University Year 2 - Complete! :D

Howdy everyone! :D

As the title suggests - I have reached the end of my second year of University! Time really does fly! This year I am finished pretty early because all of the modules I opted for were coursework only, and everyone else has exams still, unless they made the same choices as me!

So, in opting for the modules I did, I have a few bits of coursework to show you! So here we go... :) Please let me know what you think! It would be great to hear your thoughts.

I hope you are all well! xxxx

 5 Seconds Ago by hollykirby

 Procrastination Bossa by hollykirby

 I'm Right There by hollykirby

 Northern Lights by hollykirby

You & I

Hello everyone! How are we all?

I come bearing a new video. :) A new song! An original this time...called You & I. :)

Here 'tis...



Any thoughts would be very much appreciated! :)

I hope you are all well!

Time for me to go to bed now...but oh wait...looks like my bed is already occupied!

The cheek of some......Violet... :P

Nighty night!

Holly :) ♬

I Surrender

Hello everyone! :D

How are we all? I come bearing a video. :P This time it's a cover of a song that someone gave to me, and I felt that it said exactly what I wanted to say to him...so I gave it back to him this way. :)



I had a little break in my studying to do this, but now I have a few deadlines coming up that I'm panicking about a tad. :P They are composition deadlines though, so in the next few weeks I will have at least two pieces to show you. :)

I hope you are all well!

Lots of love :)


Holly ♬

Love is in the air! :)

Hello lovely people! How are we all? :)

So today is Valentine's Day. :) And I break my (quite a few months long) YouTube silence with a chirpy little ukulele song for someone very special. ♥ ♥ ♥

I hope you like it!

Lots of lurrrve
xxxx

On My Way

Hello there everyone :)

I am still Wight-side currently....trying to get over an annoying cold that has been hanging around for far too long! Most annoyingly, it has been stopping me from recording anything/doing a YouTube song/video. However, I will start working on one as soon as it goes...it will probably be a cover, but I am not 100% sure yet. Maybe I will suddenly get inspired and come out with a song. :)

When I get back to Uni I hope to be doing some more work on the songs we recorded around Christmas...and hopefully be able to put a few out/show you some. :) I am yet to work out how I am going to release the songs this time...but I shall keep you updated as the plan develops. ;)

Ooh I got my marks back for the work I posted previously! I got a first. :D Very excited about that. :) I am not generally a first student...I struggle my way through a bit...so I am very pleased about that. :) I don't feel that I have found my own 'voice' when writing music yet...or what I really feel works for me. However, I'll keep trying...though I do know that it is based more in acoustic instruments...a lot more. I'm still finding the electronic stuff very difficult.

I had better go now and get planning. ;)

TTFN! :)

Holly
xxxxx

P.S - I shall leave you with this song that makes me smile whenever I hear it! :)

Long time-ish no see!

So here I am...sitting on the sofa with the lovely Violet Kirby (yeah, my cat :P) and wondering where to begin with this blog! But I guess that was the beginning. Phew! Glad that's over with. Lol.

I hope you had a brilliant Christmas and New Year! I had a lovely, relaxing time with my family before making the trip back to University. Since I got back to Uni it has been all systems go...I've been doing coursework and preparing for an exam we had. Ooh...I can post the coursework pieces here...they're instrumentals, and a little different, but I had fun writing them...and they still come from the same place that my songs do...

Number 1...Sky Cycle

 Sky Cycle by hollykirby

Number 2...Winter Flower Box

 Winter Flower Box by hollykirby

Please do let me know what you think! I'm still learning to write instrumental pieces, and any feedback is extremely, ever so, more than welcome. ;)

I also wrote this song. :) For a particular man who makes me very happy. No, it's not Alan Rickman. :P

 Lost In You by hollykirby

One might even go so far as to say that, I am in love....would you believe it? :P

It dawned on me the other day that I'm actually halfway through my time at Uni now! Geeeez. :-S Bit scary...however...I feel I have learnt so much there already. About life more than anything. (Though I have learnt some very useful stuff about music too! :P) And being able to live on my own...well I have housemates......but with myself, if you know what I mean. :) When you're completely dependant, you can only be a limited version of yourself...I don't mean that in a negative way...it's just that discovering things yourself is so important, and even though I kind of knew that before, I didn't fully realise it until I had to do it!

Oooh...I got a bit of very exciting news the other day! I'm supporting Joan Armatrading at the Yeovil Octagon in June! SO excited. :D I will leave you with this video...a great performance of her song 'Love and Affection' on Jools Holland's show...



I'm very excited about this...a little nervous. :P But sometimes the most nervousy gigs turn out to be the ones that leave me buzzing for days. :)

I'd better go to bed now...but I will be back soon...I'm sorry that I haven't blogged in a while. I will try my hardest to make the posts more regular...I also hope to post another video to YouTube soon, but at the moment I'm recovering from a horrible sore throat/cold combo. I'll get thinking during this time.

Night night peoples! :) And I hope you are all well. :)

Holly xxxxx

I Leave This Time...

Howdy peoples! How is everyone? I hope you're well. :) I come bearing gifts!...Kinda. Lol. I come bearing a song!

Another trance collaboration with the excellent Darren Smith. :)

~ Ooh ~ and just to let you know - if you'd like to keep track of Darren and Holly's collaborations, we're now working under the name 'XenonRose'.

Here are some links to our pages...

http://twitter.com/xenonrose
http://www.soundcloud.com/xenonrose
http://www.youtube.com/xenonrosemusic
http://www.facebook.com/XenonRose

And we should have an actual homepage up very soon. :)

Oky doke - so here is the new track! :)

 I Leave This Time by XenonRose

What do you reckon? :)

Also - the Holly Album 2 team is back to work in the studio tomorrow night! Hopefully with a string quartet this time! Exciting. :D

TTFN xxxxxxx

P.S - Happy Birthday Mum! ;) xxx