Right, after yesterday not getting anything done, today I just said “Get some work done!!”. So after 3 or 4 hours of emails and admin stuff I was on a bit of a roll and pushed on to producing the mini lessons for the phonics CD. I’ve got so many ideas floating in my head that I’m so excited about, but I’ve got to just sit down and get them produced!!! Just do it!!! It’s also great having the computer to do mixing on! In the “old days” I used to have to wire up all the synths, set up all the mixing channels and play around with the faders and settings whilst doing the mix. If it was wrong and I’d already moved onto another song, well there was basically nothing to do but start again! But now with the computers it’s just a case of recalling a file. So however much I may complain about how difficult they are for songwriting, for recording they’re great! I also got the new Disney English DVD today. As you probably know I’m a bit fan of Walt Disney and am really looking forward to the company putting his magic and vision on to educational aims. So I sat down, put on the DVD and wow… Disney music and magic!! But then the English started….. oh dear…… They took a famous scene from a movie (good idea), and then stripped off the original English soundtrack (errrr?), then over the top they dubbed Junior High School style English (erghh!!). Man I was so disappointed! It was things like “What is the cook doing?” “The cook is cooking dinner”, obviously made to appeal to parents who could connect it with their own high school experience of English. But in one way it made me even more determined to get my Genki English stuff done!