13 November 2022
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It was heavy metal guitar at the Thorpe Acre remembrance event on the green this afternoon. Not as in big hair, distortion and turning up to 11 but with my resonator guitar. It has a metal body and a built … Continue reading
11 November 2022
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Today I’ve been working on getting the Christmas bass parts for the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra and the Charnwood Concert Band fully set up in ForScore on my iPad. For those not used to musical nomenclature, that’s what a pad … Continue reading
6 November 2022
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It looks like my role in an upcoming musical is going to end up being less music and more tech. There were some issues around the need to use some backing tracks for a demanding score, causing a key person … Continue reading
30 October 2022
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Gosh, that was a long day. Not long after 9:30am this morning I was setting up to lead the music at church and not long before 9:30pm I was finally getting home to unload after having spend a long afternoon … Continue reading
23 October 2022
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I know you don’t literally rely on muscle power for sight reading music. It is driven by the eyes and the brain, with the muscles only coming in to respond to the impulses they receive. However, my metaphorical ‘sight reading … Continue reading
22 October 2022
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With the early Leicestershire half term (most of the UK will be having half-term in the week to come), we didn’t have Training Band last week. With quite a busy period and plenty of electric and string bass music to … Continue reading
17 October 2022
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A long time ago, almost all the music I listened to was hard rock or heavy metal. That probably shifted around the time I took up the bass guitar. Learning to be a musician meant widening my musical horizons. In … Continue reading
15 October 2022
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Tonight I had a jazz gig, playing during the dinner section of an event at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. It was the same quartet I gigged with last month but we didn’t have quite the same level … Continue reading
11 October 2022
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Tonight was the final training band session for this half-term. With our regular conductor away, one of our more experienced clarinetists took on conducting duties and we ran through quite a few pieces in the pad, often at a slightly … Continue reading
9 October 2022
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I think I’ve dialled in a decent synth patch on my Helix LT for the track where I need it in Legally Blonde. At the moment it sits in parallel to the regular bass sound and the next decision is … Continue reading