One hello is how it starts

Let's start at the very beginning. Oh, go on then... "A very good place to start". 

Hello! And thank you for your visit.

Sometimes that'll be me saying it - and other times, you never know, it may be the other Michael offering you his salutations and keeping you posted on the most recent "TESS" news. 

Which brings me to the reason for writing. It's all about the girl. Our Tess. She's doing well (thanks for asking). 

Next week we're back in the recording studio with the wonderful Joanna Strand, who will once again give our girl her voice. And what a voice! We're still overcome with the emotion of recording with her on "In My Hand" (what do you mean you haven't heard it yet?!) and thrilled she's available to provide the female vocal on our love duet "One Look Of Love". 

I'll let you into a secret - we've already recorded the male vocal. I know! The wonders of technology. Still, if Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion can do it then why not us, eh? That's right. The male voice is in the bag. Can. You know what I mean. And again - what a voice! Take a bow Antony Lawrence. And that's what you'll find him doing most nights of the week in "Matilda - the musical" at the Cambridge Theatre in London. Catch him while you can. He's terrific - and a lovely guy to boot. Not literally "boot", but...

And that, lovely reader, is the first blog. There'll be more. And no doubt ones better written than this (now there's a clue as to who is typing this) with a lot more detail about the process we've gone through to get this far in the journey from page to stage.

For now, thank you for reading and following. 

Next time on d'Blog... we travel to the dark side and introduce you to Alec d'Urberville.