Comments, Thoughts and Feed Back
Thursday 21st March
Four /five apologies from last months attendees, so numbers down to nine musicians but an excellent evening, which went out in a "blaze of glory" with a not too "slow and steady" version of The Bank of Ireland!
Comments and feed back
Really enjoyed the slow and steady session, hope I wasn't a bad influence!
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Greetings, Last night was most enjoyable.
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Thursday 21st February
The first session saw 15 musicians, playing fiddles, cello, flute, whistles, octave mandolin, melodeon, guitar and mandolin. There were folk from, the Borrowdale area, Carlisle and beyond, and some who were more "local". A full house and a very pleasant evening. See the photos on the "About" page
Comments and feed back
"Was great that all the seats were filled and showed the demand for this sort of session. I've long thought there should be more music in Cockermouth and it seems to be heading that way now. Keeping it slow and steady would seem to be the main problem but I've no idea how you would manage to do that. Only minor quibble is that I didn't like the last Dusty Miller tune, but that's just me not liking slip jigs, that don't have a final note! Overall I think you should be proud of getting so many people, many of whom I had never see before, out playing tunes on a Thursday night in February."
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"Thanks again for setting up the session the other night, was good fun and in a way something I had wondered about for some time to bring people on. A sort of reason why it is not easy to attend some events when not practiced enough to be able to participate. Can be awkward when in a way people go around the table when it is also just great to listen and maybe sometime in the future think about joining in. Can also be embarrassing when people expect a high level of performance before attempting to join in
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…………. there is something about being in the group when (you) can give it a go and everyone is accepted for what they can give. I call it crowd effect as people kind of tune in and get brought along
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I hope you do not mind my giving some feedback from the other night. For me and I just wonder if this may be the same with some other novices, and we are generally novices, it would be preferable to go at a slower speed so that we can be confident we hit most of the correct notes and pick up the rhythm before quickening up as things become more engrained.
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The benefit of the more practiced attending would be that they can add that extra dimension and interpretation to what would be building up to the final speed and effect. It may have benefit...………breaking it down into manageable sections.
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I personally would not mind getting together with people at this lower end at other times as suspect it is a step up from solo practice to synchronising with others.
I am no teacher and certainly not a musician so hope you do not mind my coming back to you as I think the concept is invaluable towards bringing people on and not readily available."
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It was great to come along and be able to participate throughout and I for one needed a bit of motivation to learn some new tunes. I'll miss next time unfortunately but will keep up with the new tunes and definitely come along again.
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Four /five apologies from last months attendees, so numbers down to nine musicians but an excellent evening, which went out in a "blaze of glory" with a not too "slow and steady" version of The Bank of Ireland!
Comments and feed back
Really enjoyed the slow and steady session, hope I wasn't a bad influence!
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Greetings, Last night was most enjoyable.
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Thursday 21st February
The first session saw 15 musicians, playing fiddles, cello, flute, whistles, octave mandolin, melodeon, guitar and mandolin. There were folk from, the Borrowdale area, Carlisle and beyond, and some who were more "local". A full house and a very pleasant evening. See the photos on the "About" page
Comments and feed back
"Was great that all the seats were filled and showed the demand for this sort of session. I've long thought there should be more music in Cockermouth and it seems to be heading that way now. Keeping it slow and steady would seem to be the main problem but I've no idea how you would manage to do that. Only minor quibble is that I didn't like the last Dusty Miller tune, but that's just me not liking slip jigs, that don't have a final note! Overall I think you should be proud of getting so many people, many of whom I had never see before, out playing tunes on a Thursday night in February."
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"Thanks again for setting up the session the other night, was good fun and in a way something I had wondered about for some time to bring people on. A sort of reason why it is not easy to attend some events when not practiced enough to be able to participate. Can be awkward when in a way people go around the table when it is also just great to listen and maybe sometime in the future think about joining in. Can also be embarrassing when people expect a high level of performance before attempting to join in
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…………. there is something about being in the group when (you) can give it a go and everyone is accepted for what they can give. I call it crowd effect as people kind of tune in and get brought along
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I hope you do not mind my giving some feedback from the other night. For me and I just wonder if this may be the same with some other novices, and we are generally novices, it would be preferable to go at a slower speed so that we can be confident we hit most of the correct notes and pick up the rhythm before quickening up as things become more engrained.
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The benefit of the more practiced attending would be that they can add that extra dimension and interpretation to what would be building up to the final speed and effect. It may have benefit...………breaking it down into manageable sections.
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I personally would not mind getting together with people at this lower end at other times as suspect it is a step up from solo practice to synchronising with others.
I am no teacher and certainly not a musician so hope you do not mind my coming back to you as I think the concept is invaluable towards bringing people on and not readily available."
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It was great to come along and be able to participate throughout and I for one needed a bit of motivation to learn some new tunes. I'll miss next time unfortunately but will keep up with the new tunes and definitely come along again.
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If you would like to contribute to this page please use the form on the "Contact" page