The James Barber
Acting: Music video
Acting: Chase scene!
Movie landmarks Aug 2023
Script: ‘Unboxed Ambitions’ (read by MessageMan)
June 2023 violin
April 2023 piano
2019 songwriting
The challenge was to write a song in 1 hour. It’s about his AFL Football hero, Cyril Rioli.
Cyril, Cyril, Cyril (2019)
He’s got the whole world talking, got tricks up his sleeve,
Slot it through the sticks, then a duck and a weave,
When he gets on the field it’s candy galore,
Maybe a ‘don’t argue’, or a jump on Heath Shaw
The man who evades like it’s a rolie polie,
And the name of this imortal well it’s Cyril RioliI’ll fly to Sydney and I’ll fly to Perth
No matter where you go you’ll get your money’s worth
Yea, watch him leap and watch him fly
Watch him soar before your very eyes,But some day’s good and some day’s bad
But no matter what the outcome, I’m still glad
Because he weaves, because he soars
Open up the pack like we open doors
Now settle in and grab a snack
A weeks gone by and Cyril’s backYea I’ll fly to Sydney and I’ll fly to Perth
No matter where you go you’ll get your money’s worth
Yea watch him leap and watch him fly
Watch him soar before your very eyes,Cyril retires our stomachs hurl
A plume of heartbreak across the world
All is lost, the days back then
Never to be seen again…But I know that Cyril isn’t done
And that his legacy will still go on
Although he’s gone and it’s not the same
He brought smiles to kids and inspired the gameYea I’ll fly to Sydney and I’ll fly to Perth
No matter where you go you’ll get your money’s worth
Yea watch him leap and watch him fly
Watch him soar before your very eyes.
2018 violin
2019 piano
After seeing the movie, James watched Youtube videos of Bohemian Rhapsody and taught himself in a weekend.