House concert
I think tonight may have been a first for me. I just got back from playing in a house concert featuring a couple of singer-songwriters. Both women had very nice voices (and guitar skills).
Some songs were voice and guitar only, some had bass and drums, and some had viola (me) and cello.
They kept telling us how great we sounded. But really, it’s not very hard to sound good when the music is relatively simple like that - nothing too rhythmically tricky, and nothing in high positions. In fact, we had a brief rehearsal before the concert and that was it. Mostly we just had to play with a nice warm sound and make sure we stayed with the singers.
I guess having the strings did add a nice touch to the songs, though - easy or not.
Anyway, I’m pretty sure that was the first time I’d ever played backup for a non-classical singer. It was pretty interesting - I’d do it again.
