The WDHS benefit concert is only 10 days away. Gary and I will be performing 2 songs in the event. This time, we will appear as Just Us and friends. These other people include the WDHS choir, local favourite Karen Holgate, talented graduate from the school Thea Kerr, and a brilliant drummer who is in grade 12 Aron Dimoff.
We practised with the choir a couple of weeks ago. It sounded really good. Brenda Long, the music teacher, reckoned that we probably need one more rehersal, and then we are set. Yesterday, Gary and I got together with Karen Holgate to work on the second song. This Friday, the whole band - us three, Thea on accordion and Arron on drums - will get together for our first rehersal. It will be the first time in ages I play with a band.
We have made our Europe debut! Our third trade-friendly MP3, this one released on Germany's ic-musicmedia website:
Counting Stars - Music and Lyrics by May Ip, May on vocals and guitar, Gary on Appalachian Dulcimer.
Interconnected is a German-based online musicians' archive which collects a great variety of indie music from all over the world, served in low and high-bandwidth streaming MP3, MP3 downloads and RealAudio.
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Old time counrty, polka, blues, Christian rock, comtemporary folk, Irish tunes, ... You name it, and we had it. A total of 2 dozens or so musicians came out for it. At all time, there were at least 16 of us sitting in the circle playing guitar, mandolin, flute, accordion, harmonica, percusions, drums, bass and singing.
It was a wonderful jam session.
It's not a Just Us gig. But it is going to be fun.
Wiarton's own singer/song writer, Karen Holgate and I(May Ip) are organzing a jam session on Groundhog Festival Sunday afternoon. We have been calling up every local musician, poet and storyteller we know to invite them out.
Through the years of its becoming more and more a commercial tourism event, the festival has moved away from the grassroot. We hope to create something resembles the Wake Up Willie parties in the old days.
The session takes place in the upstair of Wiarton Arena from 2 to 4pm. If you are in the area, come on out and get the jam cooking!
