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I got to open the Internet Cafe concert lineup at Cap this year, with a one-hour set on Friday afternoon. In prepping, I realized that while I've got plenty of stuff to fill an hour, there's no way my fingers can stand up to an hour of guitar. Hmmm...
Since the keyboard had to be at Cap for the Wild Mercy concert, and since![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
janmagic always asks for Hallelujah and I always turn her down 'cause I can't do it without the keyboard, I decided to do a mix of guitar, keyboard, a cappella and even spoken word pieces. Yay for diversity! Speaking of diversity... sweetmusic_27 joined in on fiddle on several songs... I'm so glad that she's within reasonable commuting range of the Chicago cons now, 'cause I love making music with her!
The set seemed well-received, and I was pretty happy with the order and general flow of things, but I need to get better at between-song patter, especially when I have to move from guitar to keyboard (with the attendant moving of music stand, etc.).
Here's the set list in its final incarnation, with authors and accompaniment notes. I had a few other things prepared and actually ran out of time. This made me happy, because I'd much rather have too much material than too little!
Since I was in the internet cafe, it seemed appropriate to open with a song about another cafe...
Archetype Cafe -- Talis Kimberley -- guitar
Modern Mystic -- Seanan McGuire -- guitar
Hey Ho -- Dave Carter -- guitar
Mal's Song -- Michelle Dockery -- guitar
Their Music -- Martha Coady-Fabish -- a cappella
Queen of All Argyll -- Andy Stewart -- keyboard, plus Amy on fiddle
Sea Foam -- Seanan McGuire -- spoken, plus Amy on plaintive fiddle
Gentle Arms of Eden -- Dave Carter -- guitar
Hallelujah -- Leonard Cohen -- keyboard
The Gates -- DaVinci's Notebook -- a cappella
Kingdom of the Mice -- SJ Tucker -- spoken
Holy Now -- Peter Mayer -- guitar
I'm pretty sure Amy played on more than just those two, but I'm not positive... "Gentle Arms of Eden" and/or "Hallelujah," maybe?
This left me withcadhla's "I Am" and Dave Carter's "Phantom Doll" that got cut from the set. I did "I Am" during open filk and never did get a good opening to do "Phantom Doll." Oh well... I sang plenty of other things, and "Phantom Doll" will come out again. :-)
Since the keyboard had to be at Cap for the Wild Mercy concert, and since
janmagic always asks for Hallelujah and I always turn her down 'cause I can't do it without the keyboard, I decided to do a mix of guitar, keyboard, a cappella and even spoken word pieces. Yay for diversity! Speaking of diversity... sweetmusic_27 joined in on fiddle on several songs... I'm so glad that she's within reasonable commuting range of the Chicago cons now, 'cause I love making music with her!The set seemed well-received, and I was pretty happy with the order and general flow of things, but I need to get better at between-song patter, especially when I have to move from guitar to keyboard (with the attendant moving of music stand, etc.).
Here's the set list in its final incarnation, with authors and accompaniment notes. I had a few other things prepared and actually ran out of time. This made me happy, because I'd much rather have too much material than too little!
Since I was in the internet cafe, it seemed appropriate to open with a song about another cafe...
Archetype Cafe -- Talis Kimberley -- guitar
Modern Mystic -- Seanan McGuire -- guitar
Hey Ho -- Dave Carter -- guitar
Mal's Song -- Michelle Dockery -- guitar
Their Music -- Martha Coady-Fabish -- a cappella
Queen of All Argyll -- Andy Stewart -- keyboard, plus Amy on fiddle
Sea Foam -- Seanan McGuire -- spoken, plus Amy on plaintive fiddle
Gentle Arms of Eden -- Dave Carter -- guitar
Hallelujah -- Leonard Cohen -- keyboard
The Gates -- DaVinci's Notebook -- a cappella
Kingdom of the Mice -- SJ Tucker -- spoken
Holy Now -- Peter Mayer -- guitar
I'm pretty sure Amy played on more than just those two, but I'm not positive... "Gentle Arms of Eden" and/or "Hallelujah," maybe?
This left me with
cadhla's "I Am" and Dave Carter's "Phantom Doll" that got cut from the set. I did "I Am" during open filk and never did get a good opening to do "Phantom Doll." Oh well... I sang plenty of other things, and "Phantom Doll" will come out again. :-)
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