Music and Me - a new weekly challenge!

Music features big in my life... I've always been surrounded by it and i'd rather listen anyday, than watch... iykwim?

The men in my life are musical, they love their guitars, and my Mum sang professionally as a young woman. She played the piano too, and boy could she belt out the Blues...She had a Helluva voice for a tiny li'l lady, and my fondest memories are of her singing - On the stage, in the garden, whilst cooking... cleaning....knitting, whatever. In fact - if she was awake, she was singing, and I was singing with her... I had four older siblings, and lived through Skiffle, Rock and Roll, the Sixties, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Folk clubs, Pink Floyd... and everything in betweeen. I myself, grew up with the seventies and eighties music, and as we had Pubs with entertainment licences there was always Music in my life and in my head. My own kids are all music mad too, and songs and their melodies and lyrics mean a lot to us.

I often use lyrics as a springboard for my own pages and many of you will remember that I used to set regular challenges on Scribblesonline and the Pad, often based around song titles, words or music.

For a bit of fun - and a challenge to you all, I thought I'd start a weekly music prompt. I might use an album cover for inspiration, a Title, or a line from a favourite song. It'll be whatever takes my fancy, and I'll upload my layout with the challenge every week, and you guys can drop me a link if you decide to join in.

Sound like fun?

We'll have a go then.

Week 1: Music

Music was my first love
And it'll be my last
Music of the future
And music of the past.
To live without my music
Would be impossible to do
In this world of troubles
my music pulls me through
John Miles

The words of this song seem apt for a starting point, so my layout is based round them – but we'll have no rules here – Just think about the song and create whatever you fancy from it. It might be a line, a word or two, the whole thing, or whatever springs to mind. I can’t say I’m any great fan of this song per se, but in general, it suits my purpose today. Please don’t forget to let me know if you play along – I’d love to see what you come up with.

Thanks for popping by

jake x