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Post by anacrusis on Jun 6, 2006 17:20:24 GMT
OK, so you know the notes, have photocopied the page turns, know how to get to the venue, know what you're going to wear and have ready access to a music stand once there (if you're a non-memorising-non-keyboard musician, that is). What else needs to be done to get ready for a concert? Go for a jog? Go for a beer? Have a kip? ...concert in Oxfordshire on Saturday...only the third one I've been in as a recorder player  |
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Post by petite joueuse on Jun 6, 2006 19:24:32 GMT
Eat a bottle of gin half an hour before going on stage!
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Post by petite joueuse on Jun 6, 2006 19:26:09 GMT
oops - that must be a banned word!!!
Clue - you peel it to eat it. It is yellow, long and thin. You buy them in bunches!!
Surely its not a banned word, is it? Oh bottle of gin!
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jun 6, 2006 21:42:14 GMT
So bottle of gin is a banned word? Just testing  |
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jun 6, 2006 21:50:01 GMT
Yep, bottle of gin is a banned word. Wonderful. Even better than Scunnthorpe being reprinted as Stingythorpe ;D More usefully, anacrusis, here is what I do on the day of a major (to me) performing event: - get up late. - make plain to all and sundry that Today Is A Performing Day and that I Am Going To Indulge Myself And That Anybody Who Objects Will Die. - indulge myself all day. Long bath. Leisurely lunch. That sort of thing. - some gentle practise of the programme I am playing. Nothing stressful, just enough to warm up the fingers and brain. - leave for the venue with a ridiculous amount of time to spare. When I arrive stupidly early, I can pass time listening to the radio or sleeping. The purpose behind all this is to make sure I am in the right frame of mind to actually perform. The only thing anybody can do to interrupt this is to die - not happened yet, I am glad to say. Steve |
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Post by anacrusis on Jun 6, 2006 22:43:19 GMT
what on earth can a ###### do which is in any way reprehensible? ;D Thanks for that, petite joueuse and Steve - I can see this will also be useful for the dreaded diploma exam the following week, in which both music and audience will be rather more demanding.  |
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jun 6, 2006 22:46:20 GMT
Thanks for that, petite joueuse and Steve - I can see this will also be useful for the dreaded diploma exam the following week, in which both music and audience will be rather more demanding. Even better. This will be performing for A Qualification. That calls for at least a week of self-indulgence in my book, with attendant pampering from all the family. ;D ;D ;D Steve |
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Post by anacrusis on Jun 6, 2006 23:21:59 GMT
Bless you, Steve. I'll let them know! ;D
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Post by princessmoose on Jun 7, 2006 21:53:36 GMT
Yes bottle of gin is banned. Some of us got a tad fed up of it being mentioned at every possible opportunitiy on the other place so decided to ban its use  . |
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jun 7, 2006 21:56:48 GMT
Yes ###### is banned. Some of us got a tad fed up of it being mentioned at every possible opportunitiy on the other place so decided to ban its use . Ha. Admin Power rearing its ugly head, I see. Next thing we know, ##### will be banned as well. Is there no end to this? Steve |
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Post by anacrusis on Jun 7, 2006 22:05:30 GMT
What was that, then?! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jun 7, 2006 22:13:35 GMT
It was #####, obviously. ;D Steve |
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Post by anacrusis on Jun 7, 2006 22:18:27 GMT
ah, right.  |
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Jun 7, 2006 22:21:01 GMT
Ok. It was a-u-r-a-l. |
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Post by anacrusis on Jun 7, 2006 22:38:06 GMT
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