Moselele

We’ve got a lot to tell you before the meeting on Thursday.

The main thing is that we’ve now got a shop, can you see the link at the top? This is the best and only place to buy Moselele related merchandise. We’ve quite a nonsensical range of stuff for your consumption.

We’re also getting ready for what looks like it will be a very busy bank holiday weekend. On the 3rd June it is the Diamond (is that right?) Jubilee which will include a number of street parties in the Moseley and Kings Heath area. We’ve been asked to play at a few of these, we’ve insisted we play at a few more.

Over the day it looks like we’re going to play at five parties in all. If you want to come and play then sign up on the Facebook group or let me know through this site. There are no restrictions on ability so don’t think you’re not good enough.

Other than that we’ll be in the Prince of Wales from 8:00pm.

Well we don’t want to be elected and we don’t do any Alice Cooper songs. To be honest we don’t think Alice Cooper would add anything of any worth to the machinations of local government.

Still, Thursday will be election day and our first meeting of May. So have a vote and then come along and play a range of songs that have nothing to do with politics at the Prince of Wales. We’ll be there from 8:00pm.

This Sunday we got to do a gig at Acorns Hospice, this was part of a sensory weekend where kids with learning disabilities get different sensory experiences such as music. Everyone made us feel really welcome and it was an ideal way to spend a very wet Sunday afternoon. We’d like to say a big thank you for inviting us along and here’s a photo.

A worryingly late reminder that we are meeting as usual on Thursday.

8:00pm in the back room of the Prince of Wales.

As we’ve been exploring some of the new songs it’s become a bit obvious that not all of us know them intimately (or at all).

If you watch the video below it will give you some pointers.

Remember, it’s not about learning the songs, just having a vague idea of how they go.

It is with some excitement that I can confirm that Moselele is two years old (or will be on the 4th April).

It seems more than two years ago when we met in Moseley CDT to drink tea, eat a large pile of biscuits and bumble through some songs. We’ve come along way since then, not least adding beer into the equation.

The last year has been very eventful for us, playing a few gigs and moving to a home that has really made the group what it was meant to be. This is mainly due to the influx of really dedicated people we have picked up since the Prince of Wales gave us their hospitality.

So on Thursday we’ll be celebrating two years of murdering over 150 songs. I can’t say there will be much more celebration other than singing but that’s a good start.

It’s also worth mentioning that we took part in the Big Brum Love Tour on Saturday.

You can watch a video of it below.

Of course you will notice that the meeting dates on the right hand side are working again. I’ve done literally nothing to fix them so I have no idea why that is.

One of the most important things to do in March is get ready for our meeting on the 15th. As usual we’ll be in the back room of the Prince of Wales from 8:00pm. We’ll once again be having a crack at some of the new songs featured in Book 3.

As you’ll notice, if you look to the right, the dates still aren’t working. One day I’ll fix it. One day.

We also still need people to take part in the Big Brum Love Walk, this is part of the Still Walking festival, new to Birmingham. If you want to take part then get in touch with us either through comments on here, on the Facebook Group or face to face on Thursday. This is for a good cause so volunteers would be much appreciated.

I’d also like to draw your attention to our very own FAQ section of the site. This is where attempt to answer all the questions that are frequently asked. If you have a question then have a look in there and see if we’ve already got the answer conveniently bobbing about.

Also remember that the first meeting in April will be our second Birthday. We’re not expecting you to do anything with that information other than remember it.

As we say farewell to February we say a big hello to our revised song book number 2. As you know we’ve been trying to go back through the books to make the songs as right as we possibly can. There have been quite a songs that we’ve never really played because of a tardy approach to quality management.

We hope this will be the last time this book will be reviewed, as with book one last month. I would really appreciate it if you could make sure that you have copies of both the new books. We did used to have spare copies of the books but I had been covering the cost of this myself and it got quite expensive.

We hope that we will also have completed the third book in time for March, things are well underway with that.

So, we’ll be in the Prince of Wales at 8:00pm on Thursday, we’ll get to play some songs we’ve never tried before and which should be exciting for everyone involved.

For some reason the list of dates isn’t showing this week or the first one in March, I’ve no idea why, they are still on.