solarbird | okay that was pretty awesome

Going to Folklife is fun. Playing at Folklife is about eight zillion times better. Okay, so Anna and I earned about enough for a happy meal; not exactly the big moneys, it was still HOLY CRAP PEOPLE ARE GIVING US MONEY FOR US PLAYING MUSIC. Also, my original music brought in most of the dosh: "Thought You Knew" is now officially the first thing people have paid me for playing. ("Leaffall" and "Dreams of an Incomplete Flute" also brought in moneys.)

We even had little crowds once in a while. Not big ones; just little ones. But they were our little crowds, listening to us, crowding in so they could hear us better in all the noise.

I also handed out a couple of contact cards, and if I wanted to get photographed I just needed to pull out Splinter - someone I think was an official Folklife photographer got shots of me playing it (he was official for somebody - pro gear, had official badges and such) and so did an assortment of other people - he gets attention, he does.

So godt dammit that was awesome. Also three hours. V. tired now. Zzz.

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From: (Anonymous)

wowsa! way cool, about time you hit the big time. I'm really sorry that I didn't get to meet Splinter three weeks ago -- at least at Folklife, nobody would have wanted Splinter to be peacebonded, neh qua?

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solarbird

Har. This is so not the big time. But I very much want to do it again, with more of my own songs - particularly things like Militant's Song (working title) and this completely untitled thing I've started writing on the DS.