Too old for folk when this is over

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: GUEST,Nick Dow
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 04:47 AM

LOL We all have our aspirations :-)

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: The Sandman
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 04:52 AM

the most difficult thing for me is airports , its difficult being a high flyer.
as you know Nick, if you can get an audience to laugh they might warm to you

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: The Sandman
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 05:03 AM

mo the caller, try the harmonica, very good for breathing , a walking machine for rainy days, and cycling ,very good for keeping fit , i do 8 miles every day, if you cannot find a bike, try horse riding princess anne swears by it, shes a dab hand with the whip

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: Charmion
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 10:28 AM

I think the harmonica would be a more accessible choice than horses, Sandman, and fits in the pocket better than a bike.

But of course a harmonica is no help when you need to pop out for a carton of milk.

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: Willie-O
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 01:52 PM

Hi everyone, been a long time. Which is probably why

There isn’t a gig I play that hasn’t been knocked down and stomped out, same as everyone else. The last few years I have spent 6 months of the year in Cape Breton,playing some pub gigs, lots of great sessions, and really got a handle on busking for cruise ship tourists. As you can see, all the growth industries. This year I can’t even go there at all. Not crazy bout the 2-day drive, (hi Charmion!) but its not the reason.

I don’t see a lot of that stuff bouncing back...felt like it was just getting started but I’ve had a good kick at the can I guess. I’m 64 next week. I know lots of great younger players out east and I’ll still enjoy going out to see them, they need the gigs more than I do.

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: Mo the caller
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 02:23 PM

Can't get my head round the mouth-organ at all, or anything with different notes on the pull and push. I do have descant & treble recorder sat next to me, and a spare descant next to the microwave, to noodle on while I wait for the tea to warm up.
Sorry. but an exercise bike seems even more pointless than zoom dancing (and doesn't fit my buy-nothing philosophy)

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: The Sandman
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 02:59 PM

pointless, it keeps you fit, so you can dance better, alternatively the advice of N Tebbitt, to get on your bike, will get you fit , alternatively if you are familiar with princess anne, she might give you some exercise , if you like being a horse, but i quite understand if that does not appeal.

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: leeneia
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 03:33 PM

Mo,have you ever choreographed a country dance? I have written down two themes from TV that would make good country dances. One is the theme for the Red Green show (easy to hear on YouTube) and the other is from the BBC archeology show "Time Team."

The Time Team tune is not the theme song, it's a faux country dance tune they sometimes play in the background when excavating a 17th-century site. The original has only one section, so I composed a B part. The Red Green Theme is 24 measures long, and the other one is 32, in two clearly different 16-bar sections.

I think it would be fun to have modern English country dancers dancing to a tune which the TV people never dreamed anybody would dance to. If you are interested, PM me with your e-mail address, and I will send you a JPG, which you can print. If you need abc, maybe a Catter will help produce it.

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: leeneia
Date: 14 Aug 20 - 03:47 PM

You can hear the country dance theme on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6K2oEYm1fY

beginning at 17:39.

Our country dancers are meeting in a park and doing dances that don't involve holding hands. Maybe you could compose dances like that.

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: The Sandman
Date: 15 Aug 20 - 07:03 AM

THE MUSIC DOES CHOOSE YOU.I keep playing at the moment to try and maintain a standrd of skill , its about taking a pride in your craft.Ifeel i am fighting against body deteriration, but keeping doing it for as long as i can helps me mentally as well as physically.

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: Sarah the flute
Date: 15 Aug 20 - 07:41 AM

The current situation has put a sudden end to ceilidhs and our harmony singing band but hopefully it will return - the bookings cancelled earlier in the year rebooked for the autumn and now rescheduled for after Easter next year. Pure joy to play with others at a real live outdoor gig 3 weeks ago.

However in the meantime - I have a choice of Zoom clubs most days of the week and it motivates me to find and learn new songs. Voice is improving through solo singing. Lockdown project was starting to learn the anglo concertina - really enjoying that. Excercise - I dusted off the treadmill that was used as a clothes hanger and donning a pair of 3D goggles have trekked daily around the world curtosy of YouTube VR mode and have enjoyed the tranquility of a musical gondola ride in venice to punching zombies in some virtual landscape.

Oh and now my other education work finally looks to be picking up again after only a handful of jobs since March

You are never too old for music. My dad was still playing his fiddle and guitar in his 90s....and for real inspiration there is the wonderful John White who sings at the Sharps lockdown sessions on Tuesdays without the words in front of him even and he is over 100!!!
Think positive and there is a way for you too.

Subject: RE: Too old for folk when this is over
From: The Sandman
Date: 15 Aug 20 - 07:47 AM

yes sarah , good.for example if you get something that is sudenly dificult for me it has lately been playing arpeggios on the EC, FIND TUNES THAT MAKE YOU PRACTISE THEM, HEATHER BREEZE OR ATHOLL HIGHLANDERS i was playing atholl in a and b flat no problem but suddenly had problems in g, so 10 minutes every day on the problem.
i have a friend in the uk and we sing to each other for an hour every day, great practice and good friendship