Going to do a little restructuring of this page over the next couple of weeks. Please be patient.

I used to sing a lot, I sang and played instruments at school. As and adult I took part in various musical theatre productions with EROS. A few years after that however I was diagnosed with a number of health issues, one of which, for a while, made it difficult for me to sing and for approx 5-7 years I gave up and didn't sing a note, not even humming, it got to a point where I didn't even listen to music. About a year to eighteen months ago I heard a song, which I came across while browsing on the internet, this had me humming along. After a while I decided to take some singing lessons as my voice was not very strong and I had lost complete control of it after such a long period of silence. Below is the results of my work through the lessons I started about June 2011. You can also keep up with my progress through my YouTube channel - jdarch1
(Intro written April 2012)

The Song of the Clyde - This is the first song I recorded after about half a dozen lessons.

Written by R.Y. Bell & Ian Gourley.

Sung by Jacqui-D.

Music played by Robert Wishart.

Images from Google Images.

Recorded 25 June 2011

Angel - This is the second recording I did after about 4 months lessons.

Written by Sarah Maclachlan

Sung by Jacqui-D

Music played by Robert Wishart.

Sound/Recording - Robert Wishart

Images from Google Images.

Angels take many forms.

Recorded 17 September 2011

Silent Night -

Written by Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber.

Sung by - Jacqui-D

Featuring - Alyson Dunlop.

Sound/Recording - Robert Wishart.

Images - Dennett 2011 & Google Images

Recorded 11 December 2011

Can You Feel the Love Tonight was recorded about the same time as Silent Night December 2011.

Written by Elton John & Tim Rice

Female vocals - Jacqui-D
My first attempt at doing a harmony with myself, it's more difficult than I thought.

Sound / Recording - Robert Wishart.

Video clip compilation - Jacqui-D taken from various YouTube videos of Hercules

Recorded 17 December 2011

What I Did For Love from A Chorus Line - Written by Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban.

Vocals - Jacqui-D.

Sound/Recording - Robert Wishart.

Images are just a handful of those taken of Athens, Greece on my many trips while studying for my degrees.
Hoping to get back there soon.

Recorded 05 May 2012

Angel

written by Sarah MacLachan.

Female Vocals Jacqui-D.

Sound / Recording by Robert Wishart.

This has been kind of thrown together today. The recording was a last minute thing which took 10 minutes (no corrections made) and I've pulled some pictures together to go with the music. This is basically a comparison between the recording I did about 6 months ago and now, to see if there has been any marked change in my voice, and I wanted to know whether my voice was almost back to normal after a long viral chest infection.

Recorded 03 March 2012

I Know Him So Well.

Written by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice & Bjorn Ulvaeus.

This song is from the show Chess.

Female vocals in order of singing -
Jacqui-D & Morag Fraser.

Sound / Recording - Robert Wishart.

Celebrity Images taken from Google Images.

I am doing the Elaine Paige part and Morag is doing the Barbara Dickson part.

Recorded 31 March 2012

Cry Me A River - This one is best played with a bit of volume

Written by Arthur Hamilton

Vocals - Jacqui-D

Sound/Recording - Robert Wishart

Images taken from Google Images

Slideshow compilation - Jacqui-D

Recorded 09 June 2012

Silver Bells

Written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

Vocals - Jacqui-D

Sound/Recording - Robert Wishart

Images featuring Roxanna - Dennett 2000-2011

Slideshow compilations - Jacqui-D

Recorded 08 December 2012