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I Am Australian

I loved that 'the girls part' of the song meant we got to climb over the lyrics and sing a higher harmony while the boys peeled the words apart down low…

Thank You, Music, SchoolBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)17 October 2020proud, TCK, teasing, school, Australia, sing, music, Tasmania, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, dreamtime, Australian, lyrics Comment

The Real Folk Blues

"愛してたと嘆くには (I was in love once, I sigh) あまりにも時はすぎてしまった (far too much time has passed me by)." There's an uproar in the karaoke box...

Music, AsiaBy Ashleigh Leyshon (From Melbourne, Tokyo & Nagoya. Living in Kharkiv)6 February 2019TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, music, karaoke, Japan, Japanese, Nagoya, Australian, Australia, school, lyrics, sing Comments

Sawwah By The Sea

Your eyes watched me faithfully, fingers carefully following the dips and turns of my imperfect singing, matching the patchwork of words to the rhythm of music.

Thank You, RelationshipsBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)26 January 2019TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, mountain, sea, ocean, holiday, summer, 2013, sun, skin, water, guitar, music, songs, sing, moment, human connection, connection Comment

CDs to MP3s; Turkish Pop to Tinnitus

I find the Turkish language so beautiful, and when it is sung it becomes even more so. It didn’t hurt that I had crushes on most of the popular female Turkish pop singers back in the 1980s either...