This week has been quite busy as it is the run up to the Easter holidays! Next week it will calm down a little, but instead I am running a Frozen workshop! Should be fun! :)

• Don't Know Why by Norah Jones
• If I Were A Boy by Beyonce
• Jar Of Hearts by Christina Perri
• The Man Who Sold The World by Nirvana
• Mr Brightside by The Killers
• Dear Darlin by Olly Murs x2
• Heroes by Oasis
• Sit Down by James
• Fix You by Coldplay
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• Higher Love by Steve Winwood
• I Need Your Love by Ellie Goulding
• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen x4
• Set Fire To The Rain by Adele
• Pack Up by Eliza Doolittle
• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves
• Part Of Me by Katy Perry
• Take Me To Church by Hozier
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding x2
• Price Tag by Jessie J x2
• Waterloo by Abba
• Fireflies by Owl City
• Take A Bow by Rihanna
• Happy by Pharrell Williams
• Blank Space by Taylor Swift
• The One That Got Away by Katy Perry
• Party In The USA by Miley Cyrus
• Rehab by Amy Winehouse
• Upside Down by Paloma Faith
• A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
• My Favourite Things from The Sound Of Music
• Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
• Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars
• Halo by Beyonce 
• Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
• Lego House by Ed Sheeran

These past few weeks have been so manic I have been forced to put my blog on the back-burner...I promise I will be back soon with more posts! (And more variety lol!) For the time being, here are the songs sung in last weeks lessons;

• Don't Know Why by Norah Jones
• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen
• I'm Not That Girl from Wicked
• Rolling In The Deep by Adele
• Heroes by Oasis
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
• Make You Feel My Love by Adele
• The One That Got Away by Katy Perry
• Fireflies by Owl City
• Dear Darlin by Olly Murs
• Boyfriend by Justin Beiber
• Lego House by Ed Sheeran
• Happy by Pharrell Williams
• Up by Olly Murs ft Demi Lovato
• Higher Love by Steve Winwood
• Sentimental Journey by Doris Day
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding
• Rehab by Amy Winehouse
• Upside Down by Paloma Faith
• My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music
• Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
• Earned It by The Weeknd
• The Man Who Sold The World by Lulu
• Love Story by Taylor Swift
• Greased Lightning from Grease
• Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
• Heaven by Emeli Sande

I'm sorry for the lack of blog posts this week - it has been so manic since I got back from London last weekend and it is exam day tomorrow for my students! I'm hoping I can write a few posts for next week, but here are all of the songs sung this week:

• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen
• Skinny Love by Birdy
• If I Were A Boy by Beyonce
• Jar Of Hearts by Christina Perri
• Halo by Beyonce
• The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• Forget You by Cee Lo Green x3
• The Man Who Sold The World by Nirvana x2
• Gimme Something Good by Ryan Adams
• Dear Darlin by Olly Murs
• Price Tag by Jessie J x2
• Valerie by Amy Winehouse
• If We Were A Movie by Hannah Montana
• Love Story by Taylor Swift
• The Fear by Lily Allen
• Pack Up by Eliza Doolittle
• Fireflies by Owl City x2
• Take Me To Church by Hozier
• Rule The World by Take That
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding
• Waterloo by Abba x2
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• Walking In The Air from The Snowman
• Count On Me by Bruno Mars x2
• Take A Bow by Rihanna
• Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
• Wishing Well by Free
• I Need Your Love by Ellie Goulding
• Lay Me Down by Sam Smith
• The Climb by Miley Cyrus
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding x2
• Rehab by Amy Winehouse
• Upside Down by Paloma Faith
• Halo by Beyonce
• Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
• Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
• Heaven by Emeli Sande
• The One That Got Away by Katy Perry
• Can't Get You Out Of My Head by Kyle Minogue

It's a short list (compared to usual) this week as I am currently in London at a conference so I am unable to teach! But 'Somewhere Only We Know' seems to be getting quite popular...

• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen x3
• Call Me by Blondie
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
• The Man Who Sold The World by Nirvana
• Gimme Something Good by Ryan Adams
• Decode by Paramore
• She's Electric by Oasis
• The Beginning by One OK Rock
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves
• The One That Got Away by Katy Perry x2
• Count On Me by Bruno Mars
• I Need Your Love by Ellie Goulding
• Roar by Katy Perry
• The Fear by Lily Allen
• Pack Up by Eliza Doolittle
• Fireflies by Owl City
• Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
• Take A Bow by Rihanna
• Mean by Taylor Swift
• Walking In The Air from The Snowman

Apologies for posting this late! I have had a mad weekend...on Friday (when I usually post) I was interviewing all day, Saturday I was at a business seminar and yesterday I have been at Crufts! But here are all of the songs sung in last weeks lessons;

• Catch A Falling Star by Perry Como
• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen
• Forget You by Cee Lo Green
• The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
• The Man Who Sold The World by Nirvana
• Gimme Something Good by Ryan Adams
• Dear Darlin by Olly Murs
• She's Electric by Oasis
• Fix You by Coldplay
• Roar by Katy Perry x2
• Read All About It Part III by Emeli Sande
• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves x3
• Marry You by Bruno Mars
• Girl Put Your Records On by Corienne Bailey Ray
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding x2
• Price Tag by Jessie J
• Waterloo by Abba
• I Don't Know Why by Norah Jones
• Never Ever by All Saints
• Count On Me by Bruno Mars
• The Fear by Lily Allen
• When You Kiss Me by Shania Twain
• Children Will Listen from Into The Woods
• The One That Got Away by Katy Perry
• Take A Bow by Rihanna
• Mean by Taylor Swift
• Higher Love by Steve Winwood
• Sentimental Journey by Doris Day
• Summertime by Mica Paris
• Rehab by Amy Winehouse
• Upside Down by Paloma Faith
• Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
• Where Is Love from Oliver!
• Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
• Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
• Heaven by Emeli Sande

Here are all of the songs sung in this weeks lessons;

• Skinny Love by Birdy
• If I Were A Boy by Beyonce
• Jar Of Hearts by Christina Perri
• On My Own from Les Miserables
• The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• Stay The Night by Zedd ft. Hayley Williams
• Decode by Paramore
• Pack Up by Eliza Doolittle
• Fireflies by Owl City x2
• The Beginning by One OK Rock
• I Need Your Love by Ellie Goulding
• Count On Me by Bruno Mars
• Roar by Katy Perry
• Read All About It Part III by Emeli Sande
• Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis x2
• Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette
• Walking In The Air from The Snowman
• The One That Got Away by Katy Perry x3
• Take A Bow by Rihanna x2
• When You Kiss Me by Shania Twain
• Crossroads by Cream
• Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
• Higher Love by Steve Winwood
• Rehab by Amy Winehouse
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding
• Upside Down by Paloma Faith
• It's My Party by Leslie Gore
• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves
• Wake Me Up by Avicii
• The Fear by Lily Allen
• Never Ever by All Saints
• Waterloo by Abba
• No One by Alicia Keys
• Mean by Taylor Swift

Once again, a wide selection of songs - Amy Winehouse has been quite popular this week!

• Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
• Stay With Me by Sam Smith
• All Of Me by John Legend
• Gimme Something Good by Ryan Adams
• Flaws by Bastille
• The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• Forget You by Cee Lo Green
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding x2
• Waterloo by Abba x2
• Price Tag by Jessie J
• Read All About It Part III by Emeli Sande
• Roar by Katy Perry
• Can't Get You Out Of My Head by Kylie Minogue
• Marry You by Bruno Mars
• Any Dream Will Do from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• I'm Not The Only One by Sam Smith
• Fireflies by Owl City
• Walking In The Air from The Snowman
• Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
• No One by Alicia Keys
• Take A Bow by Rihanna x2
• Never Ever by All Saints
• Count On Me by Bruno Mars
• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves
• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen
• Children Will Listen from Into The Woods
• Getting To Know You from The King & I
• Sentimental Journey by Doris Day
• Rehab by Amy Winehouse
• Son Of A Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield
• Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
• The Man Who Sold The World by Lulu
• Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble
• On My Own from Les Miserables

To say I haven't been able to teach most of this week due to having a wisdom tooth removed, there is still a wide selection of songs from the singing lessons I have taught this week! Are any of your favourites here?

• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen
• Skinny Love by Birdy
• If I Were A Boy by Beyonce
• On My Own from Les Miserables
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• Forget You by Cee Lo Green
• Stay With Me by Sam Smith
• All Of Me by John Legend
• Gimme Something Good by Ryan Adams
• Fireflies by Owl City
• The Fear by Lily Allen
• Pack Up by Eliza Doolittle
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• Sentimental Journey by Doris Day
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding
• Rehab by Amy Winehouse
• The One That Got Away by Katy Perry
• It's My Party by Leslie Gore
• Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
• Eternal Flame by The Bangles
• The Man Who Sold The World by Lulu
• Count On Me by Bruno Mars
• Waterloo by Abba

As I posted last week, I held an open evening for my business! As part of this, I made some goody bags for people to take away. I have posted some pictures showing the steps on how I made them, if you have any questions about them please comment below!

To start with, I ordered some circular stickers with my logo on from Vistaprint, ready to be stuck onto the goody bags. I also bought some purple bags from Ebay and orange card from WHSmith, as purple and orange are my business colours.
I then cut out each circle and stuck on a logo sticker to each one, making sure the pencil lines were on the back.

• A bottle of water - as water is the best thing for your voice!
• A mini recorder
• A pencil/piece of stationery, as kindly donated by my local music store
• A notebook - I ordered the exercise books from Ebay for about 10p each, I just then printed off my logo onto a sticker and put this on the front. I have so many extras of these so I can offer them to my current students too
• Business cards for myself and other businesses I am connected to
• A 20% off voucher for a music lesson

On Tuesday 3rd February I held my business' very first open evening event! I thought of doing this a few months ago as when I was researching how to get my business 'out there', every single website I looked at suggested an 'open evening' style event. I made goody bags including notebooks, stationery (kindly donated by my local music shop), mini recorders as well as lots of other bits! I have just added a few photos below from the start of the event - we had a biscuit decoration table, colouring, an open mic and tombola!

I will also be doing another post soon about how I put the goody bags together - so keep your eyes peeled!








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This week of teaching has been busy! It seems to be that 'Walking On Sunshine' is running away with the highest song choice...what do you think makes it such a popular song? Comment below!

• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves x3
• Stay With Me by Sam Smith
• Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor
• Flaws by Bastille
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• On My Own from Les Miserables
• The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
• Love Story by Taylor Swift
• Let It Go from Frozen
• Girl Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Blank Space by Taylor Swift
• The Climb by Miley Cyrus x2
• Waterloo by Abba
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding/Elton John x2
• Price Tag by Jessie J
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• Walking In The Air by The Snowman
• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen
• Take A Bow by Rihanna
• When You Kiss Me by Shania Twain
• Your House by Alanis Morissette
• It's My Party by Leslie Gore
• Eternal Flame by The Bangles
• All Of Me by John Legend

Here is another week of songs for you all!

• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen
• On My Own from Les Miserables
• Forget You by Cee Lo Green
• I Can Hear The Bells from Hairspray
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O Connor
• Wonderwall by Oasis
• Fireflies by Owl City
• Let It Go from Frozen
• The Fear by Lily Allen
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• If We Were A Movie by Hannah Montana
• Your Song by Elton John/Ellie Goulding x2
• Jar Of Hearts by Christina Perri
• You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift
• The One That Got Away by Katy Perry
• Read All Abut It by Emeli Sande
• When You Kiss Me by Shania Twain
• Waterloo by Abba
• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves x2
• It's My Party by Leslie Gore
• Warwick Avenue by Duffy
• Eternal Flame by The Bangles
• Count On Me by Bruno Mars

I am back again with a new batch of songs that have been sung this week! I can see some usual favourites in there....

• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves x3
• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen x2
• The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• Forget You by Cee Lo Green
• Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O' Connor
• Pompeii by Bastille
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• If We Were A Movie by Hannah Montana
• Love Story by Taylor Swift
• Let It Go from Frozen
• Eternal Flame by The Bangles
• Girl Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Waterloo by Abba
• Price Tag by Jessie J
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding
• Roar by Katy Perry
• I Need Your Love by Ellie Goulding
• It's My Party by Lesley Gore
• Warwick Avenue by Duffy
• When You Kiss Me by Shania Twain 
• No One by Alicia Keys

EDIT: For some reason this didn't post as scheduled on the 30th! So sorry, but here it is!

Here is is the final 3 songs for the most sung songs of 2014! I hope you have liked this little countdown, let me know what you think in the comments below!

#3 - Eternal Flame - The Bangles

I hope you enjoyed the countdown over the past few posts. The weekly song posts will start again between Friday 9th-Sunday 11th January. But here are some of my favourite songs that have been sung in lessons but didn't make the top 10!

The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua - I hadn't properly listened to this until it was put on the Grade 4 syllabus, and now it is one of my favourite songs to relax to.

Let It Go from Frozen - I honestly thought this would have made the top 10 with how popular this song is! (I don't mind teaching it either)

Wooden Heart by Elvis Presley - I remember loving this song when I was little and making 'shows' with my Disney figurines to it. So it was lovely when it was chosen to be sung at the singing workshop I ran at Headway.

Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran - I am in love with this song at the moment and I am surprised it wasn't more popular with students. Maybe it will be sung more in 2015 :)


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Today I am back with songs #4-6! What do you think of the lists so far?

#6 - Out Of Reach - Gabrielle
When this song first came out years ago I absolutely hated it, but now after teaching it for Grade 1 I like it quite a bit more now! This song is chosen for Grade 1 a lot as it was the easiest song to sing on the syllabus. This song was sung 14 times since the posts began this year.

Happy Boxing Day! I am back again with the next instalment of the most sung songs in this years singing lessons! Today we are looking at the triple-bill that all came in at joint 7th. These songs were sung 11 times since August.

Pack Up - Eliza Doolittle
Another Grade 1 song which is the reason this one has been sung so much! Students like to choose this one as it is fun to sing and contrasts with the slower songs also chosen for their exam.

If you have been following my blog you will have seen that at the end of each week I have been posting a list of every song sung in the singing lessons I have taught over the week. The next few posts will be collating all of those songs together to find the most sung song of 2014!


Jointly at #10, we have these 3 songs, which have been sung 10 times each since these posts started in August...

Make You Feel My Love by Adele
I'm really happy this has made the top 10! I remember the first time I ever heard this song - I was in my 1st year of my degree and it was Remembrance Day and I was listening to the radio. After the silence this was the first song played - no speech, just straight into the song. I thought it was so beautiful and I ended up learning it straight away (and now get to teach it for Grade 3!)



Silent Night - Various Versions
We started the Christmas songs way back at the end of October ready for our Showcase! This was by far the most popular Christmas song, and a lovely one too.

It's the last one of the year! I have now finished teaching for Christmas so these will be back in the New Year!

Merry Christmas!

• Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen (x2)
• Waterloo by Abba
• Your Song by Ellie Goulding/Elton John (x2)
• Price Tag by Jessie J
• Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
• Warwick Avenue by Duffy
• Fix You by Coldplay
• Eternal Flame by The Bangles
• She's Electric by Oasis
• Lilly by Pink Martini
• Let It Go from Frozen
• Jar Of Hearts by Christina Perri
• Pure Imagination by Maroon 5
• Alpha And Omega by Carol Watunashe
• It's My Party by Lesley Gore
• Count On Me by Bruno Mars
• Never Ever by All Saints
• One Day I'll Fly Away from Moulin Rouge
• Forget You by Cee Lo Green
• I Can Hear The Bells from Hairspray
• Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor