Comments for Mike McClellan http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog source material for singer songwriter guitarists Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on What a Buzz! by admin http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-99 admin Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:16:08 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40#comment-99 Thanks Phil. The workshop was a little less satisfying than I had hoped for me due to the lack of a projector but I think most who were there got enough from it. Thanks Phil. The workshop was a little less satisfying than I had hoped for me due to the lack of a projector but I think most who were there got enough from it.

]]> Comment on What a Buzz! by PHIL PARNELL http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-97 PHIL PARNELL Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:15:17 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40#comment-97 l have been going for 30 years about its allways great and was good to see "the song and dance man" again after so many years, you still sound great so smoooth. l sat in the song writing work shop and got heaps out of it thanks Mike your the best, cheers Phil. l have been going for 30 years about its allways great and was good to see “the song and dance man” again after so many years, you still sound great so smoooth.
l sat in the song writing work shop and got heaps out of it thanks Mike your the best,
cheers Phil.

]]> Comment on What a Buzz! by Ian Dearden http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-92 Ian Dearden Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:26:32 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40#comment-92 Glenn Cardier is a monster talent - not sure if I caught him live in the 70s, although I do have at least one album on vinyl somewhere, but did catch him at Illawarra FF a couple of years ago & was so completely blown away that I promptly bought all his currently available CDs. He is, as Mike says, a songwriter/performer who just gets better & better with age. Glenn Cardier is a monster talent – not sure if I caught him live in the 70s, although I do have at least one album on vinyl somewhere, but did catch him at Illawarra FF a couple of years ago & was so completely blown away that I promptly bought all his currently available CDs. He is, as Mike says, a songwriter/performer who just gets better & better with age.

]]> Comment on What a Buzz! by admin http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-88 admin Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:53:42 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40#comment-88 Thanks David. I would love to come back. I too have a real affection for Glenn and Caroline - they are delightful people. And you're right about Glenn, he deserves a much bigger audience than he currently commands. Thanks David. I would love to come back. I too have a real affection for Glenn and Caroline – they are delightful people. And you’re right about Glenn, he deserves a much bigger audience than he currently commands.

]]> Comment on What a Buzz! by David Garratt http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-87 David Garratt Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:26:00 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=40#comment-87 Thanks for your thoughts Mike. Lorna and I have loved your music since the 70's & still have the vinyl LP's. We spoke to you at the Merry Muse gig and then went to two of your concerts over Easter. Singing along to old favourites was a joy. We were moved at the tribute you paid in the blog to Glen Cardier. Via the Festival Shop we have come to have a warm link to Glenn and Caroline. They spent a good deal of quiet time on the verandah of the Shop building. I love talking with him. It is a pity his talent is not more recognized. Our tastes are similar. I too thought Battlefield Band, Harry Manx and April Verch were brilliant. Dry Bones was another highlight for me. Quite a few people have asked me to make sure we gat Harry Manx back. It was great to have you at the Festival. I hope you too will come again. Thanks for your thoughts Mike. Lorna and I have loved your music since the 70′s & still have the vinyl LP’s. We spoke to you at the Merry Muse gig and then went to two of your concerts over Easter. Singing along to old favourites was a joy.
We were moved at the tribute you paid in the blog to Glen Cardier. Via the Festival Shop we have come to have a warm link to Glenn and Caroline. They spent a good deal of quiet time on the verandah of the Shop building. I love talking with him. It is a pity his talent is not more recognized.
Our tastes are similar. I too thought Battlefield Band, Harry Manx and April Verch were brilliant. Dry Bones was another highlight for me. Quite a few people have asked me to make sure we gat Harry Manx back.
It was great to have you at the Festival. I hope you too will come again.

]]> Comment on One Guitar, a Keyboard and a Sore Throat! by admin http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-83 admin Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:21:57 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=33#comment-83 Hi David, Thanks for the note. I will be talking with the Port Fairy people about 2013. However I may not make it next year as I have several other offers at the same time of the year which we will assess over the next month or so and make decisions about when planning the touring schedule. I have just come back from the National Folk Festival where I had a ball. The response was very encouraging and I will write something for the blog over the next week or so after I get through the weekend's performing schedule. Mike Hi David,

Thanks for the note. I will be talking with the Port Fairy people about 2013. However I may not make it next year as I have several other offers at the same time of the year which we will assess over the next month or so and make decisions about when planning the touring schedule.

I have just come back from the National Folk Festival where I had a ball. The response was very encouraging and I will write something for the blog over the next week or so after I get through the weekend’s performing schedule.

Mike

]]> Comment on One Guitar, a Keyboard and a Sore Throat! by David Cameron http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-82 David Cameron Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:40:07 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=33#comment-82 Hello Mike, I've just read your blog and new website for the fist time. It looks great! I've been listening to your music for many years having seen you in concert a few times in the early 80's. They were great shows you shared with Doug. Like Helen who wrote on your blog on April 9, I too have your live album 'an evening with MM'. Live music has always been my favourite way of appreciating an artist and that LP remains a favourite of mine. I particularly love your rendition of High Flying Bird, it is fantastic as are the songs you penned. I was interested to read you are a fan of John Gorka. I am a fan too since buying his Jacks Crows CD some years ago. I most recently got his CD/DVD "John Gorka, The Gypsy Life" which is a live studio recording and also features lots of other interesting stuff including some other live footage, interviews etc. Keep on singing, Mike! PS: Come to Port Fairy again :-) Hello Mike,

I’ve just read your blog and new website for the fist time. It looks great!
I’ve been listening to your music for many years having seen you in concert a few times in the early 80′s. They were great shows you shared with Doug. Like Helen who wrote on your blog on April 9, I too have your live album ‘an evening with MM’. Live music has always been my favourite way of appreciating an artist and that LP remains a favourite of mine. I particularly love your rendition of High Flying Bird, it is fantastic as are the songs you penned.

I was interested to read you are a fan of John Gorka. I am a fan too since buying his Jacks Crows CD some years ago. I most recently got his CD/DVD “John Gorka, The Gypsy Life” which is a live studio recording and also features lots of other interesting stuff including some other live footage, interviews etc.
Keep on singing, Mike!
PS: Come to Port Fairy again :-)

]]> Comment on The future is back where I started by admin http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-81 admin Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:39:59 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=18#comment-81 Thanks Helen. I enjoyed it too after all many years of not having done a national festival. I plan to write a longer piece about the festival in the next few days. Thanks Helen. I enjoyed it too after all many years of not having done a national festival. I plan to write a longer piece about the festival in the next few days.

]]> Comment on The future is back where I started by Helen Pike http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-80 Helen Pike Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:45:29 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=18#comment-80 Hello Mike. My sister & I & 100's of others thoroughly enjoyed your Saturday gig in Budawang at National Folk Festival. I knew I had a vinyl of yours, "An Evening with MM - Live" (1977). So I had better have it transferred to CD to listen on my work commute. Your clear diction made the enjoyment of listening to your songs a pleasure. I do hope you will grace Canberra with more gigs in the near future. I can recommend The Street Theatre as an intimate & good acoustic venue. Hello Mike. My sister & I & 100′s of others thoroughly enjoyed your Saturday gig in Budawang at National Folk Festival. I knew I had a vinyl of yours, “An Evening with MM – Live” (1977). So I had better have it transferred to CD to listen on my work commute. Your clear diction made the enjoyment of listening to your songs a pleasure. I do hope you will grace Canberra with more gigs in the near future. I can recommend The Street Theatre as an intimate & good acoustic venue.

]]> Comment on One Guitar, a Keyboard and a Sore Throat! by Cafetaria http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=33&cpage=1#comment-61 Cafetaria Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:48:04 +0000 http://www.mikemcclellan.com.au/blog/?p=33#comment-61 As a fan of Leonard Cohen too, as well as a second-generation dsdceneant of Glastonbury, where my father was born, I loved the connection made here. For me there's a wonderful synergy between the words of this anthem, and a symbol that is associated with Chalice Well in Glastonbury the . In a mandorla' the focus is that almond shape created where two circles intersect and it's a space in which we are invited simply to sit and be still' in the middle of seeming paradox. If we can do so quietly, and simply accept what is rather than try to resolve the difference or take sides', a new understanding or paradigm will emerge.From my perspective, Cohen's anthem offers a similar invitation. Often we can be tempted to reject or bemoan the cracks' we encounter in life the faults, the broken pieces, or the pain. But if we can simply be still', accept them and embrace them, they offer us the gift of light', of new learning, new understanding and growth.Perhaps another way of expressing this can also be found in the words of another poet Kahlil Gibran: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. Thank you for sharing this and for inspiring me to reflection. As a fan of Leonard Cohen too, as well as a second-generation dsdceneant of Glastonbury, where my father was born, I loved the connection made here. For me there’s a wonderful synergy between the words of this anthem, and a symbol that is associated with Chalice Well in Glastonbury the . In a mandorla’ the focus is that almond shape created where two circles intersect and it’s a space in which we are invited simply to sit and be still’ in the middle of seeming paradox. If we can do so quietly, and simply accept what is rather than try to resolve the difference or take sides’, a new understanding or paradigm will emerge.From my perspective, Cohen’s anthem offers a similar invitation. Often we can be tempted to reject or bemoan the cracks’ we encounter in life the faults, the broken pieces, or the pain. But if we can simply be still’, accept them and embrace them, they offer us the gift of light’, of new learning, new understanding and growth.Perhaps another way of expressing this can also be found in the words of another poet Kahlil Gibran: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. Thank you for sharing this and for inspiring me to reflection.

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