Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Hi Brian

This was a great delight, in fact. The audience loved the flute, and were quite captivated by the sound. I improvised in B minor for the long dry waiting for the rain notes, and upped the tempo in D major for the happier after the rain ending. One schoolboy's comment summed it up - "That was crazy". In schoolboy parlance, this is a significant compliment. Other folk found it very peaceful and earthy - it's a hit. Someone thought it sounded like whale songs - now there's a compliment.

Building on the interest, I'll be doing a short demo of making and playing tomorrow. One of the staff here is keen, and has made his own flute already. We've also found an acoustically spectacular art gallery space in the theatre here, and may record there soon. We also plan to do a an art show with Shakuhachi interpretations of the artworks in this space. I'll keep you posted.

Many thanks to you, as well as to Perry, Ken and Monty for giving me the confidence and input to get going on this road - I'm loving it, and many others are starting to as well.

Cheers

John

Last edited by John Roff (2006-08-09 03:57:34)