This is my recording studio! Basic, yes. Actually I was trying to record a voice part for a virtual choir, and here you see my laptop (ear pieces plugged in to listen to the track) and my Tablet hanging from the top of the laptop to record the video and voice. On the left is the scribbled words to the song.
This was all done in my bedroom, the only room I could record in. I had to wait for the downpour of rain to stop as it was very loud on the window and would have interferred with the recording. It took several goes, but I got there in the end.
I don’t get to much live music, but I do love it. I’m not keen on musicals, but I do enjoy a concert, including classical. I’m not keen on huge venues, I prefer smaller ones that are more intimate. I can remember seeing The Eagles at Wembley back in the day. More hearing and seeing. Then we had to leave before the end to make sure we could catch a tube home.
You might wonder what this has to do with London, but all the venues I visited have been in London – Wembley, Fairfield Halls (Croydon), The Rose Theatre (Kingston), Wimbledon Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Shepherds Bush Empire. I’ve also enjoyed some nice musical evenings in pubs. I’ve never been to musical festival like Glastonbury. The nearerst I got to one of those was when we all went to Cornwall for the Eclipse back in the 90’s. Across a field there was a music festival. We could hear the thump, thump of the music. from the caravan site. Apparently my nephew was there!
I enjoy taking photos at the concerts I do get to, though in those early days my camera wasn’t as good, or I was too far away. I’ve been through a range of cameras over the years. My first attempt was with my dad’s Box Brownie (that ages me!), but my first camera was a Kadak Instamatic with two settings (sun and cloud) and a place to stick the flash bulbs on! I think it cost me around £6. Wow, hasn’t the world of photography moved on?
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