The Sound of Rhodi

  Every day at Rhodi brings forth new sound, be it John making some of his signature hand sounds, or T declaring "na n nii" for all to hear.  But these are not the sounds which we shall focus on in this post.  Here we shall be talking of the music of Rhodi.

  In the section of the office where I work we have no music playing.  We have to answer calls to customers regularly and besides, the banter is more than adequate to fulfill all of our aural needs.  One thing we love to do in sales/despatch corner is hum.  Each day brings forth a fount of different hummings and singings and I am of the opinion that these work to unite us as a team in a very '7 dwarves' like manner; although instead of "hi ho hi ho its off to work we go" perhaps "hi ho hi ho were already at work so lets crack on and get it done" would be more apt.  

  I have learnt many wonderous things about my colleagues through the songs they sing.  For example I now know that T's "milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" and that Lennies social activities involve "too many men,too many many men".

  There is one song, however, that unites us all as one.  A lyric is sung and immediately it is harmonised by at least three extra voices, the singing then circles the office like a sparkler in the hand of an over-enthusiastic child on bonfire night. To those of us lucky enough to be part of this beautiful moment the sound is sweeter than a hundred singing angels, each holding a bowl of ice cream and riding giant sugar cubes over hills made of fondant.  A few short seconds after the first lyric is uttered the moment has passed away into the ether and heads are once more turned towards screens and the familiar tap-tapping of fingers on keyboards can be heard throughout the land.

  "But what of the song" i hear you cry!  "How can I  too become part of something greater than myself and experience this small taste of something magnificent"?!  Well, the answer is you can't.  This song is our song, you find your own to sing with your own colleagues...

... Oh go on then, it's "kiss from rose" by Seal and know that you are already humming it, altogether now-"theeeere used to be a greying tower alone on the sea..."