This is a week of almost constant Moselele news.
It was crazy enough finally getting a poster but now we’ve got a Facebook group as well.
Theoretically this will make people think there is some sort of coherent strategy for developing Moselele into a force of unparalleled power.
It’s also a handy place for people to have discussions about things.
This is probably the most exciting Moselele news ever.
We had a fantastic response to the poster competition. We had thirteen entries with some people motivated to enter more than once.
We really appreciate the time and effort that people put into this and you can see all of the entries here.
We are more than pleased to announce that the winner is Jim who produced Guitar George for us.
We’re also pleased to announce that the prize is a bit better than we’d originally planned.
Jim will soon be the owner of a Kala Soprano Ukulele bundle.
Well done Jim and thank you everyone for all of your help.
Just to remind the whole world that the Poster Competition is careering towards a final and graphic finale on Sunday.
We’ve had quite a few entries and we’re very excited about judging them.
Of course nothing has been decided and there is still time for one last go.
(You can win a ukulele)
It’s the Moseley Festival.
The single most exciting thing with festival in the title that happens in Moseley on an annual basis. Except, possibly, the Folk Festival or even the Jazz Festival.
We have a lot of festivals. That’s no bad thing.
The Moseley Festival is the only one that has a Ukulele component (except the Folk Festival which has the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain this year).
The Moseley Festival is the only festival that is going on this week.
As a special Festival event we’ve got an extra Moselele on Thursday night (the 8th), again upstairs at PKs at 8 O’clock.
You’re obviously wondering what will make this one different, what is so special about a Moselele in the middle of the Moseley Festival? Well the main difference is that it is on the second Thursday of the month rather than the third Thursday of the month.
That’s about it really.
So we very much look forward to seeing you on Thursday.
This is probably the most exciting thing we’ve ever done . We’re going to have a competition.
There is only so far you can get by hoping people stumble across a web site so we need posters. Especially as there is a shop that sells Ukuleles bang in the middle of Moseley. Just think what would happen if we put posters up in there?
Exactly.
I have effectively no graphic design skills what so ever. Which means we are going to have a competition.
If you design us a poster AND it is good AND we like it then we will give you a Ukulele. Not a crap one with a picture of a tree on it but something like a Kala Soprano.
All you need to do is try and come up with something that is quite amusing, can be printed out on A3 paper and can be customised to put different dates and stuff on. If you can, try and use our logo. If you can come up with a better logo then that would be even better. This one was thrown together in an afternoon and I don’t really like it that much.
Entries can be emailed to competition@moselele.co.uk
The closing date for the competition is the 25th July.
All entries will be judged in some sort of democratic way that I haven’t really thought through yet.
The actual prize will depend on what we can get at the time. Though it will be good so it’s worth having a go.
Thanks and good luck.
When I said we wouldn’t add any more songs it was a lie.
We’ve added more songs in anticipation of our exciting next meeting on the 1st July (this Thursday). It’s all about getting ready for the Moseley Festival.
As it is the Festival we thought that it would be interestingly irrelevant to add Everyday by Buddy Holly
..and You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC
Neither of which have anything to do with each other or festivals. They are, of course in the Songbook. I’ve also got rid of some of the more obvious errors from the song book.
You might also have noticed in B13 Magazine that we are listed for Wednesday the 8th. We prefer to think this is some sort of innocent mistake rather than a blatant lie. We’ve got upstairs at Kavanagh’s booked for Thursday the 8th. Don’t turn up a day early or we won’t be there. This does mean that both meetings in July will be on consecutive weeks.
That’s not a problem is it?
Yes, that’s right.
We’ve got Kavanagh’s booked for this Thursday.
That’s the 17th June, from 8:00pm, upstairs. Yes, we’ve even got proper listings now as well.
There aren’t any new songs, so lot’s of chance to work on what we’ve got, and that’s a lot.
See you on Thursday.
Thanks to everyone who made it last night. It was reduced numbers this week (damn you sun and your world heating ways) but we got through just about every song in the book.
There seemed to be quite an improvement with some of the older songs. Though our stumbling version of True by Spandau Ballet was a mostly beautiful thing to behold.
We had a bit of a discussion about it last night and came to the conclusion that it might be an idea to make meetings every two weeks rather than monthly. This should give more people a chance to turn up and means we don’t have such a gap where we can forget how to play things.
So the next meeting will be in Thursday 17th June. Remember all meetings are at 8:00pm and they are upstairs at the Patrick Kavanagh.
I will remind everyone a bit closer to the 17th. I’m intending to not add more songs as we have enough to be getting on with. I am planning on going back through the book and correcting all of the obvious errors, like Sweet Home Alabama just being wrong.
We hope you can make it on the 17th and remember we’re always keen to see new people.
It’s very nearly Thursday, the 3rd, and that means it is our third meeting.
Once again it will be at 8:00pm at The Patrick Kavanagh.
I’ve updated the Songbook with more songs. We’ve got quite a few now so I think it might be an idea to work on the ones in the book rather than adding to it each month. We have more than enough to be getting on with.
So, this month I have added.
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Urban Spaceman – Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Paint it Black – The Rolling Stones
Only You – Yazoo
True Spandau Ballet
That was the second meeting absolutely completed and in only a few short weeks I reckon we’ve all improved quite a lot.
As you can see from the picture we’ve even diversified into Kazoos as well as Ukueleles.
We’ve now managed to play all the song book, which is an achievement as some of the more recent ones are a bit more tricky. I was especially pleased that we managed to make it through a whole run through of Walking on Sunshine.
I was actually a bit of surprised that Livin’ on a Prayer managed to work out so well. I’d only put it in as some sort of twisted joke. It certainly pointed towards the best songs being ones that people can shout/sing rather than ones that people necessarily like. Though I’m not suggesting including unpopular songs just for 
the sake of it. That would be ridiculous.
The Patrick Kavanagh was a much better venue as it sells beer and a room with a lower ceiling is less acoustically challenging.
We’ll be back there again on the 3rd June so it will be great to see you all again and we look forward to all those new people that haven’t quite persuaded themselves that this is what they want to do with one Thursday a month.
As always, keep the song suggestions coming in.
