Kevin
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jaz49
Sep 16, 2011
Really enjoyed 'Live for Today'....just listened 3 or 4 times. Nice job on some of the others too!
dinamusic
May 26, 2011
love your music, have a nice day :)
Mary Clare Springer
Apr 23, 2011
Hi and sorry it's been so long since I last wrote. I've spent the past few months working on getting better (I hope anyway) with the voice, and have now launched a new project with my friend and vocal coach, Wayne Dwyer. We've just released the first song, which is a remake of a song he wrote and included on his solo album 10 years ago. Please give it a listen and feel free to rate and comment if you like. Thanks!
(http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10535158)
Mary Clare
Charlotte's Grove
Apr 21, 2011
Hi Kevin.
Nice to listen to you.
Take it easy.
Peace.
:)
vocalatti
Apr 19, 2011
Thank you for your support.. Wishing you all the best :-)
davinaliz
Apr 18, 2011
No, I have the M1 Active 520 USB...
Peace
yolandathesweet
Apr 06, 2011
No Problem, It was my wonderful pleasure!! ^_^
davinaliz
Apr 04, 2011
Greetings Kevin, and thanks for the kind words on "Gimme The Real Thing"!
For recording I use Cubase, a Shure SM58 mic and a pair of Alesis monitors...
Peace
Lauren Matheson Anderson
Apr 01, 2011
Thanks for the add!!
Hayley Oliver
Apr 01, 2011
Thanks for the friends add Kevin, enjoying your great music, and leaving stars.
wishing you a great day.
Hayley
Mary Clare Springer
Feb 14, 2011
Wishing all my SC friends a very happy and love-filled Valentines Day!
Peace and love,
Mary Clare
Vonee
Feb 09, 2011
Hi Kevin...Enjoying your music on this cold winters night..
Thank you for being a friend
Vonee
rodrica
Jan 24, 2011
...This is a balanced view...I have experienced the NHS from inside & out. They have brought many ppl back to life & stitched 1000's back together again - all covered by our taxes. But they also have major MRSA issues - they like to keep patients out of hospital as much as possible as there's a high risk you can pick up more disease than you went in with. I have also seen many cases where ppl have died through neglect. I have seen ppl screaming for help & being ignored & much malpractice. Remember also that many parts of the NHS service are contracted out to private companies, so it's not all centrally controlled. Some of what I experienced has given me hope, and some things have terrified me - I just try not to dwell on it too much because success/failure can be down to 1 individual.
rodrica
Jan 24, 2011
None of the stories you hear about UK health care are made up. There's good & bad. It depends on your ailment, the individual doctor/medical team you see & what area you're in. Bear in mind that Scotland has slightly different funding & operational aspects. England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are in fact separate countries - then of course there are variations from county to county & town to town. It's far too complex to discuss here, but each area has to assess where it's priorities lie, it's socio-economic breakdown/citizen profiles etc. Care levels/funding/expenditure is based on many things. One area may concentrate on orthopedics, while another's emphasis may be on cancer care. The problem comes in because, usually, you have to be treated within the area in which you've living. So if your ailment is best treated somewhere else in the country, it's just hard luck! But if your area specializes in your particular problem, then the treatment is very good.
rodrica
Jan 22, 2011
Difficult to compare. The UK blantently manipulates the "waiting time" statistics - we can see our own doctor usually within 48 hours, but they don't do anything. All they do is assess and write a referral letter to someone who can actually deal with the problem...and that can take anything from 3 weeks to 3 months (sometimes 6) depending on the problem and the area you're in. Same with emergencies - someone (usually a nurse) will assess you within about 20 minutes, but the time it takes to actually see a doctor qualified to deal with your problem can be anyone's guess. Therefore our government figures state 48 hrs for normal appointments and 20 minutes for emergencies...for all the help that is, we may as well check in with the Head Chef. Our personal doctors are little more than administrators and if you're suffering from an ailment or have been in an accident the last person you want to see is a pen-pusher.
rodrica
Jan 21, 2011
Interesting article on malpractice. It's not unusual here either. Instead of banning them from treating patients, they get a rap over the knuckles, then move them to another hospital! It's crazy. However after my experience of clashing with the powers that be, it would have to be a very brave and resourceful person that shakes things up and ensures a solution to it all. We'll just have to wait and see...
rodrica
Jan 20, 2011
I wish there was a simple solution. The things you see going on in the average hospital are terrifying. I worked 18 months once as a manager for 1 sector of our NHS. Never again. I got their funding problems sorted mainly by just preventing them wasting money - no jobs were lost and patients were actually given a better service. But higher management kicked & fought me all the way. I can't go into detail, but suffice to say I resigned in the end - too many decisions made on the golf course...if you know what I mean. The patients seem to be low on their list of priorities.
rodrica
Jan 19, 2011
I know what you're saying & I agree, health cover in the US is hellishly expensive. We had the golden opportunity of providing a good/fair system here, but we blew it. Now we've got a situation where a minority of ppl are trying to subsidize a huge majority - we don't seem to have achieved our objective. Some of that problem was caused by EU regulations - the UK has to provide health care to non-contributing visiting citizens from other countries in Europe. The "free" principle is good, & if run correctly it saves many lives, I just hope the guys making the decisions in the US take a look at where we went wrong so that they can build a more efficient & less bureaucratic version of what we have here. I guess the problem with any large, countrywide operation is ensuring everyone's singing from the same hymn sheet. We're currently overhauling the funding of the system here...it had to happen because it's nearly at breaking point. I often feel we should go back 40 years & start again!
rodrica
Jan 19, 2011
Hiya, saw your message. In reality UK healthcare isn't free at all. We pay several times over! The government takes around 10% of our earnings for welfare/NHS funding. On top of that treatments like dentistry each person (if they qualify) would have to pay around $25 just for a consultation & each treatment is around $325 a time. There's additional charges too for stuff like physiotherapy, chiropody. drugs etc. It's a lottery as to how well/if you'll be treated according to the area you're in & what their funds are like. Some hospitals waste 1000's on non-essential stuff while cancer patients are told the drugs are too expensive to give to them. You can wait up to 7 hours to be seen by a doctor in a hospital emergency dept. if you've had accident. If you go private, the NHS can refuse to continue your treatment if you run out of money. It's very complex, but definitely not "free"! It could work better but is mismanaged. The US should learn from our errors if they implement a scheme.
So how the 'bleep' can I add 'Live for Today' to my station?