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sevenhelz at 12:11am on 31/05/2009
sevenhelz at 12:11am on 31/05/2009So today was the Black Dyke Festival of Brass, or at least, one day of it, so I had my hair cut in the morning and set out with an hour to get to the other side of Leeds for the low brass massed event doodad. And was late, but never mind. Did all that, phone died, used friend's phone to call 4tet member who was joining us later, had an hour to drive to Hudds and back to the other side of Leeds, made it in 1hr10 mins, and no nobody nearly died, but we missed our slot and didn't get to play. Which is a bit of a shitter for the 4tet member who'd gone quite a way out of his way and out of pocket to get to this 20min gig, but that's life for ya. Wasn't fated to happen. Pretty much everything that could go wrong did - we already had one replacement player, who I don't get on with, and then this particular member had a delayed train - 50 mins! - and a breaking down bus to deal with. Horrible day for him, especially as he had a gig to get to straight after seeing us. Ah well. Like I say, not to be, but anyway, went to the concert in the evening, Dyke played fabulously, and it was magnificent music. Harrison's Dream and Wilby's Euphonium Concerto were particularly good; enjoyed everything but Immortal by their resident composer is v impressive.
So tomorrow I'm depping in Southport. Plan is to drive to Bolton in the morning, get breakfast with the conductor - he called me a couple of days ago, having my number from the work on MDs I did earlier in the year - and get a lift from there, saving me from driving too far, scuppering my plans to see parentals but with benefit of getting home sooner. We semi-haggled on price and agreed something fairly reasonable :) he's a nice guy, a year ago I'd've asked simply for petrol money but gradually I've come to see how much that's costing me in food and time and possibly even business, so yeah, good settlement between us, and probably a foot in the door over there. Could be very handy if I'm living in Mancs next year, though one guy I met today told me the course I'm after basically means no outside life. Hmmm... things and stuff.
Still need to send off a programme for this audition. And find somewhere to live. Whoop whoop
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So tomorrow I'm depping in Southport. Plan is to drive to Bolton in the morning, get breakfast with the conductor - he called me a couple of days ago, having my number from the work on MDs I did earlier in the year - and get a lift from there, saving me from driving too far, scuppering my plans to see parentals but with benefit of getting home sooner. We semi-haggled on price and agreed something fairly reasonable :) he's a nice guy, a year ago I'd've asked simply for petrol money but gradually I've come to see how much that's costing me in food and time and possibly even business, so yeah, good settlement between us, and probably a foot in the door over there. Could be very handy if I'm living in Mancs next year, though one guy I met today told me the course I'm after basically means no outside life. Hmmm... things and stuff.
Still need to send off a programme for this audition. And find somewhere to live. Whoop whoop
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