Bolton UNISON commissioned me to write a song supporting the strikes about to take place on November 30th.

Check out the unofficial video to go with it.

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About 18 months ago I wrote a blog about how the journey is more important than the goal. You can read it here if you’d like a reminder.

I’ve just been having a chat with a friend on Facebook, and it made me remember this wonderful video posted in reply by Clair.

It’s about living life like you’re playing a song. It’s an analogy I think us music lovers will be able to grab hold of. Enjoy, it’s really fab.

Check out film maker Sam Meech’s interesting short film documenting the March 26th demo in London.

If, like me, you were on that demo then you might even spot yourself.

In particular you might recognise the song that forms the soundtrack of the first half of the film. Hehehe.

This short interview was just as a sound test for the lapel mic, hence not being framed too pretty – but I thought you may find it interesting anyhow.

It’s an insight of what happens to me when I write a song – a process I refer to as “supervising the flood.”

If you missed my interview yesterday morning regarding the struggle of the Dirty Thirty during the Miners Strike you can click the link below to listen in to myself and author David Bell whose book inspired my song.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00f2ssy/Ben_Jackson_07_03_2011/

Just slide along to 1hr 23mins and 38secs (or thereabouts!) and you can hear the interviews and a bit of the song.

You can read the full BBC Website report into the story too. That’s here -> http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9416000/9416878.stm
Here’s the song itself in full: