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Musical Oddities
Mar. 14th, 2005 12:26 amI have a lot to learn about shameless self promotion. I'm too casual to be a professional artist. I just like to do my thing and let the audience find me, rather than me chase after an audience. Probably not a good business model, so I'm happy to team up with people for whom the promotion comes more naturally.
I spoke live on the local radio station today, promoting an upcoming show with my band. Unpredictable, unrehearsed, and unconvinced that I have any future with radio. Just call me Ol' Mumblin' Janitor. But at least I got to sneak some Fantomas on air and played a Tom Waits song that was barely appropriate for any occasion, let alone a gothic rock radio show. I aim to confuse.
Other adventures in my quest to confuse and find opportunities to do my thing, I attended an Irish music jam session this afternoon. I just sat and listened today, scoping out possibilities. The people there seemed intrigued by the idea of a piano player (I decided against guitar because I play it very poorly). I'd have to bring in my Roland keyboard. I'd be the odd one out needing electricity, as the rest of the group is comprised of fiddles, drums, a hammered dulcimer, a viola, a guitar, and various other people that come and go with acoustic instruments. But I'm already odd in other ways, being the only person there who performs in a gothic/industrial band. I dropped in out of curiosity. It could give me a chance to grow in a different way musically. I don't have a lot of experience picking up music by ear, which these people do a lot. And I don't have experience playing folk music, just listening to it. I'd love to have those styles in my repertoire for future creative blending and clashing, should I ever get back to composing my own music.
I spoke live on the local radio station today, promoting an upcoming show with my band. Unpredictable, unrehearsed, and unconvinced that I have any future with radio. Just call me Ol' Mumblin' Janitor. But at least I got to sneak some Fantomas on air and played a Tom Waits song that was barely appropriate for any occasion, let alone a gothic rock radio show. I aim to confuse.
Other adventures in my quest to confuse and find opportunities to do my thing, I attended an Irish music jam session this afternoon. I just sat and listened today, scoping out possibilities. The people there seemed intrigued by the idea of a piano player (I decided against guitar because I play it very poorly). I'd have to bring in my Roland keyboard. I'd be the odd one out needing electricity, as the rest of the group is comprised of fiddles, drums, a hammered dulcimer, a viola, a guitar, and various other people that come and go with acoustic instruments. But I'm already odd in other ways, being the only person there who performs in a gothic/industrial band. I dropped in out of curiosity. It could give me a chance to grow in a different way musically. I don't have a lot of experience picking up music by ear, which these people do a lot. And I don't have experience playing folk music, just listening to it. I'd love to have those styles in my repertoire for future creative blending and clashing, should I ever get back to composing my own music.
