In the first week of May I played Bass for my first show in Manchester! This was an exciting step for me as I have not really done a lot of pit type playing since I moved out of North Yorkshire! It was great to get back into it. I played Bass for Meighan Youth Theatre's Production of Les Miserables at the Garrick Playhouse in Altrincham. Needless to say, I had a fun week and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to work with such talented musicians and an absolutely superb cast.
The day after the last performance of Les Mis, I took part in the band call for Happy Days the Musical! For this musical I only played a couple of rehearsals and a couple of shows, but the experience was fantastic. The show was performed by the North Manchester Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society at Middleton Arena. Another great theatre group and another great team of pit musicians!
Another exciting event this month was the purchase of a new bass! "Ebony" is another Overwater by Tanglewood bass, making her my third. The reason this bass is different to my others is that it is my only Passive Bass Guitar. For the record, she is also my first Jazz Bass which is really cool. Ebony did her first gig on the 16th of May with the James Christy Band at Roadhouse in Manchester.
Myself and "Ebony" at Roadhouse with The James Christy Band 16/05/13
And finally, I won't say too much, but Ollie Harding, Charles Macdonald and myself are part of some exciting studio type developments which will come to fruition in the near future! Needless to say, it's great stuff.
To finish, I will be travelling to London with my bass gear this Sunday! Don't get too excited though as I am actually changing trains at Kings Cross Station London in order to travel to a gig with "Spinoffs" in Witney near Oxford! I'm excited as this will be our first gig together however, I fear I may need some devine intervention for the trip to London with my Bass and Amp! Fingers Crossed.
See you in June.
Alasdair
