Music has been a major part of Darren Forbes' life from the time he could open up his mouth and sing. The instrument playing came later followed by the song writing. Darren's music is a simple mix of Celtic Folk, Modern Folk, and Folk Blues sounds. His sound and vocal style are his own but not without the influence of many great musicians along the way both famous and undiscovered.
Darren's songs come from the heart and always express an aspect of personal or shared truth. The lyrics are the soul of the music. The melody simply sets the mood for the words. Darren makes music as a creative journey he can share with others. It is not for fame, respect, or popularity.
Darren and his brother, Todd have been playing music since their youth. Two brother, two best friends, a guitar player and a bass player. A simple acoustic arrangement to express a love for music. The Brothers Forbes.
The Brothers Forbes, or maybe just Darren.....I don't know...will be playing for a bit to support the Fur Ball. The Fur Ball is a fudraiser for the Meadow Lake & District Humane Society.
The Brothers Forbes will once again supporting the Meadow Lake Arts and Culture Society this year at their artists' showcase. We are slotted to play for a half hour at around 8:00 I believe. If it is anything like last year the time will be flexible and people will play until their set is done.
I was thinking about what songs would make a good first CD (a real cd). Right now I have quite few finished songs that can be played with little preparation. In fact, I just wrote and composed another one tonight called My Friend. Inspired by true events I guess you could say.
The song list I have right now includes:
The TGIF on Friday was a great success. Considering that I am still battling a cold the sets went off without a hitch. Todd played his new Epiphone Viola Bass for the show and it had a sweet tone. I played my Garrison since it is the only choice!
We played 15 songs for the regular sets and then I did a solo encore for three songs. Then my voice was done.
Thanks again to the organizer Trudy Graham and the MC Kyle Halsted for having The Brothers Forbes back again this year for the TGIF.
Here is the Set List we have decided upon as of Oct. 14th. This is a nice balance between the tried and true and the new.
Set One
Set Two
It looks like the Brothers Forbes will be playing the TGIF coffee house at the Alliance on October 24th. I assume it will start at around 7:30 p.m. I also assume tickets are $5.00
It should be alot of fun. Todd and I have been polishing up the two sets we will be playing. We have some of my new songs to introduce for the first time as well. Of course there will be some of the tried and true songs but I am excited to play some of the new material I have been working on over the last few months.
As an aside, the "Look" section is finally up and running. Have a look...I tweaked some free flash code out there to fit with the page. Nice addition. Actually the company that designed the flash offers a few really cool apps for web pages. The only thing is you have to have some coding knowledge to customie to your liking.
Jiddu Krishnamurti Words to live by
"Most of us are rich with the things of society. What society has created in us and what we have created in ourselves, are greed, envy, anger, hate, jealousy, anxiety - and with all these we are very rich.
The various religions throughout the world have preached poverty. The monk assumes a robe, changes his name, shaves his head, enters a cell and takes a vow of poverty and chastity; in the East he has one loin cloth, one robe, one meal a day - and we all respect such poverty. But those men who have assumed the robe of poverty are still inwardly, psychologically, rich with the things of society because they are still seeking position and prestige; they belong to this order or that order, this religion or that religion; they still live in the divisions of a culture, a tradition"
Freedom from the Known (p. 60)
