Then there is the ongoing “not a proper job” aspect of being a musician (or writer or artist) whereby because one loves what one is doing it can’t possibly be serious or commercial, and that practising, or drafting a synopsis or sketching out a painting, is somehow self-indulgent and without value. Do we really want others to see us sweating over a knotty section, swearing at that passage which always trips us up, to hear 50 repetitions of the same section, practising to make the music permanent and perfect? There is however a great curiosity about how musicians, and other creative people work: I find this often manifests itself in (sometimes daft) questions about “finding the time” and much exclaiming about the amount of time one spends doing it. Music practise is usually undertaken alone and in private, except when colleagues come together to rehearse ahead of a concert. It is all the working out, the sketching, redrawing, practising and pondering which enables us to unleash our creativity, and by learning from our mistakes and our “workings out”, we reach a finished product wrought from a special mixture of curiosity, exploration, trial and error, hard graft, and imagination. I often think that viewers and listeners are complacent, or even ignorant, about the long and involved creative processes which go into producing a work of art or preparing a piece of music for performance. In a college of art and design in the US, students are being encouraged to do just that – to offer up their work-in-progress, their rough drafts and preliminary designs, even their mistakes, for scrutiny by others in an exhibition called ‘Permission to Fail’. Anyone who believes that music flows effortlessly from the musician’s body or who thinks it is “easy” should consider this illustration and its metaphor.īut what if we allowed others a glimpse into our practise rooms, to watch us practising, working, refining and finessing our music, to sit in on rehearsals with colleagues, and to observe the long and detailed process that goes into making a concert which may only last for 90 minutes? The tip, the visible part, represents our public persona and the music we perform and share with others, while the much larger mass which is hidden below the surface of the water represents the many hours of practise, study and preparation which enable us to perform. The question remains, will all four ever reunite for a show? Stay tuned.Musicians will be familiar with this image of an iceberg. It’s not everyday you get to see three of the four founding members of this province’s most successful group on stage together. Power fronted “Excursion Around The Bay” and they finished with “Ordinary Day.”ĭoyle closed the show by saying it was indeed “no ordinary day.” He was right. Later in the night, Doyle called Hallett back on stage and asked Darrell Power to join them. Last night’s unplanned reunion started when Doyle called Bob Hallett to the stage to sing “Come And I Will Sing You,” which he did solo, and he then sang “Lukey’s Boat” with the band.Īs Jim Morrison said, “give me an hour for magic”…with & /HDxYmeIkJP A year later, Great Big Sea played its last show on New Year’s Eve of 2013. The four reunited for a set at a concert in Torbay in the summer of 2012. Since 2001, Doyle, McCann, Hollett and Power and have only been on stage together once. So happy to see friendship overcome stuff /89BrUI0dxA Wow! Mini #GreatBigSea reunion at the show tonight! Love my friends. John’s in 1993 and soon rose to international fame, playing concerts and festivals all over the world. “It was impromptu and super fun” he said. Loves it.ĭoyle told VOCM’s Fred Hutton the mini-reunion was not planned. Special thanks to and for jumping aboard. Thanks to all who sang and danced with us. Still Reeling from one of the greatest Gigs ever. Thanks to all who sang and danced with us.” He went on to write, “special thanks to Bob Hallett and Darrell Power for jumping aboard. In a tweet Doyle posted on Sunday morning he said, “Still Reeling from one of the greatest gigs ever. That moment 3/4 of Great Big Sea reunite /JlqdknfQLx Close to three thousand fans were not disappointed. The only thing missing was Sean McCann.ĭuring the Alan Doyle concert Saturday night, Doyle called his old band mates, Darrell Power and Bob Hallett, on stage to close the show. Music fans at Iceberg Alley were treated to a NL music royalty reunion last night.
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