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I'm going off track a little here to talk about a certain European song contest. Music being my priority.

I watched the Eurovision song contest last night. The only reason I watched it was to be entertained by the commentary of Terry Wogan.

Those of you outside Europe may not know this competition, but within Europe, it's always been a big deal.

The overall result was of little surprise to me. With neighbour countries having a habit of casting votes for each other. None more that what I like to term as Eastern Bloc Europe. So Russia were the victors this time around. How surprising!

I had to laugh when one judge said "The best song in Europe", and one of the judges unknowingly got very close to the truth when they said it was a "Great concert", because a concert is pretty much all it was. It certainly isn't a fair competition any more. Terry Wogan said that by the way. He is even considering abandoning the competition, I mean concert.

Am I sore that the British entry came joint last with votes from ony 2 countries? No, I'm shocked though, because it was in my top 5, and I know a bit about cutting edge music.

It's even more amazing if you look in all the European charts. There's always British and American music there. And why is that? Well, because it's cutting edge.

I thought it was a toss up between Turkey and Norway for the title. Turkey's song was a modern sound, that was not too far removed from a band called Muse, and for pure songwriting craft, you have to give it to Norway. It's some consolation that they got into the top 10. The British song was a pretty good song, and also deserved to be in the top 10. Commiserations to Poland and Germany too (I liked the Polish entry) who were joint bottom with us. The rest of Europe must see them as having close political links with us. Political, you hear me cry?

That's what I said. I've come up with a new name for the competition. The Eurovision Political Popularity Contest. Well, it's certainly not about the qualities of the songs. I think that was made quite clear last night.

So what are my thoughts on Europe?

I love it, and would like to visit all the European countries in my lifetime, and meet the locals. I'm just a regular guy who enjoys meeting people and doesn't colour them for the actions of their fellow citizens.

You can choose to agree or disagree with what I say. I'm not really qualified to comment on such an event. After all, I'm just a Songwriter :)

Now for one of my own songs. This is a song called "So blue". I wrote this one a couple of years ago. I wanted to do a song where I would start with one style. Then change the style part way through the song. It all matched up quite nicely with the lyrics. The first part showing a happy face, and the second part telling the truth behind the facade.

Here is "So Blue".

There's been a bit of a boost to my Youtube stats. When I turned my computer on this morning, I discovered lots of emails, and a bigger than normal jump in subscribers. This was due to another channel on Youtube. It's a channel that picks 5 musicians a week, then features them on a video. This week I was featured in the video :)

So this is how it all stands at the moment.

My subs are now impressively up to 488

Channel views = 10,890

Total video views = 138,755

Next up is another original song from further back :)

Now for some Originals. This is the first of three. It goes by the name of "Convey". I wanted to write a fresh song that would be first shown on Youtube, and this was the result.

I have been more than happy with the great comments on my Original songs. There's been a lot of positivity. The meaning behind this composition is about how someone says what they say. Not just the words, but the intention behind them.

I hope you enjoy my song. Convey:

Back to the Youtube numbers.

On my last post there wasn't an increase at all in the subscribers. This time I managed 1, so that takes me to 393.

Channel views up to 10,111.

Total video views are 111,527.

Next, is the second of my 3 Original songs in a row.

Now on the the 30th video.

This is one of my own compositions from over a year ago. It's called "Why don't you ask".

This one is more up tempo in relation to the other songs of mine. I was curious to know what it would sound like if I used a vibraphone as the hook in an indie song, and the results are in this song.

It's all about 2 people. One of them really wants to know the other person inside, and asks to find out. However, the other person doesn't do the same. They just make assumptions. They are of course wrong.

Tell me what you think:

Now some statistics.

I've had an increase in my subscribers again.

The total now stands at 354.

The views for all my videos has just passed 99,000. At the current rate. They should make the 100,000 during friday.

The amount of people viewing my channel is 9402. The next big target for that is 10,000. Though this is going to take a little longer. It could take 2 to 3 weeks for this to happen.

Back to cover versions for the next video. It's a Paul Weller number :)