I had a great gig last night, calling for a 140th birthday party barn dance.
Well, actually, it was for 70-year-old twins.
The gig was at The Spot, on Sacheverel Street in Derby, and everyone had a wonderful time (especially me). My keyboard worked well, delivering the music for us to dance to (check out the sample MP3s on my website: http://barndance.biz).
It was also the first time out for my new four-feet-square banner. It wasn't cheap, but then nothing worth having really is, I suppose. At least everyone knows my name now!
My assistant also shot some video of the event, which I'll get round to editing, and then I'll post it on my website, so keep watching that space.
Happy New Year to any and all of my readers.
I'm looking forward to a great year, with Barn Dances (or Ceilidhs) at weekends, and time during the week to get on with some of the things I really enjoy doing. Now that I've got my website up and running (http://barndance.biz), I can devote a bit more time to personal and professional self-development.
One of my New Year's "resolutions" is to learn lots of new things, starting with my long-standing desire to get to grips with 3D modelling and animation.
Well, since procrastination and I are old friends, I've decided to make a start in January 2009, with the Open Source 3D software Blender (available from www.blender.org).
Why do I want to do 3D modelling and animation? Because I'd like to make some educational videos, demonstrating how to dance the various figures that I use in my barn dances. Rather than use human "actors" (with all the problems they bring with them -- not to mention the problems of lighting, at least two cameras with operators, editing ...) I thought I'd try to use computer-generated characters (probably slightly cartoony) to make the instructional films.
Watch this space!
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