{"id":52438,"date":"2016-08-30T21:17:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T20:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=52438"},"modified":"2016-08-30T21:37:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T20:37:37","slug":"look-mum-thats-me-on-the-tele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/08\/30\/look-mum-thats-me-on-the-tele\/","title":{"rendered":"Look mum thats me on the Tele"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/diana_stone\/29137692752\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"The Convent\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8273\/29137692752_7c0611212e_b.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"The Convent\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A bit of a new experience this month gig wise. We did an 90\u00a0minute show live video broadcast. I am not sure how far far and wide it went but I do know that it went to the USA and Quite a bit of Europe, so hey that was pretty cool. \u00a0The recording goes in a library, and eventually its hoped that \u00a0the service will expand too something akin to a proper TV channel. I have never seen so much state\u00a0of the art gear either, hopefully it was OK. We also played to a small live audience seated in\u00a0front of us. A very different experience as we did a live trailer on the soundcheck and waiting for the count to go live was a bit weird.\u00a0The Convent is an 18th century listed building set in 22 acres of gardens, woodlands and orchards (including a great firepit for evening drinks) and its stunning. I had a really good quality vegetarian dinner(they also cater for vegans) and the hospitality was superb all round. \u00a0The Place is a very classy hotel plus a the live concert venue and also\u00a0a\u00a0recording studio. \u00a0the show went well I am still trying to shake off an upper respiratory tract infection and the minute the broadcast stopped almost to the second a massive coughing fit ensued. Afterwards we went for a post gig drink and were presented with a lovely selection of tapas in the bar and a met a\u00a0few of the audience. Immediately after the performance they play back the gig on screens in all the bars and restaurants. This means you&#8217;re confronted with yourself leaping about everywhere you look in HD and 5 channel sound\u00a0which is a bit unnerving for shy folks like me. Also you analyze every note you play\u00a0and because it was\u00a0live there is nothing you can do about it\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>You can find out about the place here\u00a0http:\/\/theconvent.net\/<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday we played a new Folk festival at Harpenden Hall, that was also quite an\u00a0experience. We\u00a0were the\u00a0first act on a very varied\u00a0bill with\u00a0Lindisfarne\u00a0and July Felix headlining. It was nice to meet the only surviving original member Rod Clements who was a\u00a0very nice chap. I brought &#8220;Fog on the Tyne&#8221; when it was first released so that was a cool moment for me. Our set went OK for an opening slot and some people came up to get albums and have them signed, which is always a nice affirming experience. One of the other acts &#8220;Said the\u00a0Maiden\u00a0&#8221; who sing trad folk were also\u00a0afflicted with some lurgy as towards the end of their set one\u00a0of the girls fell ill and had to miss the last couple of numbers.\u00a0Fortunately\u00a0she was\u00a0OK a little later. They were quite\u00a0complimentary\u00a0about our set too.<br \/>\nI would have liked to stay for the whole show, but was still feeling a bit rough.<\/p>\n<p>Then finally Sunday down to Arundel to play at a pub called the Red Lion, which we do about 3 to 4 times a year. Its a nice place but gets very, very crowded. Its in the high st with Arundel castle towering above it. The gig\u00a0was\u00a0good\u00a0but\u00a0quite frantic, due to council noise restrictions whilst music is playing the windows must be shut, so by\u00a0the\u00a0time we had got to the\u00a0end of the first set I was about ready to pass out.\u00a0Fortunately\u00a0as it was an 11.30 finish we get about 25 minutes between sets. But a few minutes outside and I\u00a0gradually\u00a0got back to the land of the living. I\u00a0chatted\u00a0to a very nice couple who had seen us before a couple of times about the music we play and the instruments and so forth. \u00a0The chap ihe\u00a0turned out\u00a0was a\u00a0neophyte\u00a0bass player who had started on electric but was now starting to develop his chops on double bass. Double bass in folk jazz and popular music is a very physical\u00a0instrument\u00a0to play\u00a0\u00a0you can\u00a0literally make your fingers bleed until you have the required\u00a0strength so maximum respect to him. Also to his partner \u00a0who asked me how long I had been playing and when I said 45\u00a0years and that I had started around the age of 15 was\u00a0genuinely\u00a0surprised that I am just nudging 60. I said its all illusion and I look very scary in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>One\u00a0marvelous\u00a0things about live music is that a bit like a hooker your mission\u00a0is\u00a0that you get\u00a0paid\u00a0to\u00a0bring\u00a0pleasure\u00a0to people LOL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A bit of a new experience this month gig wise. We did an 90\u00a0minute show live video broadcast. I am not sure how far far and wide it went but I do know that it went to the USA and Quite a bit of Europe, so hey that was pretty cool. \u00a0The recording &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/08\/30\/look-mum-thats-me-on-the-tele\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Look mum thats me on the Tele<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-dDM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175916,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/07\/26\/damp-expectations\/","url_meta":{"origin":52438,"position":0},"title":"Damp Expectations","author":"diana Stone","date":"July 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A rather soggy and almost freezing conclusion to the month. 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