The Classic Rock Wedding
Mar. 19th, 2006 10:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanWell, we have had our wedding. Parts of it were even white... the dress, the cake, 99% of the guests.
As is the case with all these gigs, for my foil & I, it was a case of hurry-up-&-wait, then it all seemed to be over in about 15 minutes - with the participants catching us musicians on the hop with the speed they moved from signing the registry, to walking down the short red carpet, thus signalling the end of the ceremony. No time for planned guitar changes, just finish one piece & straight into the next, on the same instrument & a wing & a prayer. Not that there was anything religious about the event - celebrant & secular was the order of the day.
The prospective crowd of 'about 200' turned out to be about 80 - still more than 2 acoustic guitars could hope to cover, but the wind off Farm Cove was blowing in the right direction & we were heard by enough of them to consider our efforts worthwhile. We were also secure in the knowledge that, at midnight the previous evening, we'd finished polishing the recordings of the repertoire - which we gave to them as our wedding gift.
In return, they called both of us up to the main table during the speeches & presented us with gift-boxed bottles of pretty decent red wine (sometimes a reputation is a wonderful thing to have...). Unexpected... & a pleasure - we were only doing it for the fun & the free meal.
Our verdict - job done pretty well, but as previously mentioned, not one for the CV.
Today was a much-welcomed & needed 'Nothing Day'. After breakfast at my local cafe, with my favourite waitress in attendance, I came home & blissfully did bugger all... Apart from fielding a visit from the newest Mammmy, who presented sound arguments & plenty of food for thought, but pledged support "whatever my decision".
Now to forget about the working week.
As is the case with all these gigs, for my foil & I, it was a case of hurry-up-&-wait, then it all seemed to be over in about 15 minutes - with the participants catching us musicians on the hop with the speed they moved from signing the registry, to walking down the short red carpet, thus signalling the end of the ceremony. No time for planned guitar changes, just finish one piece & straight into the next, on the same instrument & a wing & a prayer. Not that there was anything religious about the event - celebrant & secular was the order of the day.
The prospective crowd of 'about 200' turned out to be about 80 - still more than 2 acoustic guitars could hope to cover, but the wind off Farm Cove was blowing in the right direction & we were heard by enough of them to consider our efforts worthwhile. We were also secure in the knowledge that, at midnight the previous evening, we'd finished polishing the recordings of the repertoire - which we gave to them as our wedding gift.
In return, they called both of us up to the main table during the speeches & presented us with gift-boxed bottles of pretty decent red wine (sometimes a reputation is a wonderful thing to have...). Unexpected... & a pleasure - we were only doing it for the fun & the free meal.
Our verdict - job done pretty well, but as previously mentioned, not one for the CV.
Today was a much-welcomed & needed 'Nothing Day'. After breakfast at my local cafe, with my favourite waitress in attendance, I came home & blissfully did bugger all... Apart from fielding a visit from the newest Mammmy, who presented sound arguments & plenty of food for thought, but pledged support "whatever my decision".
Now to forget about the working week.
