Singing Burns and playing Road to Skye.

Started an intensive three week performance block today.  

Volunteered for a workshop on singing this morning.   Lots of us play other first instruments but fancied a go and there were also singers who maybe wanted to try something out of their own comfort zone.   After that, I played my fiddle in a folk group with Jenn Butterworth from the Scottish Consevatoire.  We were playing Bruce MacGregor's tune "The Road to Skye" from his excellent album Loch Ness.  Its a great tune with a real groove and a bluegrass/country edge.  Lots of opportunity to double stop and play harmonies. 

More singing in the afternoon - this time performing.   I sang the "Now Westlin' winds" by Robert Burns.   Its a wonderful song protesting against the Autumn shoot which must have been quite a brave thing to do in Burns' day.  That was interesting …. and a learning curve.  Microphone technique - too close, too far - not easy!  There were lots of great performances from people and all styles of music.  We all had our challenges and had a great afternoon learning from each other.