Spring Has Sprung

Yes, it has, finally.  It seems as though we have had winter-like weather since about last October..This AM was just barely 24 degrees F. with frost all over..But, the sun came out and stayed, for  goodness sake...So by afternoon it was 64 degrees in the shade..warmer of course where the sun hit.   Reminded me of the old Burma Shave roadside signs..It seems like we were always going the opposite direction so had to look  out the back car window and remember them from the last sign to the first...  "Don't stick your elbow out so far or it may go home in another car..Burma Shave."    "Spring has sprung the grass has ris where last year's careless drivers is..Burma Shave."    "Trains don't wander all over the map cause no one sits on the engineer's lap..Burma Shave.."   That was back in the middle west...It seems to me I have a book somewhere on the slogans...will have to look it up.. Anyway, a day like today is really nice once in awhile.  The weather forecast is for rain next week..  So, as I said, spring has sprung.

Song Magazines from The Past

Several years ago I bought a box of song books and  song magazines from an estate sale.  I went through them briefly then put the box away  until I had more time..  You know how that goes...I found the box again finally and started going through it.   Here were Song Hits and Hit Parader  magazines for mainly pop music..  Then came the Country Song Roundup and  National Jamboree  for mainly country.   I glanced through all of them seeing songs I had forgotten about and others that are ever on my mind.   Now I need to take the time to go through and  find songs I need and want the words to and copy on the copy machine in a bit larger print than in the  magazines...They are all printed so small..Really..They are..  Thanks for listening.

Listening To Music

      I hear people talk about music and what they like to listen to....  So many say they only listen to such and such music....  I think to myself that they are missing out on so much good music...   I have always  tried to sample all types of music..Sometimes that sample leads to more, as I realize I kind of like such and such music...I like all kinds from operetta, opera, waltzes,  classic country ,  The Beatles  and  so on..I try to catch the Andre Rieu programs when they come on PBS..  Then Celtic Thunder hit PBS and that is great, especially their current  Heritage...that just fascinates me..such a good program..  So you young people ,  listen to  golden oldies,  hear what the melodies and lyrics were like  in the 30's, 40's and 50's..Some great writers and music came out during those years..  And the singers...  There were so many singers that really could sing  , in tune etc.. When you listen to some of the modern music out there,  I  am glad I know the older music...Maybe that is what they were talking about when they spoke of the "generation gap".

New Projects.

When looking for new song material for a recording project, please check out my  songs  listed on the front of this site and on kariscottmusic.com....On iTunes and cdbaby.....Links on front page of this site and kariscottmusic.com....Thanks for listening...

New Recording Projects

When you are looking for  song material for a new recording project, please check out the  cd West Country with all original   country-style songs written by Michael Travis West...Michael is a BMI writer..He is on iTunes....There is a link to his page on cdbaby on the front page of  this site  and on kariscottmusic.com......Check it out....Thanks for listening..

Yodeling

The first time I heard yodeling, on the radio, when I was a little girl, I was so impressed...I really liked it...I used  to sit and try to learn to yodel but never could seem to get the hang of it...Even now I listen to yodeling and really enjoy it..The Swiss  and other European yodeling is always nice to listen to... There have been so many really good yodelers in this country..I will name the ones that come to mind now...I know there are many others...You can go on youtube and hear many........Elton Britt...Rosalie Allen...Margo Smith...Roy Rogers...Slim Whitman... Patsy Montana....Kenny Roberts....Girls Of The Golden West....The Dezurik Sisters, who sang There's A Silver Moon On The Golden Gate.....Wilf Carter(Montana Slim)....Jean Shepherd....Rex Allen....Eddy Arnold....Rod Erickson......So if you want to hear an art form of singing...yodeling...go on youtube and listen to some of these great yodelers  and enjoy....Who knows..maybe you will be able to learn to yodel and go on from there...

Writing A Blog

Usually when talking to people about all kinds of things, I seem to be able to hold my own  whether it is politics, weather or whatever...But when it comes to writing a blog  I sit here and wonder  what I should talk about...Sometimes, like today, I just start in and hope things start to jell...  Jell does make me think of the days when I made jelly...All growing season I would gather what I had growing in my garden..raspberries, loganberries,  strawberries,  Boysenberries and apples..  I got them ready for the  freezer  as I picked them...At the end of the  growing season I would take everything out of the freezer , put it in big  stainless bowl/basins...After all was thawed, the juice let loose so I squeezed it all  and started making the jelly..Being a mixed berry jelly was good as the above berries were strong enough flavored that I could  add a bit of water to stretch it out without taking away from the flavor..Oh yes, I had a few gooseberries  and red old fashioned currants that I added also.  Cooking all of it took a long time..I usually spent the whole day into the evening before I finished the project...Used to get 125 to 150 jars  i.e. some one third pint, half pint and pint jars..  It was so good...just juice, sugar and pectin....it possibly would have jelled without the pectin but after all the work  I didn't want to take any chances...  Everyone in the family  looked for their jars of jelly after it was all done...   You ask, what does this have to do with music?    Well, I was always a radio rambler  so  had the radio tuned in to good music  to listen to while I worked..It  seemed to make thiongs go along better...  You might ask why the apples...Well, apple juice adds juice  without  taking away the main flavor...Also I found that the apple helped clarify the jelly  because one of the marks of good jelly was to have it as clear as possible  and with apples, mine was....Those were good times...  Thanks for listening....