14 June 2025
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Last week I just took my voice along to church to contribute to the worship band; this week, I’m taking the tuba. However, I’m not quite as accomplished on that as I am on bass so I’ve written out some … Continue reading
11 June 2025
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I’m beginning to implement the idea I mentioned a couple of days ago, of creating dual tuba and string bass editions of my band parts using LilyPond tags. It seems to work reasonably well. The advantage of trying something rather … Continue reading
10 June 2025
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In my role as band rep for the Charnwood Training Band, I recently put out a poll to the band of potential pieces and purchased a copy (with band funds) of the most popular choice – Songs of the Sea, … Continue reading
9 June 2025
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Now that I’m playing more tuba, for a lot of the band pieces, it means it is ideal to have both a tuba score and a string bass score. I’m getting better at transposing up or down an octave at … Continue reading
8 June 2025
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As part of my ongoing plan to make the most of not being able to play my bass guitar, I’ve taken my tuba along to tonight’s Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra rehearsal… and survived. Actually, I did do okay and so … Continue reading
4 June 2025
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Since electric bass is off the cards at the moment, I took the opportunity to play my tuba for last night’s CCB rehearsal. I’m neither as fluent or as loud but I did manage to keep up. While I am … Continue reading
3 June 2025
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As well as leading the offering on Sunday, I was also able to contribute in another way. The church was recently given a Soundcraft ui24R mixer. As a digital mixer with no sliders or display, it could be daunting to … Continue reading
1 June 2025
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It turned out that the anticipated dep couldn’t make it to this afternoon’s gig Charnwood Concert Band gig in Queen’s Park because thy had their own visit to the emergency room. Instead of helping the dep navigate the charts, I … Continue reading
25 May 2025
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Despite still having my arm in that cast for another few days, I’ve managed to both gig and rehearse this weekend (with a little help from my friends). Last night I went along to a band gig with a mic … Continue reading
20 May 2025
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My personal summer concert season continues tomorrow night with a performance of the Loughborough University Choir at The Cope Auditorium on Epinal Way. Details can be found online. The concert features an almost-premiere of the Twelve Trees piece I mentioned … Continue reading