Time to get serious - songs!

Well, with the website update done, it's now time to get serious about the songs we play! As you know, playing actual songs is the next step for the samba school, with serious arrangements for tamborims and other instruments. We have started with this a few months ago, and now it's time for everyone to learn these songs. There's only three for now, but I have worked hard to make it possible to record new songs relatively fast. I like to aim for at least 2 new songs per month.

The members area of our website will have all information about the songs:

• lyrics
• mp3 recording
• tamborim arrangement
• other instructions

For now, I have just put the 3 recordings on the site. Note I will update these songs on an ongoing basis (2 of the 3 songs don't have vocals yet, and other improvements can be made). However I have learned (the hard way) that I shouldn't wait with things until they are 'perfect'...

So what you can (should!) do: try to log in to the members area of the site. So go to brisamba.com and enter your username and password on the right. Your username should be firstname.lastname, and your password I hope you remember. If not, there is a facility to have it all emailed to you - please try this first before emailing me.

Once you're in the members area, you'll see a blue box on the right with the 3 songs, under the header 'songs & arrangements'. Just click a song to hear it.

I really expect everyone who is serious about the samba school to try this and to visit the members area on a regular basis. We're making the transition from just bashing drums (ok, that's a bit harsh maybe) to actually performing as musicians, and that cannot be done without investing a little bit of time outside the normal classes. Note the website keeps track of who logs in when...

I really look forward to your feedback. Over the next few days, expect to find arrangements and lyrics there as well.

I'd love to hear your feedback. Maria please note: I have replaced the typewriter with 16 tamborins!!! I kept the blockflöjt though... for now.