Games at Heart Beats

We often start our sessions with some musical games. This is a short film of a game we play - mirroring. You take turns to lead or copy. When the music stops - don't move! It's fun and relaxing - a great way to loosen up and make connections.

Count Me In are taking part in a sharing event about 'musical inclusion'

We're pleased and excited to be involved in a sharing event,  where we will be talking about Heart Beats.
This event is called 'How can we get more children and young people into music'?
It's  a free event and parents, carers and youth workers are welcome - it's not just for music leaders.
On June 26th Jane and Alex will both be talking at a similar event, aimed at the more 'formal' music sector - such as schools.

Summer party

You are invited to join Alex, Russ, Jane and Ben

at the

Summer Party

To celebrate the success of the Heart Beats project.

This is on

Thursday, July 4^th, 2013

 6.00 – 8.00 p.m.

at

Wells Museum

Please wear something colourful.

Bring Mums, Dads, siblings, carers…..

Refreshments provided.

Last Heart Beats before Easter

We have a great session planned for this week - lots of ideas contributed by everybody from last session, plus good bits from the awesome Heart Beats guitar orchestra .... Brazilian beats, Mexicans v Texans, tropical rainforests, and maybe even a reprise of David's song about his Good Dog.

The regular sessions will be coming to a pause as we start our outreach phase, going out and about to schools.

On 4th July there will be a date for your diaries : the Heart Beats summer party at Wells Museum, 6 - 8.


It's going to sound good ... the rhythm of the heart beat ..... warm hearts!

Deserts!

At our last session lots of people said they wanted to do 'guitars' this time.

We've been thinking hard about this one ..... because Geoff said 'African blues' too... so tonight's theme is...
DESERTS!
 First off, African desert blues (thanks for the inspiration, Tinariwen)
 Then, some low down Tex - Mex musical dualling in a dusty desert landscape.
We're just loading up with every guitar we can lay our hands on, plus a big bag of plectrums.
Get out of my way, tumbleweed. Here we come.

Heart Beats improvisation, February 2012

Alex recorded some of our session last week. You can listen to some of music by clicking on this link:

https://soundcloud.com/heart-beats-5/heart-beats-long-improvisation

Everyone is playing along on different instruments. Geoff is playing the didgeridoo - it sounds like a whale! We know Mark can make really good whale noises too, but he is playing the dun dun, the foundation drum.
The lovely sound at the start is Martyn on the 'boom tubes' - a home made instrument.
Emma is playing the steel pan which sounds really bright.
Daryl is playing chime bars.
David and Andrew are playing percussion. Daniel is on guitar.

We called this piece of music 'spring is coming'.

This week

Sunshine on our minds, don't forget there IS a Heart Beats session this week, so get ready to Get Funky! So you on Thursday.....

Great sessions

Great sessions, walking in our moonboots at Critchill, global holidays in Wells... lots of chat and good vibes, lovely to see everyone again after missing the last session because of the snow. We love heartbeats! Yes!

Heartbeats this week

Two good things this week : an after school club at Critchill tomorrow and a proper great big music session in Wells on Thursday ... great.

Critchill school

Excitedly preparing for our first after school club at Critchill school. Fun!