First public outing

[davhudson]

Feeling quite proud of myself today. I did my first real public performance.
This was with the dixie band that my teacher runs - the Fenny Stompers.

I only did two numbers:-

• Bei Mir Bis du Shoen
• Sentimental Journey

but did do a solo in Bei Mir.

I was shaking like a leaf and only fluffed a bit in Sentimental Journey.

Perhaps next time I will start to enjoy it instead being terrified!

 

[c9off]

Well done Dav (Dave?) you deserve to feel proud! I bet you can't wait until the next opportunity now...

all the best
Geoff

 

[Justin Chune]

Nice one. It becomes less of a sweat the more we do it. Roll on the next one eh?

Jim.

 

[Phil Edwards]

Congrats, here's to the next opportunity. You'll still be nervous, only this time you know you can do it. Enjoy it.

Phil

 

[thehunt]

Hi Dav, well done, i did my first outing a month or two back, great feeling isn't it? :welldone

 

[davhudson]

Hi Dav, well done, i did my first outing a month or two back, great feeling isn't it? :welldone

Thanks for that. It seemed to go really quickly, I was terrified! Hopefully next time I will feel less terrified and enjoy it more!

David

 

[Mamos]

Well done:welldone

Now you have done it once it should be easier next time.

Is it going to be a regular thing?

mamos

 

[davhudson]

Well done:welldone

Now you have done it once it should be easier next time.

Is it going to be a regular thing?

mamos

Thanks - I hope so.

Regular - not with the Fenny Stompers as they are a Dixie Jazz band and although I do not mind that music it is not my favourite. I think I will be able to play with them a few more times this year though.

I am at that difficult stage where I can play a bit but am not yet good enough to hack it. I am looking for more places to play though.

One thing that strikes me is there seems to be lots of alto sax players about (that is what I play) and not as many tenors. I was thinking of getting a tenor and it might give me more opertunities to play.

What do people think?

 

[Mamos]

I know how you feel

I have been thinking the same but about the Baritone

I have never seen a bari player in Falmouth I could be a novelty act🙂

mamos

 

[thehunt]

It seems that the Bari is rather unexplored but in my opinion a tenor and alto are far more wieldy, therefore more popular, i may be wrong though. I play tenor and we outstrip alto players in my band, the are always complaining we are too loud. Ifeel sorry for our clarinetists as we can never hear them.

 

[Taz]

I am looking for more places to play though.

Hi Dave, I'm glad you had fun, but the Fenny Stompers do sound like a hard act to join, how about coming along to a jam in Rugby on Wednesday? I go along most weeks and I'm the only sax player I've ever seen there. I play tenor with ocasional alto thrown in for good measure. I know that Rugby is a bit of a treck from MK, but you'd be very welcome.
Oh yeah, and if you play, you get a free drink! = = :welldone

 

[davhudson]

Hi Dave, I'm glad you had fun, but the Fenny Stompers do sound like a hard act to join, how about coming along to a jam in Rugby on Wednesday? I go along most weeks and I'm the only sax player I've ever seen there. I play tenor with ocasional alto thrown in for good measure. I know that Rugby is a bit of a treck from MK, but you'd be very welcome.
Oh yeah, and if you play, you get a free drink! = = :welldone

Thanks.

• How many people go along?
• What other instruments do they have?
• What sort of music?

David