Magic Fly

 A 70s song by Space, which was the first piece I learned to play on a bontempi reed organ when I was 11.

Here playing it on my Carry On EWI using Flute voice 

Back on the clarinet

 Back on it. The low F plays, but the E doesn't. Forget second octave yet

Using a noblet 2v mpc and Legere European cut 2.5

Clarinet redux

 Well I thought that once I'd got my Multiple Myeloma diagnosis that it was all over when it comes to clarinet, because I was constantly short of breath with really sharp chest pain (fractured sternum)

But after 4 weeks of treatment I feel tons better and I hope to begin learning again. But I'm going to start again, from scratch. No big tunes recorded, no jumping ahead, focus on doing it right. Embouchure, long tones, exercises, practise the break. 

But first...I need to buy some reeds.

See looking back 🔙 I pretty much gave up, and I donated my Windsor plastic clarinet to my niece's son Jesse who is learning clarinet at school but doesn't have his own instrument. Well he does now! 

Thankfully I kept hold of the Pedler. All it needs is a tweak to the lowest notes and we're good to go. And it is a beautiful and historical instrument. Made in Elkhart Indiana in the 1940s.

Darwall's 148th

 a hymn from the School Recorder book 1 played on tenor Sigo. I used Open Camera for a change on my other phone and an not happy with how it looks. Keeps going dark then bright again for some reason.

Happy birthday Vince!

 Happy 66th birthday to Vince Clarke, a big part of the sound of my youth. 

Sigo bass fun

 A couple of pieces on the bass, one of which is my own "composition" that I came up with on clarinet a few years ago. 

Something Blue:

Happy Birthday x2

 Happy Birthday to these 2 musical pioneers