WELCOME TO MY BLOG

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Hi y’all,

Firstly, a massive thanks to Sabrina Winter for setting up my new blog for me. In fact, she’s done all the hard graft whilst I now swan in and take a slice of the glory. I know that she’ll be keeping an eye on me and will be helping out in general which is so very much appreciated.

We’ll do our best to keep it up to date as much as possible; keeping you informed of all my musical activities, my musical likes, passions, new music and thoughts.

My gigs and events will also be announced on here so you will get a heads up first. And we’ll try to post photos that you may not have seen elsewhere already.
It’s a work in progress so your suggestions are welcome as to what you would like to see here.

I want this to be an informative, interesting and entertaining site and I see no reason why we can’t have a lot of fun with it.

So without further ado, I declare this Blog…open!

82 Comments on WELCOME TO MY BLOG

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

A big thanks to you all for your kind words of encouragement re the blog. What a lovely welcome! Well, it's been a bit of a week hasn't it? Bowie's passing has certainly knocked a lot of us sideways. It also brought us together though. I've not seen so many people united in grief like that since perhaps Princess Diana's death. It's made me ponder my own mortality and reaffirm my belief that we should always be appreciatve of everything, not take anyone or anything for granted as nothing lasts forever. BTW I don't have any plans right now to visit Scotland, Marion but you never know. And re Periscope, Jolanda...I'm not quite sure what it is and anyway I've already got my hands full with FB, Twitter and now the blog. Thanks again for your comments, everyone Steve x Later x

Marco S. said : Guest Report 8 years ago

thank you Steve! Hope to see you in Rome next month :)

David-Martinez said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Congratulations Steve & Sabrina for the lovely website. I really like the layout, colors, pictures and the way it's organized. I am really looking forward to interact with everyone here. I had a great time reading Steve tribute to Bowie. I am going to spend Sunday evening listening to Blackstar:) Un abrazo, David

Marleen1108 said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Hi!! Great job Sabrina!! Thanks!! Hope you'r both doing fine!! Big hug from Holland x

Mazz1968 said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Hi, Happy new year to you both. So any plans to visit Scotland in the future ?

Av said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Song of the week or month

Charity said : Guest Report 8 years ago

So excited to see that you have a blog!! Have enjoyed following you on twitter and absolutely love your wit! You can certainly bring on a smile! Lots of love the states!!

Karina said : Guest Report 8 years ago

So pleased to hear about this, you are the first blogger I've ever followed (sorry to my niece whose blog I should read) and I can't get the hang of Twitter so I'm looking forward to keeping my finger on the pulse with this X luv to you both xxx

Jolanda said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Congratulations on the website Steve looks Awesome Well done Sabrina Hope there will be lot's of fun here just like the other website with lot's of pictures Maybe you can join #Periscope as well more fun & interact with your fans ( like I do with Ronn Moss & @devindevasquez @player_theband ) but for now what a beautiful website great job you 2 Greetings Jolanda Da Thesta

Jill said : Guest Report 8 years ago

I have just tuned into your blog Steve. It's going to be very useful to find out where you are playing and your new interests (or old!) in music. I will tune into Liz Kershaw's programme, as I too was a Bowie fan (back in the day!) Well done to all involved in the formation of your site. When do you play with Holy Holy again? Jill .

Jill said : Guest Report 8 years ago

I have just tuned into your blog Steve. It's going to be very useful to find out where you are playing and your new interests (or old!) in music. I will tune into Liz Kershaw's programme, as I too was a Bowie fan (back in the day!) Well done to all involved in the formation of your site. When do you play with Holy Holy again? Jill.

Mercè Fajardo said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Fantastica idea.Ahora a mantenerlo activo! Buen equipo. Mercè

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

I was kidding. You can't keep tabs on me, I'm an enigma...NOT!

Cristina said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

ahahahh nice....the song that i remember was not the song of the day....a mess... !

lindak said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Love this blog, can't wait for more info of what ur doing, p.s. are u missing the boys yet xx

Alison said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Love that idea too Steve, and every other day suits me Steve. Glad I'm not the only one that forgets. Wonder if it's an Aries thing?. haha!. Loving the new blog, well done Sabrina.

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Lovely to see you both too. Speak soon xx

emma said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Looks great Steve and Sabrina. Great catching up with you over Christmas (love the tree). Look forward to following your blog. Take care x Emartin and Emma x

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

no pressure then

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

You'll get nothing from me

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Hey thanks, Broughie. I can't take credit tho, it's all Sabrina's doing. Take care, bud x

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Oops, that was meant for Joan!

Janet said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Ha ha, keep an eye on you! Must be a brummie saying x

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

I remember it well. Joan. It was special for us too. Love to you both x

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Tabs?!!

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Love the idea but I often forget. What about 'The song of the every other day'..?

Zena said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

What an awesome idea! Looks really good. Congrats Steve and thank you, Sabrina! Looking forward to seeing what's in store. ☺

Rossella Rome said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve. Congrats on your new blog. I'll make sure to follow it every day. A good chance for an on line chat once in a while. Hi Sabrina, good job! Keep up the good work and take care of our favourite saxoman. Love.

YvonMaitimu NL said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Hai there, finally got the time to check out your blog. Great new.soc.media thing aint it. Looking forward to your posts.

yvonned said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Steve (and Sabrina) looking forward to reading your news here! Congratulations on this fab project. Great job Sabrina - thank you xx

Cristina said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve and Sabrina....can i suggest "the song of the day" by Steve ? I know not every day but it would be nice ...

Janet said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Woo hoo! Now we can keep tabs on you again Mr Norman! Well done and thank you Sabrina, he needs a good woman to sort him out, Ha ha! Seriously though the blog looks great and I will look forward to the fun! Love you guys xxx

Joan Tully said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Will be good to hear from you Steve. Happy new year hope it brings everything you want. You and Tony made my year last February on the Nolan show Belfast. Surreal experience and we renewed our wedding vows in august! Hope this year is as good xx

Hellie said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve and Sabrina Wishing you all the best with your new blog. Looks great! Look forward to all your further news and pictures. Maybe you should put a note on here that you aren't a certain German football manager - you don't want any mix ups - Lol!!!

Victoria said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Great to have a base for factual information and a heads up on future shows, will keep checking back for sure, hope to see you gigging soon. Much love and Congratulations on a great looking site. X

Joanne Cook said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Fabulous move. You just can't get enough words in twitter sometimes can you? Looking forward to reading your updates, you always have interesting things to say and loads of stuff that make me laugh. Notice it took a woman to sort it out for you though. What would men do without us? ;-)

lindak said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve, happy new year to u both, really excited about this, cant wait to read all about what u r up to, r u missing the boys yet lol ?

John Brough said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Blog looks great Normski x

francesca_70 said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Congrats for this blog! a very nice job! Glad for the Rome gig confirmed....soulgirls are ready! And happy to see you soon !

Cheryl said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hi .. great to see the u have this up and running well done sabrina it's looks great ... looking forward to hearing all the up and coming gigs ... Love from Front row cardiff gig with the white jacket !!!!! Haha !!! C ya soon xxxx

Toady said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve!!! Congratulations to you and Sabrina for your great work!!!!!! You have your own, individual plans for this year - what do you think of your fellow band mates, and their solo projects that they have undertaken!?!?!?! Much love!!!! XXX

Terry from New Jersey said : Guest Report 8 years ago

How exciting! Looking forward to all the goss Normski!!! xxx

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Ha ha! I can always count on you for advice, David. Much appreciated

Heidrun said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Well done - both of you! I'm looking forward for more to come. :)

Valeria said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Congrats Steve and Sabrina for this blog :)

Lynne Ashton said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve, great to see you doing this blog and keeping us fans up to date with what you are doing with regards performing. Hope everything goes well for you. Hope to see you at a venue near me sometime. Sabrina has done a great job in helping you, you're such a great couple x

Susan Melrose said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve. I've never followed a blog before, so your my first. Look forward to reading all your posts. Good luck with it all Regards Susan

dj@shapers said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Brilliant design, so congrats to both. Steve, you do know that a golden rule of blogging is that you need to post 2–3 times a week in order to stay in Google's rankings chart, so I'm looking forward to a stream of Spiny Norman babble! Here's to 2016 - DJ

Rita said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve I like this so much! Your Sabrina has done such a good job ...Looking forward to read about you and your music . Hope to listen to you soon , maybe in Rome .... All the best Rita

Paola 70 said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Ciao Steve and Sabrina! Really a nice job with this blog! Happy New Year and hope to see you soon in Rome!

Michelle said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Aw, this looks amazing! What a great job Sabrina! Wish I had someone as creative! Can't wait to keep up with you guys on here! Please keep us posted with any upcoming gigs - that would be splendid! :) Much love! xx

Vivien Lou Chen said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Sabrina did a fabulous job, and this blog looks really really great. I was thinking; You could post the link to this blog more prominently on your Twitter profile, probably, and possibly Facebook profile too, unless you are aiming the blog at a different group of people. And you could also possibly do all sorts of cool stuff with this blog, like give bloggers a chance to weigh in on music you're working on, a test drive if you will, like a focus group or something for early feedback.

Megan Haggarty said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Congrats from Australia! Our "one stop Steve Norman shop" lol I feels so good to be able to interact in this way , a really open communication ( no pun intended ! ) with your fans!

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Marco, I've been obsessed with Bowie's Blackstar album since it was released which is even more poignant now of course. The sax playing by Donny McCaslin is awesome. Personally, I don't practice enough. There always seems to be other stuff to do. Incidentally, I recorded tablas once on a track called 'Missionary' from Spandau's 'Diamond' album. They're not easy to play and so didn't last long in my repertoire given how much I practice.

Doris F said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Congrats, STEVE !! So excited to see your new Blog. Looking forward and very much love to hear and see more about you .... Million thanks to you and Sabrina for setting up this fantastic Blog .. Doris , from Hong Kong..

rugbychick said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Hi Steve, Happy New Year. Loving the new website/blog. A great way of keeping up to speed with what you're up to outside of Spandau. Hope to see you soon. Karen xx

Eva Garcia said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hola Steve a parte de buen músico , que gran persona eres , te admiro mucho desde nilña y dile a Sabrina que gracias por la idea del blog. Let' s go!

Marco S. said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Good luck, Steve! I have always appreciated your work with Spandau Ballet. I was wondering if you could share some details on the music you are listening to these days, as well as on how you choose saxohones and other material, how long you practice and compose, etc. Indeed, I am a musician, too (I play sax, piano and tablas). Best, Marco

Sabrina Winter said : administrator Report 8 years ago

So many things I cannot do. Ok, let me start...How much time have you got? ;-) hahaha. Thx for your kind words. Happy you enjoy the blog. Sabrina xxx

Kerstin said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hello Steve - is it still appropriate to say Happy New Year? I guess you can never have enough of that, right? Well done to Sabrina *thumbs up* I hope to read about Gigs in Germany on here soon... Frankfurt is such a nice city, isn't it? ;)

Daniela D. said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Well done Steve & Sabrina! Can't wait to see the updates!! xx

Wendy said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Love this revamped version even more. Well done Sabrina, is there anything this lovely lady cannot do?

Cristina said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Wow...this new blog is great....Thank you both of you ! Hope to hear good news on here ! See you soon ! Xxx

Magda said : Guest Report 8 years ago

It looks great Steve,Sabrina;)Very happy for this..looking forward to seeing updates!!Ciao Ciao

eMily said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Can't wait for the next update - congratulations Steve! And TD - I'll be right there with you!!

Kristina Whyte said : Guest Report 8 years ago

What a fab idea to start this blog Steve!It will be great to be able to follow you here and see what you are up toSabrina has done a great job;it looks really good! Hope to see you in Dublin some time! Love to you both from Kristina xx

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Thanks, Lisa. And thanks again for those choccies x

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Most definitely not thinking about footy today. Gutted!

Av Mckenna said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Yeay congrats to both. It looks great

Paul Ferrari said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Great to see you with more of an Online presence - now can you just persuade Mr RockGod to do the same too ? Shame about the Spurs score - :o) - Come On You Gunners !

Debora said : Guest Report 8 years ago

I just love it. Thank you Steve and Sabrina. Let the fun begin.

monica said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Steve sorry for my mistake but my smartphone is crazy

monica said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Tanks for this new blog Stave very cool . Tanks to Sabrina too a hug .

TD said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

The blog looks great Steve, Sabrina has done an amazing job! It's a long shot, but would you ever consider solo gigs in Australia? Too far away I know, Take care, Tania x

PattyFerri said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

Congratulation Steve and Sabrina!! Good good job! Another way to keep in touch with fans! Thank you for sharing all this with us! Ciao xxx

musicgirl83 said : subscriber Report 8 years ago

so great you are doing this steve-thanks for keeping us informed!

Marja said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Congrats! Please keep on announcing updates on Twitter. X

Marylou * said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Hi! Looks great so far...looking forward to seeing updates! X

Steve Norman said : administrator Report 8 years ago

Thanks Wendy, Sabrina is on it X

Linda said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Always up for fun. Looking forward to your posts over the coming days and months. Well done Steve & Sabrina xx

Wendy said : Guest Report 8 years ago

Great start to the blog. I'm sure it will be popular with fans Just a quick bit of feedback.Are you aware the full text on the Rome Gig and The Welcome do not appear in the coloured boxes at the top? I found them by using the load more option and going to each article (which isn't a problem) but wasn't sure if that was what you intended. Thanks for sharing. Must go now, Spurs are playing!#COYS

Name *Lisa LaFreniere said : Guest Report 8 years ago

'Allo Steve and Happy New Year! Congrats Steve on the blog, it truly looks fantastic! How exciting it is to have a way to keep up to date on your events, and random thoughts. Just lovely! Know that you are thought of often and have gads of people on your side. Enjoy and I hope your upcoming gig is a smashing success! Until next time, cheers to you and yours. Lisa x

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