This is a very interesting and thought-provoking article Emma, and I'm now going to spend the next hour following all the links and reading them because it's a subject close to my heart. Where does music go from here?
I was surprised, saddened, concerned to read that you've gone off the idea of performing.... for now. I know, sadly, I've never heard you "in the flesh" - what I've seen, heard and read of you though has given me the idea that you must be pretty special. And I've always had the impression that you must just love being up on stage, and being surrounded by other talented musicians.
So that's in there, in you, and will come out sooner or later.
I'm sure you're in contact with lots of your talented friends who will be encouraging you to stick in there.... Can you not use this opportunity to develop your musical skills and knowledge even more?
My view is that there is always SOOOOO much to learn about music - there's just NEVER enough time to devote to it all. In my case, after 50 years at it I still want to improve my guitar technique - those elusive jazz chords progressions, those funky lead licks that I've never been able to fire out, even a few country slides ; on piano - dig down into and fully understand the genius melodies and harmonies of Cole Porter, Gershwin, Berlin; in the digital domain I'm just getting to grips with Logic Pro on the Mac... Mary-Rose and I have just laid down a passable version of The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness, still to be embellished and final mixed (I'll send you a copy for a laugh). There are lots of fantastic online performances to watch too.
Last evening I hosted a virtual Acoustic Night via Zoom - I've been running the real thing at our local sports club for a year now, with regular audiences of around 70 people. Nearly 30 tuned in last night, with nine performers, and they included a friend who has just released an album on Bandcamp which is also on my list to check out today.
I've yet to work out a proper strategy for contributing financially to all this online musical effort, but I will. It's far from being as good as a live concert with all the cool vibes that can bring, but for now we've got to make do.
So thanks again for such a great piece, well researched as always. I may come back to you when I've followed it all up.
This is a very interesting and thought-provoking article Emma, and I'm now going to spend the next hour following all the links and reading them because it's a subject close to my heart. Where does music go from here?
I was surprised, saddened, concerned to read that you've gone off the idea of performing.... for now. I know, sadly, I've never heard you "in the flesh" - what I've seen, heard and read of you though has given me the idea that you must be pretty special. And I've always had the impression that you must just love being up on stage, and being surrounded by other talented musicians.
So that's in there, in you, and will come out sooner or later.
I'm sure you're in contact with lots of your talented friends who will be encouraging you to stick in there.... Can you not use this opportunity to develop your musical skills and knowledge even more?
My view is that there is always SOOOOO much to learn about music - there's just NEVER enough time to devote to it all. In my case, after 50 years at it I still want to improve my guitar technique - those elusive jazz chords progressions, those funky lead licks that I've never been able to fire out, even a few country slides ; on piano - dig down into and fully understand the genius melodies and harmonies of Cole Porter, Gershwin, Berlin; in the digital domain I'm just getting to grips with Logic Pro on the Mac... Mary-Rose and I have just laid down a passable version of The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness, still to be embellished and final mixed (I'll send you a copy for a laugh). There are lots of fantastic online performances to watch too.
Last evening I hosted a virtual Acoustic Night via Zoom - I've been running the real thing at our local sports club for a year now, with regular audiences of around 70 people. Nearly 30 tuned in last night, with nine performers, and they included a friend who has just released an album on Bandcamp which is also on my list to check out today.
I've yet to work out a proper strategy for contributing financially to all this online musical effort, but I will. It's far from being as good as a live concert with all the cool vibes that can bring, but for now we've got to make do.
So thanks again for such a great piece, well researched as always. I may come back to you when I've followed it all up.
Take care,
Nick