http://music.hopcott.net Music free online short stories, fiction, novels, novellas & interesting facts & opinion about music from Rob Hopcott Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:28:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tom loved stories. He would sit in the old storytelling chair by the fire, his pale blue eyes glinting in the light from the flickering candles on the tables all around. His chuckles would drift from lips that were weather beaten like the old oak beams above his head. Contentedly, ... http://music.hopcott.net/archives/13 On the 17th January 2007, there will be a traditional wassailing folk music playing session at Butchers Arms, Carhampton, West Somerset with cider soaked toast (but that's for the apple trees), shooting (that's at the apple trees) and Wassailing singing. See you there or more info (with podcast) from Wassailing in ... http://music.hopcott.net/archives/12 The elderly at rest homes or nursing homes are always so appreciative of even modest musician efforts so when I got an invitation from a musician friend, whose mother had just moved into the Dunster Lodge Residential Home, Minehead, Exmoor, to welcome in the new year one afternoon with some ... http://music.hopcott.net/archives/11 It's fantastic the varied people you meet at pub music sessions and the different walks of life and interests they come from. On New Year's Eve, I visited the Pennymoor Singaround in the West Country of England to play some traditional English and Irish folk music and it was nice to ... http://music.hopcott.net/archives/10 I knew that Christmas had really got under way when I attended to play some traditional folk and Christmas tunes at the local day care centre. Enjoyable tunes with excellent local musicians at a centre where so much is achieved. Read about Christmas and traditional tunes at the local day care centre. http://music.hopcott.net/archives/9 Desperate to play some traditional folk music, yesterday (Sunday), I drove down to The Dolphin in the Barbican at Plymouth, in the West of England. It was really cool. For 1st Sunday of the month afternoon pub entertainment in a down to earth traditional water front pub, it's a place I ... http://music.hopcott.net/archives/8 Always looking for something different, I visited a popular live music club in Bideford for it's Tuesday evening jamming session. My musical experience is mainly in the acoustic tradition but I can see that the vibrant sound of electric guitars can be very appealing. All about my visit to the Palladium Club, ... http://music.hopcott.net/archives/7 A great story that involves music and musicians getting involved in the oldest game that ever was is Bagpipe Lover by Rob Hopcott. After playing his piece for the audience in the pub, the piper glances over and sees the lady of his dreams. The only problem is that she is ... http://music.hopcott.net/archives/6 Welcome to my music blog. Here I will post details of short stories I have written involving the many wonderful facets of music, it's performance and expression. It's amazing how important music is in our day to day lives. We listen to it. We hum it. Some of us are crazy enough ... http://music.hopcott.net/archives/3