So I'm finally getting round to writing a bit of blog! I've been in India for 2 weeks now - and what a crazy trip it's been so far...
I started in Delhi with Vicky Cave on a research and development trip focusing on developing a residency for a Scottish Live Music Now musician in 2014. It was so different to Mumbai - cold, HUGE, but with a really interesting grass roots scene building up around music. We ran around the city like mad women for a week and really feel that something very exciting will happen there next year, focusing on working with Music Basti and Global Music Institute! We even managed to squeeze in a trip to the Taj Mahal which was brilliant.
I'm now in Mumbai and it's been great catching up with my friends and playing music again. I went to school with Ayush yesterday and gave the children a big surprise - they were so delighted that I ended up the centre of a mighty bear hug!
There's a new musician from Live Music Now just starting a similar residency to mine here, Jamie Munn, and he is settling in well - despite various run ins on local public transport! It will be really interesting to see how his work pans out. The good thing is that everyone that I worked with in Mumbai last year is very up for working with him!
Off to Sula fest for the weekend and then to Goa for a bit of work and a holiday!
more blogging to come...
I started in Delhi with Vicky Cave on a research and development trip focusing on developing a residency for a Scottish Live Music Now musician in 2014. It was so different to Mumbai - cold, HUGE, but with a really interesting grass roots scene building up around music. We ran around the city like mad women for a week and really feel that something very exciting will happen there next year, focusing on working with Music Basti and Global Music Institute! We even managed to squeeze in a trip to the Taj Mahal which was brilliant.
I'm now in Mumbai and it's been great catching up with my friends and playing music again. I went to school with Ayush yesterday and gave the children a big surprise - they were so delighted that I ended up the centre of a mighty bear hug!
There's a new musician from Live Music Now just starting a similar residency to mine here, Jamie Munn, and he is settling in well - despite various run ins on local public transport! It will be really interesting to see how his work pans out. The good thing is that everyone that I worked with in Mumbai last year is very up for working with him!
Off to Sula fest for the weekend and then to Goa for a bit of work and a holiday!
more blogging to come...
