@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 3 days agoHive Open Mic week 153 A Thousand years (Cover)Hello to you all. I hope that you have some nice things lined up for your weekend. A Thousand Years was originally written by and made famous by Christina Perri. It is one of the many songs I have taught to my choir. It can be very tricky teaching a song loaded with such deep emotions to a…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 11 days agoHive Open Mic week 152 Scarborough FairThis week I have chosen to sing a well known English Folk song, Scarborourgh Fair. It is about a real market (which were known as fairs) in the town of Scarborough in Yorkshire. It's likely that when it was written it would have had little or no accompaniment, apart from other voices. The ordinary…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 18 days agoHive Open Mic Week 151 Love Can Build A Bridge (Cover)This song is for me, all about love and hope. It's about strength in unity and remembering that love is what makes our world better. We can only survive if we can forgive and love others as well as ouselves. The powerful message in this song has been used to raise money for more than one…purplesinger reblogged@radioliquorice 53in #hive-193816 • 22 days agoNew Episode: The Sap is RisingWe have another fun episode of the podcast for you, with sets from a few Hivers including @steevc, @anna-newkey, @purplesinger, @todayslight and @daniellemurray The show has been going since the winter lockdown of 2021 when I used to use a Zoom call…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 25 days agoHive Open Mic Week 150 Nothing Rhymed (Cover)This week with the theme 'Our Virtue', I had to really think hard. Then I realised one of my favourite songs is all about virtue...or lack of it. 'Nothing Rhymed' is a thinly disguised protest song, by Irish singer/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in the British charts in 1970…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • last monthHive Open Mic week 149 Original Piano Improvisation 'Light Of The World''The Light of The World' is our theme for this week. I have written a song all about how incredible our world is and how the light of the sun makes it all possible... but unfortunately I can't sing it because I have a cold which has stolen my singing voice. This week then, instead of an original…purplesinger reblogged@steevc 77in #hive-150342 • last monthMonday Drum Day: Folking it upAlthough I have been drumming for over a year I have not really played with anyone else apart from early on when I took my little electronic 'drum mat' to a couple of sessions. In the jazz/swing band I have been playing with in the last couple of years (Swing 42) I have played guitar and ukulele.…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • last monthHive Open Mic Week 147 Cover Days by Kirsty McCollI think we walk around saying 'thank you' quite a lot in the United Kingdom... almost as often as we say the word 'sorry'. It's nice to actually mean the words 'thank you' though. It's easy to forget to be grateful. It's important to thank our family and friends for the things they do for us and…purplesinger reblogged@radioliquorice 53in #hive-193816 • 2 months agoRadio Liquorice -- New BeginningsThe latest episode of Radio Liquorice -- a podcast I put out with the help of a bunch of highly talented musical friends -- aired last night. It includes songs from some Hive regulars including @purplesinger, @steevc and me @daniellemurray. I'm also hopeful that @anna-newkey and @todayslight…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 2 months agoOpen mic week 144 Stormy Weather Piano and Vocal (Cover)Hello to all in the Hive open mic community and Happy New Year. I hope you are looking forward to 12 months filled with music making. I'm extremely lucky to have a whole group of friends who play instruments and sing such as @steevc, @todayslight, @daniellemurray and @anna-newkey. Being able to…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 2 months agoOpen Mic Week 143 (Original Song) With Me StillI loved the theme for this week but I couldn't find a song I wanted to sing, so I decided to write my own instead. It's been a couple of years since I wrote any songs, so I hope you like it. I think this song could be viewed in many ways. If you are religious it could be a song about the love…purplesinger reblogged@philsaatchi 62in #hive-105786 • 2 months agoI Shall Be Released▶️ Watch on 3Speak Hive Open Mic week 143 Voice of Hope. My cover ofpurplesinger reblogged@jetta.amaya 68in #hive-105786 • 2 months agoHive Open Mic WEEK 143 / Niña dulce / Cover @jetta.amaya (Español/Ingles)▶️ Watch on 3Speak Un saludo amoroso papurplesinger reblogged@anna-newkey 67in #hive-105786 • 3 months agoHive Open Mic 142 - Que Sera (Doris Day)▶️ Watch on 3Speak For this week's theme "Nuestro Destino" I'm going to@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 3 months agoHive Open Mic week 142 (Cover) Longer by Dan FogelbergThe song I have chosen for week 142 of the Hive Open Mic, is 'Longer' by Dan Fogelberg. The beautiful lyrics speak of how the singer knows that their destiny is to love someone forever. They feel this love is stronger than anything they know...even stronger than mountains or trees. This song…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 3 months agoHive Open mic week 141 Try To Remember (cover)Hello fellow Hivers. This is my offering for this week's open mic. I chose this song firstly because it is a nostalgic song about Autumn leading to Winter, so it fits our theme nicely, but also because I love the feeling of a Jazz waltz. The original was from a comedic, musical play, called 'The…purplesinger reblogged@elisonr13 72in #hive-105786 • 4 months agoHive Open Mic Week 137 Catarsis - Elison (Original)▶️ Watch on 3Speak Qué gusto saludar a t@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 4 months agoHive Open Mic week 137 (Cover) Fix You by ColdplayHealing is so important throughout our lives. Not just physical healing but also emotional healing. We can recover from injuries to our skin but recovering from injuries to our emotions is so much harder. Music has been such a massive help to me when I have gone through some dreadful times. When I…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 4 months agoOpen Mic week 136 Cover 'Don't Stop Me Now'Oh my goodness! LETS ROCK! I am really NOT a rock star of any kind. I love to sing and play pop music and songs from musicals. I had classical vocal and piano lessons, so to break away from all that is quite difficult for me, though I wanted to give it a go. I enjoy listening to rock and…@purplesinger 64in #hive-105786 • 4 months agoHive Open Mic Week 135 (Cover) Search For The HeroThroughout history, people have suffered oppression because of differences in appearance, gender, religion, sexual orientation and race...to name but a few. Many have died because of the things they stand for and their beliefs. We might consider that we live in a modern world but still slavery…
