Merry Christmas
Author: Mette Kirkegaard
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Glædelig jul – Merry Christmas – live concert w. Mette Kirkegaard
Glædelig jul til alle!
Tak til alle jer, der så med til min livekoncert fra Biblioteket på Rentemestervej.
Gense min solokoncert her: https://www.facebook.com/104149543002165/videos/3285802394863380
NB Julekoncerterne fortsætter frem til jul.
A merry Christmas to everyone – here a live video from Dec 8 2020 – my solo concert at the Library Rentemestervej Copenhagen.
The concerts continue until Christmas – read blog below.
JULEKONCERTER LIVE FRA RENTEMESTERVEJ hver dag frem til jul.
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| JULEKONCERTER LIVE FRA RENTEMESTERVEJ hver dag frem til jul. Fedt initiativ og gratis for alle <3. Kalenderen åbner i aften den første låge. |
Dygtige musikere vil hver aften forsøde jeres julemåned<3
Mette Kirkegaard den 8. december kl. 20.00 – event Facebook her
Kig med på facebook, og kom i bedre julehumør end offline coronatræt.
Som musiker er jeg dybt taknemmelig over, at to ildsjæle i bus 5C fik ideen. Stine Sørensen og Dan Kreuzfeldt har igangsat og indsamlet puljen med hjælp fra Bispebjerg Lokaludvalg og Biblioteket i Nordvest, der gør det muligt at skaffe 24 kunstnere tilsammen 24 online kalenderkoncerter.
Ugeavisen skriver bl.a. om kalenderideen, som Bispebjerg Lokaludvalg har støttet:På en tur i bus 5C spirede den første tanke hos Dan Kreutzfeldt og Stine Sørensen om at skabe en online klassisk musikalsk julekalender. En julekalender for alle, der ønsker at blive forkælet fra den 1. – 24. december. Dan Kreutzfeldt er blandt andet manden bag Nordvest Festival, og Stine Sørensen er leder af biblioteket på Rentemestervej, altså har vi med to kultur-ildsjæle at gøre her.
Læs mere i Ugeavisen: https://ugeavisen.dk/nordvest/artikel/nordvest-ildsjæle-bag-klassisk-musikalsk-julekalender
Songwriters on wheels @mettemusic playlist on Spotify
This blog is also on instagram. Listen to Spotify playlist and read here
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Many songwriters have been inspired by wheels, roads and driving to express love, feelings and situation in their songs:
Link to instagram
Katie Melua introduces us in 2005 to the nine million bycycles in Beijing in
“That’s a fact,
It’s a thing we can’t deny,
Like the fact that I will love you ’til I die.”
Hotel California is a place you can never leave, after driving there, and its even though you can check out any time you like – Eagles performs this longstanding hit in 1976.
Diplo “wanna ride with you ´till the wheels fall off” on coworked song Diplo/Thomas Wesley/Jonas Brothers
“Until we’re running out of road
Wanna dance with you ’til the music stops
‘Til we got no place to go”
Fast Car expressing the trouble old man and hard life while driving – the song hits us as a second hit after Talking about a Revolution when Tracy Chapman has her breakthrough in 1988 – and various artists continue to cover her work – here with Joan Blue, Dakota in 2018.
Black Rider, Bob Dylans on the legends latest album 2020. Dylan sings about “the road that you’re on, same road that you know. Just not the same as it was a minute ago”
Lana Del Rey sings in 2012 about the big life road, her father’s life and herself hung in:
“Dying young and I’m playing hard
That’s the way my father made his life an art
Drink all day and we talk ’til dark
That’s the way the road doves do it, ride ’til dark”
Mette Kirkegaard – a songwriter myself – sings about a train trip from New York to Arizona on my song Train 2011 from the Ep Dry Wood.
“Hey you with that big fat smile do you still remember, when we crossed that extra mile to catch a train to Arizona”.
Daryl Braithwaite on the album Edge from 1988 encourages us to get on that Sugartrain.
“I took the time to count the miles on my face
It’s funny how the towns go by
I was standin’ on a dream long ago
I don’t know how I survived
Get on that sugar train…”
And finally The Eye of the Tiger leaves us with a feeling that the street builds up the soul of a strong man,
1982, it was featured on Rocky III and sung by the American rock band Survivor
Risin’ up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
Musicians Should also Look at these 4 Habits to Highly Effective Leadership
Michael Touchton, writes about leadership with empathy at Medium.
I found his four habits of highly effective leaders very interesting – as well for musicians who at some point in their career need to set up a team of helping souls.
Highly Effective Leaders:
- They build a Challenge Network
- People who can show them how to change.
- They Expect Resistance From those They Lead – Expect it. Leadership is proactive response, and defensive reaction robs us of our leadership.
- They check out and take walks – dont overthink. Leadership is often about learning to manage your own internal emotions in the midst of an environment that can often feel chaotic and anxious.
- They Jump First – yes you heard it – if you want to cut payrolls – begin with your own – if your want their trust, you need to be the first one to jump in the water….
Michael Touchton writes in Medium that:
“Becoming a good leader is much more difficult than reading a bunch of books. Because becoming a good leader is about going through the sometimes painful experience of personal growth.”…
How do you handle your leadership?
Read the full article: https://medium.com/the-ascent/the-4-habits-of-highly-effective-leaders-3992edc1156f
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