The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14584   Message #126173
Posted By: Barry Finn
20-Oct-99 - 09:32 PM
Thread Name: Blues Workshop or Focus Group?
Subject: RE: Blues Workshop or Focus Group?
Hi Fortunato. As Roger mentioned I did ask Rita to schedule us later so I could get a take on how things were done at the getaway because this was the first time I'd ever seen or did a workshop in this manner. Mostly the workshops I've done or been in, it's usually to present a certain aspect of music weither it's prison songs, shanties or whatever. I'd usually give some backround of the style or the music or what brought about this style, do some songs ask if anyone had questions or maybe a certain song they'd want some info on or maybe throw in a song but I've never seen it as a round robin, not that, that's bad just different from others & it was a lot of fun & it seemed that a good time was had by all. I see a concert or a mini concert as mostly songs with maybe a bit of backround on the songs. So you may have been taken aback by someone doing what they know in a way they know how to present it rather than presenting it in a way you're familar with, that they wouldn't know how to present, it certainly would've been the case with me if it hadn't been for Roger & Rita being in near constant communication with me. For some (myself) they'd prefere to hear songs they didn't know or info they didn't know about songs they knew rather than singing something themselves but I did find everything & everybody far above my greatest expectations. Barry