A day in the life of a working musician.. the behind-the- scenes drama of presenting Irish fiddle shows, running a band, dealing with the endless characters in the music industry, and keeping the dream alive.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Storm King Arts Center

My band did a show this month at the Storm King Arts Center which is a 500-acre museum in Mountainville, NY that celebrates the relationship between sculpture and nature (ww.stormking.org). The sculptures are HUGE - and the trees are beautiful.
One of the tunes I played at the concert is one I wrote and haven't been able to think of a name for it. So I asked the audience for ideas- I've never done this (is it sort of like asking someone else to name your child?) but I was really delighted by the number of people that had ideas and that had a visual image during the song. Not being very visual, I don't usually picture things when I hear music, but obviously, some people do.
Some of the names ideas were: The Muse, Cozy Cottage, anything with the Storm since we were at Storm King, Isle of Clover, and "Breath of the Sculpture in C".