Colin,
I bet Clapton feels the same way too
Nothing beats playing to an audience and with an instrument that you made yourself - that's icing on the cake.
Enjoy and feel proud
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| Author: | Colin S [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:00 am ] |
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I played in a concert last night at the Royal College of Music in London. The charity concert to raise money for good graduate student instruments, was to an audience of nearly a thousand, and was quite a flash affair with students and tutors from all departments of the college and a number of outside musicians playing. Oh and me the geologist from down the road! My small consort of Royal College tutors plus myself played some pieces by Adrian le Roy, Collard, Ballard and Weiss. I also got to play a 4 minute solo piece, a Chaconne from the Saizenay manuscript on my 10-course Venere. I have played steel string at clubs and festivals for many years, but this was the first large gathering for my lute playing, to say I was nervous beforehand is putting it mildly, but once I start playing I always relax and let the music free. Colin |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:04 am ] |
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Cool....did you get a recording of it????? |
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| Author: | Jeanne [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:10 am ] |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:16 am ] |
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I too would love to hear that Colin, glad you were part of such a great event, it must have been magical! |
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| Author: | RussellR [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:38 am ] |
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Well Done Colin What a buzz to play a concert like this with a Lute you made yourself. |
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| Author: | Dave White [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:11 am ] |
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Colin, I bet Clapton feels the same way too
Nothing beats playing to an audience and with an instrument that you made yourself - that's icing on the cake. Enjoy and feel proud
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| Author: | Colin S [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:16 am ] |
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You know guys, there I was surrounded by Stradivari, and Hausers, and Steinways and there I was with just a home made instrument! Colin |
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| Author: | Jeanne [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:20 am ] |
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| Author: | RussellR [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:35 am ] |
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Stradivari are ok Hausers are ok Steinways I find a bit heavy plays havoc with my back. But the Symonds Lute now we are talking a serious instrument
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| Author: | Jeanne [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:38 am ] |
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| Author: | RussellR [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:44 am ] |
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Now you tell me
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| Author: | Jeanne [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:06 am ] |
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:36 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Colin S] and there I was with just a home made instrument! Colin[/QUOTE] Hey Colin, I've seen pics of your "homemade" instruments and you're getting no sympathy from me. Congratulations! It must have been a real thrill. |
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| Author: | old man [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:59 pm ] |
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Very impressive, Colin. Good for you.
Ron |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:58 pm ] |
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That's very cool. I'm happy it was so enriching. There were times in college were I'd be a little apprehensive and my hands would sweat more than usual during our concerts. For some reason, I've always seen it more as a conversation though, so it usually feels more or less natural (other than the freaking dress clothes). It's more of an us situation than me, the music, and them. What kind of situation does it feel like for you when you relax? Do you forget they're there, or start to feel welcomed by them? |
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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:01 pm ] |
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Well done, Colin! Stradivari's violins were home made too, you should fit right in! 
If you don't have a sundclip, do you at least have pictures??!! |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:32 am ] |
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Sounds like a great experience, Colin. The Royal College--Whew! That'd be like taking the stage at Julliard over here. Doesn't matter what the function was, it's still momentous. Did you tell the audience that your were playing an instrument that you built? |
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| Author: | bob J [ Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:23 am ] |
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Geeeeeeze, I'm on the wrong site. People here make beautiful guitars and are excellent consert performers also? 
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:23 am ] |
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You didn't mention your banjo. You did play the banjo, right? (What a hoot that would be. I'd fly over just to see that. )
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| Author: | Jeanne [ Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:40 am ] |
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[QUOTE=bob J] Geeeeeeze, I'm on the wrong site. People here make beautiful guitars and are excellent consert performers also? [/QUOTE]
Shhhhhh....it's all an illusion...the instruments are so full of life they play themselves! 
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| Author: | bob J [ Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:46 pm ] |
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Yea, as is my splling and grammer used in my prior post! |
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| Author: | Shawn [ Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:21 am ] |
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That sounds like it was a great event...no pressure playing in front of your peers and others!!...I glad to hear that it all came off well...just hearing about it makes me want to be there to hear it. Actually I think that your Venere 10 course fits in quite well...most groups doing early music are using modern reproductions as they either cant afford historic instruments or the historic instruments are in such delicate or unrepairable condition that the choice of a faithful copy is preferable. I also think that there is no better place for good music than when surrounded by great instruments such as Stradivari, and Hausers, and Steinways. |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:21 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Colin S] You know guys, there I was surrounded by Stradivari, and Hausers, and Steinways and there I was with just a home made instrument! Colin[/QUOTE] How positively cool!
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| Author: | Colin S [ Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:00 am ] |
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Thanks for the comments guys, I really enjoyed the concert, I'll post the music I played soon, (when I can get Russell to put it on his site for me) but it will have to be my studio recording as I don't think the concert was recorded. Oh and yes the fellow introducing the performers did mention that I had made the lute myself and also that I had rebuilt the original 1764 Brunner archlute being played by one of the other players, he said that I was obviously more than just a pretty face! Colin |
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