouble some man had the time of his life and compared us with all the artists he loves, ACDC, Pink Floyd and so on. When we had to tell him to leave it was way past midnight. He was upset cause he wanted to stay...
This concert is dedicated to the longsuffering, the brokenhearted the castouts and maybe for a person like you
Take heart my friend, things can only get better
Review by Michel Preumont from Rootsville
(French)
Singer / Songwriters' night au Bizon de Bruxelles.
Troubles à Bruxelles, suite à la manifestation pro-palestinienne. Le quartier de la Bourse en émoi.
L'axe Nord-Midi interdit de circulation, ça sent la volaille, pas forcément halal, dans le coin.
C'est en ce dimanche agité, que le Bizon, à 2 pas des Halles St Géry , en collaboration avec le collectif 'Artists in a Bottle' , organise cette soirée singer/songwriters.
Une excellente initiative, on applaudit des 2 mains Andrew Mavin, le maître de cérémonie, qui s'est chargé de l'excellente programmation. En décembre, déjà, après la première , les commentaires étaient élogieux: I didn't realize Brussels had so much to offer... Indeed, chap , so much talent!
.... N°6 PATRICK BRANDES
Un jeune gars casquetté commençant par un titre mélancolique 'There is Hope' , vachement bien foutu.
'Staying true to myself' du folk/pop doux et plaisant , à la Tom Baxter , Damien Rice , Nick Drake...
Il termine en invitant sa soeurette pour 'Yellow Mustard Seed', une pub pour Amora. De fines harmonies vocales et un yellow , yellow lancinant te rappelant Coldplay.
Un jeune homme à surveiller, ce Patrick Brandes.
Band, songwriting and composing
Teachers: Brandes, Patrick, The Sunshine Remedy
Category: Music Arts
Language: English
Scheduled: as a series of 3 or 4 workshops of 1,5 hours
Participants:
Artistic level: beginners average advanced
The content of this workshop is: You will learn the basics of songwriting. You will write a song and form a band on the spot. You will play together music with the instruments that are available with the help of professional musicians and songwriters. (Melodically, rhythmically, harmonically, dynamically.) Get constructive feedback from a panel of artist
What materials/equipment/other things participants need to bring to be able to do this workshop : You need to bring their own instrument, paper pen, maybe your own compositions, or your own arrangements. Or your own problems you are facing within your band, music group or find it.
Other important things a participant should know to be able to do this workshop: Come with an open mind, and with all your ideas of how to play together, but also the problems that you are facing.
