Now I want to introduce to you some musicians who were with me on that narrowboat.
Above: Look at the drummer Raphael Kaletta of 'Cats and Breakkies': he was our youngest crew member.
And if I were more technically versed, I could give you a glimpse of a big project he is involved in, but I can't, so please look this up:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/danube-sounds
This is so fantastic - here you also see 'our' drummer in a road movie record on a beautiful DVD - they play music with many different bands all along the Danube river.
He also plays in a Jazz-Trio Ponciana
Another musician is Chris Alastair, here a song from one of his DVDs, 'Putty in your hands':
http://www.lastfm.de/music/Chris+Alastair/Sah+Sex+Pleek/putty+in+your+hands
And our captain, Matti Mueller, who "is" three bands:
"Trouble at the Mill", "The Milltones" and "The Madrigal Minstrel Four"
Here is his homepage:
http://www.muellermusik.de/index_main.htm
first click on the band you want to hear, than: music.
All these musicians are doing their own thing - on the boat it was just a friendly meeting, with three other musicians (a French saxophone player; a singer, and an English guitar player - but I could not find their DVDs).
So much fun to have them on that boat!
Britta, what a lovely way to honor new friendships!
ReplyDeleteDear Suze,
Deleteand I am lucky: the drummer (and another non-musician) live in Berlin, Matti in Hildesheim - so I can see them often and listen to their music. And the others are in London and Paris - and London is the other part of the world which I call 'Home of my heart'.
I loved that - really wonderful. Great music. (It is 'Trouble at t' Mill', I think. A Yorkshire thing.)
ReplyDeleteDear Tom,
Deletethank you - as I see Matti next Saturday, I will tell him that you like it. He was the one who organized the boat trip (and had the idea). The Jazz-Trio I'll hear on next Tuesday (life is spinning very fast at the moment).
What exciting company you had on your narrow boat Brigitta - talented, young, handsome musicians - it must have been lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful making music together - my eldest son sang in a group whilst living in Norway but he moved with his family to Paris this summer, and I am wondering whether he will have an opportunity to get another group going there.
Dear Rosemary,
ReplyDeleteit was really exciting.
When your son moved to Paris, I believe that musicians are very quick in finding groups they can play in (and language is no obstacle - for a singer English is ideal, though the French look especially after their language ). Britta
I hope he finds a group, he is fluent in French which is a help.
DeleteIt is a good way to find more acquaintances with different interests. Our nephew, barrister, playing very good cello, moved from Berlin to Frankfurt and has found a new band there.
DeleteSo: good luck to your son, it will happen!
Wow, when you said you had music on the boat, I imagined a bunch of amateurs just having fun and making a joyful noise, but you had real MUSIC! How wonderful.
ReplyDeleteDear Susan,
Deleteas I seldom write about people I know, I thought how to tell about them. Well, if they perfom in public, I am allowed to, I think... (There were others with CDs too, but I haven't found them in a hurry).