{"id":575,"date":"2011-09-25T12:20:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T11:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2011-12-17T12:50:21","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T11:50:21","slug":"playing-liveat-the-day-of-the-endless-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie\/blog\/playing-liveat-the-day-of-the-endless-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Live at The Day Of The Endless Drone!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"myself<\/a>Yesterday, at about 10:00 in the morning, I dropped into the “Day Of The Endless Drone” 24-hour improvisation session in the old FAS building\/Tax Office (now largely taken over by the College of Art and Design) on Sullivan’s Quay. I liked what was going on. The notion fascinated me: the composition for the Cork City Gamelan I am currently working on (A Prophet Looking For A Wall To Write On<\/a>) is a drones piece.<\/p>\n

There were people invigilating. I asked whether it was o.k. to contribute a drone or two\u2026 went away and returned with my Waterphone early in the afternoon\u2026 droned along for about an hour and enjoyed myself immensely.<\/p>\n

I walked out with a great sense of success and achievement. It was the fist time this century (a few years more, actually) that I had played music in public – only an informal improvisation, but I did it<\/em>. After all those years, I am playing live music again<\/em>. Virtuoso instrumental acrobatics are not possible for me since I got chronic MS, but there are other ways\u2026<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I am getting a new laptop computer delivered. I am setting it up as a musical instrument for live performance. I shall be able to play my Cork City Gamelan live – that’s something I had not planned when I started the project.
\nOn October 22nd, I am playing my first recital since I became too ill to play conventional instruments. It is only a 20-minute slot at Sonic Vigil VI at Triskel Arts Centre’s Christ Church<\/a>, but for me, it’s going to be a Big Thing. See the picture above – I had it taken especially for the occasion (thanks, Eoghan). I am planning to play A Prophet Looking For A Wall To Write On<\/em> on my Waterphone, along with a prerecorded Cork City Gamelan backing track, and some impromptu sonic experiments, both on the Waterphone and the computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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