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Rumba Flamenco Guitar in Cochrane Alberta and on Roof Top of the Hotel Vancouver

April 16, 2012 in Behind the scene at the Gigs, Day to Day with 0 Comments

Playing solo guitar at the Cochrane Ranch HouseRumba Flamenco Guitar in Cochrane, What a week it’s been!

I began by week flying to Calgary last Friday for a solo rumba flamenco guitar performance at the Spring is in the Art Show.

It’s the middle of April so we kind of laughed as it was snowing a lot the evening before I arrived. It was more like “Winter is still in the Air”! The picture on your right is the Cochrane Ranch House where I performed Friday and Saturday.

The Stage in the Cochrane Ranch House Theatre for my Rumba Flamenco Guitar performanceMy performance was a blast and what a fantastic group of artists! I’m looking forward to returning to the event again next April 2013.

The picture on your left is my solo rumba flamenco guitar setup on stage for the performance in the Cochrane Ranch House theatre.

As a mater of fact, I had so much fun playing for everyone that I returned to the event Saturday to play solo guitar again from 11am to 3pm.My solo guitar setup on the Roof Top of the Hotel Vancouver

From there it was a rush back to the Calgary Airport to return my car.

Next I was off to Vancouver again for a solo rumba flamenco guitar performance up on the roof top of the Hotel Vancouver for an event for the University of Michigan.

The view of Vancouver from the roof top of the Hotel VancouverThe picture on the right shows my solo guitar setup for my performance on the roof top at the Hotel Vancouver. Can You Find My Chair?

The picture on the left is the view of Vancouver from the Hotel Vancouver roof top.

The event on the roof was really a room on the 15th floor known as the “Roof Top” This event went from 6pm to 8pm then it was time to head home.Here's me being a good Canadian working on my taxes

Today, Monday, it’s back to reality and here I sit spend my morning doing my year end books.

Yuck!!!

 

Playing solo rumba flamenco guitar for the Canadian Association of Orthopedic Medicine

October 29, 2011 in Behind the scene at the Gigs with 0 Comments

Yes, today I’ll be performing solo rumba flamenco guitar for the Canadian Association of Orthopedic Medicine.

This will be a private function at the Pan Pacific Hotel in beautiful downtown Vancouver on the waterfront.

If you would like to see video footage of what it’s like for me playing guitar at the Pan Pacific, just search for “Guitar Slinger Pan Pacific”. From there I’ll take you behind the scenes at other events I’ll played at this venue.

Anyways, back to today’s gig…

This event will be held in the Ocean View Suites. If it’s a big group it can be extremely loud with everyone networking away. So I’ll bring a sound system with 5 speakers to help spread my guitar performance throughout the venue at a nice ambient level.

The downbeat (start time) for me will be 7pm so I plan to arrive no later than 6pm to get set up. I’ll leave my home at 4:30pm to ensure I’m not late due to unpredictable traffic.

With a hockey & football game all taking place tonight in the city the drive in wasn’t to pain full. I arrived at 5:45pm with lots of time to set up.

The unfortunate thing was that the room I was to set up in was locked and now I’m waiting to get inside. Being on time doesn’t always mean things will run without a hitch!

Anyways, I did finally get into the room which was a different one all together. I quickly set up and the client arrived early so I began early. The funny thing about this gig was that I was competing with a pianist downstairs and a pianist out in the foyer.

Stereo pianist’s, an opera singer and my guitar all playing different tunes at the same time competing for our own little sonic space. Crazy!

What a night, lot’s of fun as always!

Check back soon to join me on my next guitar slinging adventure…

Playing Guitar in Fort Langley to Fight Cancer!

June 28, 2011 in Behind the scene at the Gigs with 2 Comments

Last night I played guitar at the Eighteen27 in Fort Langley. The event was a dinner and live auction in the memory of Alan Howchin to raise money to help find a cure for colon cancer.

This event is close to my heart as my grandfather and aunt passed away from this ugly disease. My sister has also been fighting it for the past 3 years. We need to find a cure!

Don’t be afraid to have your colon checked if this runs in your family. I was checked and it’s no big deal. (I slept through the whole thing) :-)

Once again I performed the gig with percussionist Lyndon Dewitt. We began our performance at 6pm and wrapped it up around 9:30pm.

The Eighteen27 is a wonderful venue with live music and great food. I highly recommend it for those of you visiting Fort Langley, BC, Canada

Once again I’ve taken my “Gig Cam” with me so you can join me behind the scenes today on the gig.

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Fiery Rumba Flamenco duo performance No. 2 for Architectural Institute of BC

May 28, 2011 in Behind the scene at the Gigs, Guitar Slinger with 4 Comments

The new Vancouver Convention Centre

Today is day 2 performing at the new Vancouver Convention Center for the Architectural Institute of BC.

For this gig we’ll be performing once again as a rumba flamenco duo however today Lyndon is in Vegas so this evening Emad Armoush will be filling in on percussion.

Once again I’ve taken my “Gig Cam”
with me so you can join me
behind the scenes today
on the gig.

Here’s today’s Gig Cam video…

If you would like to share my little reality Gig Cast you can do so my clicking the “f” or “t” button. (facebook & twitter)

Or you can click the <> button to copy the code to your clip board and post the video in your own blog or website.

So this gig will begin at 6pm so I’ll leave at 3pm for downtown Vancouver. I’ll be bringing enough gear to fill a room with 500 people. The gig today is also a short one, only a one hour performance. So it kind of breaks down as…

  • 2 hours driving
  • 1 hour setup and sound check
  • 1 hour performance
  • 30 minutes tear down
  • 2 hours loading out and driving

I love the work that I do however 90% is “the work” and 10% is actual guitar playing.

I think I’m really enjoying doing these live “Gig Cam” video’s as you really get a good feel for what it’s like as a working independent musician. (at least on the gigs)

It might also be fun to do a “working musician cam video” as well however I think the business side could bore you to tears.

Currently I’m building my new web site, trying to write for my next cd, always working my social media and creating new lesson material for YourGuitarSchool.com.

Anyways, enjoy the video and please send me feedback.

Next up… I’ll be back at Taverna Gorgona for a solo rumba flamenco guitar gig.

Stay tuned…

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