Ali

"There are no winds that can blow it away on the air. When they try to blow it away is when you know it will always be there." - Thank You, Stars (Mike Batt)

He was a guy who could light up a room just by leaving it.

@Mike_Batt Ooh, that's exciting!

@AliRogers I’m planning a re-release with new art, notes and an extra track - when I get through my current workload! Thanks for your loyalty! 🙂

My "if you liked that you might like these" strip on Spotify!

HOORAY! It's "release day" for my 3 impromptus for PIANO WITH BENEFITS . The SPOTIFY links for all three are: 1. open.spotify.com/track/0oXLGitm… 2. open.spotify.com/track/2QWSb7dh… 3. open.spotify.com/track/5vyIo929… VIDEO OF #2 (THE FLOWER CLOUD: youtube.com/watch?v=hoVuiH…

Dick King-Smith was born on this day in 1922. Here are some of my favourite stories and my 'Queen's Nose' 50p. 🙂 @DickKingSmith

@Mike_Batt Very uplifting!

A flock of cranes

@Mike_Batt Similarly, the lark is always ascending. Lovely piece, but...

Aren’t you tired of the fucking Four Seasons? (The piece, not the hotel chain). It’s not Vivaldi’s fault. It’s great but can’t we give it rest? Oy vey, already.

@Mike_Batt What if you waited for it to cool a bit, then add sugar?

If you’re like me and have a small black coffee with one sugar, by the time it cools down so you don’t burn your lips, all the sugar has floated to the bottom and you have to stir it again. It’s not fair. 🙁

Coming soon (but for you...now!) - the first of three short piano improvisations. Video link: youtu.be/ajthWjavK1M

@Mike_Batt You're cool. 😎🎶

Such a pity that if you listen to and like many styles of music, you’re seen as eclectic and cool. But if you compose and perform in many styles you’re seen as unserious and indecisive. I do pop, symphonic, military, big band, folk, several styles of classical. (I’m fucked)🥴😂

@Mike_Batt Have a great day, Mike. 🙂

Funny what pops up on your Youtube feed when they remember you're a Womble. Glastonbury 2011. 1 hour fully live set. Fun in my red scarf. youtube.com/watch?v=6e_Udq…

@PokemonNewsUK Pombon is a small but hardy Pokémon!

Them 💚❤️💙

Happy Pokémon Day! 30 years! 🥳

@Mike_Batt Speaking of Starry, Starry Night... I'd love to hear you cover Vincent by Don McLean. Such a beautiful song.

This popped up on Youtube. Me and some pals who guested on my "Mike Batt's Starry, Starry Night" show at the Stuttgart Jazz Open festiva in 2010. With the Stuttgart Philharmonic. Fun. youtube.com/watch?v=Iu_eWT…

I hate having nice dreams, because when I wake up I realise none of it was real. 😥

@Mike_Batt @londonsymphony Could be!

@AliRogers Could it be the one that I recorded at Olympic studios (in Barnes) with the @londonsymphony in 1975- which we realised was the 50th anniversary of my first conducting them- when we recorded my symphony last November! (2025) ???

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I’m in the studio today so can’t respond individually yet. NB: 77 seems like a nice age to be, so far! 🥳

A very happy birthday to @Mike_Batt! Thank you so much for all you do, Mike. 🥳💕🎶

You don't see the gerund much these days. I was pleased to see it just now. This is how exciting my life is, apparently!

Posting this @Mike_Batt track because... just because. youtu.be/g0o2G6Xjp6o?si…