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Alpha Boys Are Dead

10 March 2010 Diary

When I started this blog it was supposed to be about writing songs for a new album, “hopefully by the Alpha Boys feat. Joe Scholes”. This hope is gone now. On Saturday, 27th of February 2010, the name Alpha Boys feat. Joe Scholes was buried. What happened? I will get into that later.
First here is [...]

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With which medium do you listen to Ska music?

4 March 2010 Polls

It used to be so simple when I started making music with my band The Braces in the early 1980s. You wanted to send a promo package with music to a local promoter? Just record a compact cassette. You’ve been to the studio to record your stuff? Press it on vinyl! You did not have [...]

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The Mobile Musical Memos Series Part 2

18 February 2010 Musical Memos

Welcome to Part 2 of the Mobile Musical Memos Series. For an introduction to the concept behind it please go here:
And here are today’s 5 memos with my comments.

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My personal 30th Ska Anniversary

10 February 2010 Diary

The “30th Anniversary Tour“ by The Specials has been going on for quite a while now. “But what about my own 30-year-jubilee with Ska?”

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How To Start Writing Songs For An Album: Introducing MMM

26 January 2010 Diary

I’ve been talking about it for quite some time. Now the day has come to really do it.
No one said it was easy
I am going to reveal my first steps writing songs for the next album by the Alpha Boys. Not that anyone has asked, but I want to make sure you are informed about [...]

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The Mobile Musical Memos Series Part 1

26 January 2010 Musical Memos

Welcome to Part 1 of the Mobile Musical Memos Series. For an introduction to the concept behind it please go here:
And these are today’s five memos with my comments.

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Ska Polls 2009: And The Winners Are ….

19 January 2010 Polls

Now it’s official: The results of the Best Of Ska polls at joescholes.com are here. And I am happy to announce the winners in the three categories are:

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Doing The Ska – A Song Worth Recording For The Next Alphaboys Album?

15 January 2010 Diary

As I have mentioned earlier, there are four unreleased songs that could become part of the next album by the Alphaboys feat. Joe Scholes. After presenting Ballerina Valerie, Perfect and My Love Is Real here is the last one on the list: “Doing The Ska”.

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Doing The Ska: The Lyrics

15 January 2010 Lyrics

Doing The Ska by Joachim Uerschels

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The Song “My Love Is Real”: Is it really Ska’s Antichrist?

12 January 2010 Diary

After publishing the blog entry on the song “Perfect” I visited an online forum called songwriterforums.com and posted the lyrics to “Perfect” there. First of all I was interested to hear praise on the lyrics. Secondly I planned to create awareness for joescholes.com. At the moment I have two feedback mails with “constructive” criticism. One [...]

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