this was my last show of the summer. i was fortunate to have my friend and favorite fiddler alex tessari by my side. we worked on 3 pieces together, juggling her busy wall street-esque schedule and metro-north pick-ups from nyc... she will fondly remember the days of runninng to harlem to get the train she almost missed straight out of work so that she could be driven to the middle of nowhere in southern ct. one day... =)
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i got to hear chuck e. costa perform, which was delightful. the first time i heard him play we were both performing at the new haven arts and ideas festival. he had to compete with a gospel choir on a nearby stage. the listening environment, in short, had been less than ideal for diciphering his subtle phrasing and poetry.
to everyone who came to "send me off" on my trip to france, i thank you from the depths of my heart. it was a great way to end what i will refer to as the PREMIERE EPOQUE of my music career. *smile* i don't really take myself that seriously, but what i mean to say is this:
i started to perform in january of this year.
before that i hadn't ever asked a venue if i could play there. i hadn't played much in public at all for that matter. i hadn't ever written a set list, or bothered to commit most of any of my songs to memory. i didn't know how to talk between songs (now do i ever!). i didn't know how to set up a sound system (or carry heavy speakers... oh, upper arm strength). i didn't know ANY other musicians, much less in my area.
SO much has changed... and soon i will have a professional recording.
if you listened, or clapped, or sent me an email, or added me to your myspace friends, or signed my mailing list, or just smiled at me on the street, you have helped me make all this happen.
thank you so profoundly.
and thank you to everyone at the georgetown saloon for supporting indie artists in the locale.
see you in the fall,
porter
