A Television Programme You Enjoyed As A Child

Hi Blogheads.

Today Im going to tell you about a television programme I enjoyed as a Child. We didn't get a TV until I was about 6 years old. The first programme I actually remember watching was The Monkees, a story about 4 young men in a pop band. It was quite a silly programme but it had been made in the USA to try and match the popularity of British pop band The Beatles. The group were actors although they sany their own songs the music was created by session musicians. There was a lot of controversy about this but as a 6-year old it wasn't an issue. I started watching the programme because of my 3 elder sisters who were big fans. The 4 monkees were Peter, Davy, Micky & Mike. Each week they got into a situation caused by a misunderstanding or problem. There were always a couple of songs with images of them running around trying to escape from an evil villan or an eager fan. I think I enjoyed the music most of all. The songs were very catchy pop songs, many of them written by well know pop composers. I don't think the programme would be very popular today but it did serve as a blueprint for lots of other future programmes involving songs and singers.

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What programme it was,
When it was on,
What it was about,
Why you enjoyed it.

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A Hobby

Hi Blogheads.

Today I'm going to write about one of my favourite hobbies - making music. I started making music when I taught myself to ´play guitar aged 12 or 13. I used to write poetry and once I could play a couple of chords I started writing songs. A couple of years later I bought a synth and learnt to play a bit of keyboard. I joined my first band at about 16 but we only ever played live once. Aged 17 I started a punk/new/wave band with some friends and I've been making music ever since. I played in bands up untill about 1993. When I moved to Chile in 1998 I started experimenting making electronic music using different computer software. first one called cubase and then Ableton Live. I don't write as my lyrics as I used to and nowadays most of my creations are instrumental. I don't really know what genre my music could be described as either. Most of the time it's just weird. Often it has a House or Hip-Hop feel but I just play around with whatever comes out and improvise. I also make little videos to go along with my tunes. Mainly random stuff I've filmed that I play around with in Imovie.
Here are some recent creations:

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What it is,
When you started it,
What it involves,
How often you do it.
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