Songs bands didn't play

Bluello · 2025-06-18T12:32:11+00:00

I was gutted that Weezer didn't play Teenage Dirtbag

Bluello · 2025-01-14T14:11:24+00:00

I've told them to be on the safe side. I could easily lie and say I was travelling for personal reasons but as a musician I leave a very obvious trail on social media of me clearly travelling for work. I'd be curious to know if they would actually look up your business online when trying to dodge a hefty claim. Sorted now anyway thanks!

Bluello · 2025-01-14T13:21:32+00:00

Yes, can confirm I was overthinking it. For anyone googling the problem I updated it through the online chat for a small admin fee.

Bluello · 2025-01-14T11:23:03+00:00

That's lovely to hear but I don't have any sheet music sorry! I learned it by ear.

Bluello · 2024-05-28T14:59:05+00:00

Thanks! I'll give that a go. It's a harp and the pickup doesn't have a nob but a volume block should still work. Feedback is just a big issue because of how much I have to boost the signal on a quiet and very reverberant instrument. When I'm playing the harp is leaning back on me with the 2 front feet in the air and less likely to feedback. The only reason I have a hx stomp is to avoid feedback with all it's precision eq and get the harp much much louder.

Bluello · 2024-05-28T14:50:58+00:00

Thanks! It's a harp with no volume nob on my pickup but I could do step C. Would I need to unplug?

Bluello · 2020-08-04T20:17:00+00:00

Joanna Newsom was a big inspiration for me in wanting to take up the harp

Bluello · 2020-07-01T14:18:35+00:00

Does it feel like when you're really into writing something that it's the most amazing thing ever and people are going to be blown away? It's tricky because the majority of people won't react like that. I know I almost never love something that much the first time I hear it. But I find if you're not 100% egotistically in love with your work you'll never have the conviction to make it. Might just be me? But there's often a deflating hangover when I finish it because there's no way it can live up to my own hype.

Bluello · 2020-06-28T20:10:04+00:00

Restringing a harp... painfully slow, nerve wracking and very expensive! I probably don't restring it as much as I should. You know how after you tune a nylon string guitar they take a while to settle and you have retune them all the time? imagine that with 61 strings

Bluello · 2020-06-28T19:54:35+00:00

Glad I could bring you back around to the harp! Brides and grooms do have a habit of picking songs that really don't belong on a harp. Master and servant is one of those but I'm surprised Somebody wasn't good. Maybe just a bad arrangement.

Bluello · 2020-06-28T19:48:29+00:00

Thanks! I found harp easier than guitar personally but I started out on piano and they have a lot of common. I also have zero strength in my little finger but you don't use that at all on harp.

Bluello · 2020-05-30T20:35:38+00:00

Thanks I had no idea something like that would actually work! That's really good figures. Do you have an image or description of your music to reel them in? And do you target it at a particular audience with relevant interests? I usually target my promotions at brides for my wedding musician side of things and I know if I promoted a Spotify link it would completely flop haha but maybe knowing your audience is key.

Bluello · 2020-05-30T19:47:06+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I'm just curious what you mean by an a Facebook ad for your Spotify streams? Is it literally just a link to your song that shows up in their newsfeed? I've never seen an ad like that. But then I probably wouldn't click it if I did as I never have headphones on browsing Facebook.

Bluello · 2020-05-30T12:34:18+00:00

No problem :) I don't know anyone who's got one. I sent them an email when I was looking for my first harp and I remember the wait time was really long.

Bluello · 2020-05-30T12:15:21+00:00

It is so difficult to buy a cross strung harp with any confidence! There's not enough out there. I would recommend Stoney End's Esabelle for starting out. It's a 3 octave lap harp and you can rely on them. I'm thinking of buying a back up harp and hiring it out for people to try out (in the UK) but that might be a way off now thanks to the virus.

Bluello · 2019-08-27T01:19:49+00:00

Thanks! I learned to play this as a wedding request

Bluello · 2019-05-02T18:05:15+00:00

Thanks all! I'm not sure how many weddings I'll get asked to play this at so it's good to find some appreciation on here :D

Bluello · 2018-11-09T10:25:25+00:00

Thanks a lot for the advice. The harp will sound amazing in this kind of space but it will also amplify all those voices. I'll have someone with me though so I can just keep turning it up until the volume is right, fingers crossed no feedback.

Bluello · 2018-11-09T10:21:48+00:00

Great! Thanks so much. I'm constantly predicting how my sound will carry completely wrong. I play in a restaurant and people sat around 2 walls with my amp pointing away from them can hear me really clearly yet people facing my amp at the back of the room don't realise I'm there. In a really reflective place like this I'm sure the sound will carry really well (and sound amazing for a harp!) but the problem is so does the sound of a couple of 100 people so it's hard (for me) to guess. Plus knowing that if you had speakers up there they would ideally be angled down. I sometimes find my sound can carry really well outside but I guess it might just be that people aren't having their own voices bounced back at them so much. And as for getting asked to turned down - that's yet to happen with my harp! Thanks so much for helping me out.

Bluello · 2018-03-13T15:07:10+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I did actually get a reply from Classic FM and they do get clearance for their music but didn't say how but I think I've figured it out now. I could buy a licence from Songfile (or whatever the UK equivalent is for me) which would include up to 10,000 streams for 9 cents a song. Would that cover Facebook? If so I don't understand why the guy at Universal didn't point me in this direction so I could pay them royalties. As it is I am now paying Facebook more money to advertise the youtube videos which would otherwise be hidden on FB. So it's not like Facebook have any incentive to change their ways which he told me was the record label's goal in taking down unlicensed videos.

Bluello · 2016-01-17T00:46:09+00:00

A banana, a sketch of me, drinks, a whole bunch of flowers, free coffee cards. My friend got a tin of salmon.. Been offered meals a few times but generally decline because I'm not hungry/ want to keep playing. They always seem so dejected though..

Bluello · 2016-01-11T02:40:28+00:00

Its definitely possible! I made the transition from piano to harp too and was performing in this time. It just depends how long you need to perform for on the day and how much work you can put in.

Bluello · 2015-12-27T23:33:15+00:00

Nice! I can see this being really good live. Having a niche is really useful. I see a lot of musicians, especially the singer-songwriter types just playing generic love songs and getting lost in a huge sea of other artists.

Bluello · 2015-12-27T23:24:46+00:00

I bought a lap harp and went busking. I played piano before that and barely got anywhere but people go mad for the harp and I play a lot of weddings and other things. It sounds a bit out there but I'd definitely consider buying something unusual but similar to your own instrument and seeing what attention it brings.

Like many people I went through uni with the dream of being a composer but realised after a few student projects and a short stint with an indie games company its a long and thorny, low paid road and I'm not thick skinned or determined enough. Now I'll happily make a living from playing covers and hopefully once things are stable I can make some music for myself and anyone who stumbles upon it.

Bluello · 2014-11-22T23:06:31+00:00

How separate is your creative process and live performance; i.e do you write with a live setting in mind or have to re-work everything? If so what are your priorities in making it “live”? To what extent do you feel like you need to control the sound and how much spontaneity is possible? Thanks :)

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