7 July 2024
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This afternoon I’ve got my last gig of the summer season with Charnwood Concert Band, who are performing in the bandstand at Queen’s Park in Loughborough at 2pm this afternoon. The band get the benefit of a roof over their … Continue reading
9 June 2024
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I was back at the Queen’s Park bandstand this afternoon but this time to listen rather than perform. This week’s act was the Junkyard Cats, a small combo very much in the New Orleans tradition. They even had bass provided … Continue reading
27 April 2024
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The Charnwood Concert Band did well in tonight’s gig at St Mary’s in East Leake. There were some shaky moments in the first as we had to get used to a more elongated seating arrangement than we are used to … Continue reading
24 April 2024
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‘Music to celebrate the lighter nights’ is the tag line on the poster for Charnwood Concert Band’s next outing at St Mary’s, East Leake on Saturday 27th April (tickets available online or on the door). It will probably be dark … Continue reading
23 November 2023
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Christmas gig season continues this weekend with the last two outings of the year for Charnwood Concert Band. Tomorrow night we are at All Saints Church Thorpe Acre with Dishley (7:30pm – doors open 7pm, £7 on the door with … Continue reading
25 October 2023
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One of the tunes the concert band has been working on is an arrangement of Joe Zawinul’s Birdland. Many bassists will know the Weather Report version, where Jaco Pastorious jumps straight into “follow me if you dare” territory by playing … Continue reading
8 September 2023
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The main thing I’ve been doing today, apart from finishing off the upstairs windows, has been working on getting the songs for this term’s training band agenda onto ForScore on my iPad. I got a collection of files today, some … Continue reading
25 March 2023
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I’ve had one of my musical days. This morning I was leading a session to work on some new songs, and some slightly rusty old ones, that we are planning to use to support next term’s teaching series. This afternoon, … Continue reading
24 January 2023
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In a recent discussion thread on the Scott’s Bass Lessons forum, a suggestion was given of producing an audio or video commentary on what is going through your head while playing bass. Here is a video I filmed and edited … Continue reading
16 December 2022
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It’s Christmas gig time tonight with Charnwood Concert Band at Thorpe Acre church. That means I get to do double duty – as worship pastor of the church, welcoming the band in and making sure they have everything they need … Continue reading