Photo a friend sent me of Wolf Shilkret (Schildkraut, ~1866-1925), #Klezmer violinist and father of Victor Records notable Nat Shilkret #violinist#fiddler#MusicHistory
A really wonderful interview with Hilary Hahn in which she discusses her relationship with, and marks the occasion of 100 years of Ysaÿe's sonatas. It is no surprise that Hahn discusses #Bach to some extent in this interview. Of course, Hahn doesn't need to pitch her new album, and doesn't. The entire violin world is aware!
It's both a wonderful and an odd feeling :cat_mlem:
On one hand, that's a lot of people that found my thoughts worth their time and attention :cat_wow: :espeon_love:
On the other hand, my most faved post is words, not music (which runs counter to my usual sort-of-self-depricating motto of "I'm a musician, not a wordsmith" :blobfox_laugh_sweat: )
:blobhaj_think: Huh...does this mean I can finally give myself permission to call myself a bard without adding an asterisk? :zerotwo_flushed: :dracthyr_yay:
When I put a video up on Youtube, I post on here, Insta, and FB. I literally get 10 times the reactions on here as I do on either of the others :axolotl_shock: :blobhaj_heart:
I've literally only been on the fedi for half a year, yet it's both better for my music and for my own enjoyment :zerotwo_hearts:
Considering the userbase here isn't even that big, it really feels like a quality-over-quantity situation :charmander_yay:
All the work went into the video already :bugcat_work: I made all of the posts on all of the platforms. I can't even bosst the one on here because it's been all of 1 hour since I made it :blobfox_laugh_sweat:
And now, I just sit here, hoping it gets enough eye-balls to please the algorithm into giving me more eyeballs so that I might, just maybe survive :ditto_yikes:
Also, I feel like I would feel guilty if I posted a mutual aid post? Not quite sure...need to munch on that a bit more :psyduck_sweat:
I wish I had had the medical support to start this half a lifetime ago. Or maybe not? Then I'd have even more videos on my channel featuring not-me (though, even now, the video that has 50 times the views of the next most watched is the old caretaker of this body :cat_dead: )
Of the various milesones to hit, this might be my favourite. The funniest part of this is that someone with a domain ending in .lol was my 666th follower which, for those of you who have known me for my whole time here, is hopefully amusing :axolotl_shock: :leafeon_giggle:
I know some poeple in that count of 666 might be completely gone from the fediverse :kitty_sad: I'm sure it includes people with multiple accounts (especially close friends). Not everyone in that count is here for my music :shiba_hello: There might be people following me for my rambles. :blobhaj_think: I'm sure there are other things I could say to play down the milestone...
but...
As someone that wants to get back to properly sustaining herself through music, where the audience is the life-blood, it's a sign that I'm doing at least some things right. So, to everyone who took a look at my posts and decided that it was worth having on your timelines..
:pink_moon_and_stars: Thank you for giving this queer bard some hope :zerotwo_flushed: :espeon_love: :shiba_please:
#HilaryHahn's performance of #SamuelBarber's Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (along with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff) just reminds you why she is Hilary Hahn. Brilliant. #violin#violinist
The Dawn of GCE Day 1 pic that I took last Saturday? On my personal FB page, it got 60 reactions. Meanwhile, the really worthwhile stuff, the stuff that I REALLY want people to see (i.e. the music) gets 3~10 :axolotl_angry:
Is it because I uploaded in the morning? Do I really know that many morning-birds? Grawwrawrawr :shiba_angry: :zerotwo_big_angry:
Meanwhile, on here, I just boost the post and I get more people's eyes on it while even gaining followers here and there :neko_question:
And I've found a good balance where this account is 100% me, where I'm not feeling like it's just an account for business or that it's artificial, but it absolutely helps get word of my music out :espeon_love:
Here's a little peek into the world of my main display :cat_wow:
We got a thunderstorm today in Portland, which made me switch the night from gym night to whatever the heck this is (I hesitate to call it video editing because everything I'm doing is terribly rudimentary).
All that I need to do now is get it uploaded to youtube and fill out the various fields that that'll need :zerotwo_learn:
For not having been in DaVinci Resolve for a hell of a long time, I'm honestly surprised at how much I remembered. It only took me...uh...2 hours? And that was with being on the Fedi on the side :cat_bongo:
I really should make a non-default thumbnail, but at this point, I really can't be bothered since that's a whole 'nother skillset that would be another barrier to entry for me to get videos uploaded :bugcat_work:
(I'm rather envious of people that can just hire someone to make them a nice thumbnail :cat_lurk: )
I just sat here and did all of the sound engineering work for the video I need to get out while ignoring my phone's plea to please go check the drier to see if my clothes are dry :ditto_yikes:
I really want to skip gym to do the video part and get it out there and over with and finally get another video out on my youtube channel (who knows, that might even lead to donations so I can get things I need), but I know I need to train so my biological equipment doesn't fail on me, just like I try to maintain my violin :zerotwo_cry:
Anyway, here's the audio track. I won't have the video stuff done for at least another day or two, unfortunately :kitty_sad:
It is a lovely album. Markéta has intensely incredible skill as a #violinist. This not the type of #violin performance we hear often and that is obvious from the first listening. I bought the album when it was first released out of curiosity and it demonstrated one occasion where I somehow used my better judgment, as it is an outstanding album.
She is not as popular in the English speaking world, but is well known. #ClassicalMusic@classicalmusic
