Gig Recap & Two Songs

It's been almost a month since my last post. I'm currently balancing work, writing, and wedding planning (not necessarily in that order) and so music events have not been copious. I did, however, play at the Elk's Club as I mentioned in my last entry.

It went wonderfully. We played for about 50 minutes and the songs followed the set list we worked out minus "The Streets of London". The one problem that arose for me was the volume for my bouzouki. I played this on a number of songs and it really wasn't loud enough. I was set up with a condenser mic that really didn't do the job. The other vocals and guitar drowned out my picking quite a bit. That said, it sounded pretty good on stage. A couple friends of Gary recorded the whole show on digital camera. The sound quality was a little off and, I think, it is here that the bouzouki didn't come off all the well. I guess I'll need a pickup! Our singing was good and everything else went off without a hitch.

I'll see if I can geta clip or two from the show to post. In the meantime, here are two songs I recorded a couple days ago with the webcam. The first is "The Leaving of Liverpool", and the second "Free in the Harbour" by Stan Rogers. Enjoy.