While checking my Youtube channel, I stumbled over a slide show of pictures reflecting the last years with my music. You’ll see some pics of my former band “Backporch Stringband” (–> Bluegrass Music) in Sindelfingen, pictures in the ARTheater in Cologne during the show “Kunst gegen Bares” with or without Hildegart Scholten ( 🙂 –> many regards!), on the “Fete de la Musique” in Cologne (–> Singer/Songwriter) and last but not least with “SONIC LiQUID” (–> Rock Music).
Music was recorded live with my hard disk recorder at a jam session with the “Backporch Stringband” (not perfect, but I like it!). I wrote the song “You don’t say a word” some years ago.
I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Let’s see what the new year will bring for all of us.
I stumbled over these 2 videos which where recorded at the same show “Kunst gegen Bares” in the ARTheater Cologne 3 years ago. I had fun and I hope you too!
English:Immediately after I had performed my last German song “Winter”, Hildegart Scholten, one of the 2 moderators of the open stage “Kunst gegen Bares” in Köln, asked me to stay on stage and to spontaneously support her. I was honored to do that. After Gerd Buurmans’ introduction, he told me to repeat my Christmas song “Winter”, because she thought this needs to get some new verses between the original lyrics. I sang my song very softly and she added something ad lib to it – as usual. I have done this with Hildegard Scholten or the fourth time during this year without being informed and without having any rehearsal before the show. Again this was really fun for the audience and for me. Just watch the YouTube video.
Thank you Mrs. Scholten! You are incredible! I hope to see you again next year!
Deutsch:Unmittelbar nach meinem letzten Song „Winter“ bat mich Hildegart Scholten, Comedian und eine der zwei Moderatoren von Kunst gegen Bares in Köln, auf der Bühne zu bleiben und sie zu begleiten. Natürlich habe ich das gemacht. Nach der Einleitung durch Gerd Buurmann, sagte sie zu mir, dass mein Weihnachtslied „Winter“ Zeilen bräuchte, die zwischen den eigentlichen Liedzeilen lägen. So sollte ich leise mein Lied singen und sie würde dann spontan etwas dazu improvisieren. Ich habe dies nun schon zum vierten Mal in diesem Jahr mit Hildegart Scholten gemacht, ohne vor der Show informiert zu sein und geübt zu haben. Dem Publikum und auch mir hat es mal wieder viel Spaß gemacht. Seht selbst in dem Youtube Video.
Vielen Dank Frau Scholten! Sie sind unglaublich! Ich hoffe, wir sehen uns wieder im nächsten Jahr!
English:The October 2014 was a great month for me:
I performed 3 of my song songs at KGB in Cologne and
I improvised with Hildegart Scholten on stage of the ARTheater (see above mentioned in this blog)
Due to my Facebook activities old friends found me and I was invited to a jam session in Siegen. This was really great! (see picture)
Since October I am playing in a Rockband in Cologne. It’s fun to create new songs. The Band doesn’t have a name yet and we are starting from the very beginning. I am very excited to see what the future will bring!
But of course – I will continue to do my singer/songwriter stuff 🙂 !
Deutsch:Der Oktober 2014 war ein toller Monat für mich:
Ich hatte mal wieder einen Auftritt mit 3 meiner Songs bei KGB in Köln und
Ich habe mit Hildegart Scholten auf der Bühne des ARTheaters improvisiert (siehe in diesem Blog)
Ich habe durch Facebook alte Musikerkollegen aus Siegen wiedergetroffen und wurde zu einer Jam Session eingeladen. War echt toll! (siehe Foto)
Ich spiele seit neustem in einer Kölner Rockband. Es macht Spaß neue Songs einzustudieren. Wir fangen von ganz vorn an und haben noch keinen Namen. Ich bin daher gespannt, was die Zukunft noch so bringt!
Ich mache natürlich mit meinen eigenen Singer/Songwriter Stücken weiter 🙂 !
Robert Artley – Proberaum Siegen – Jam Session Oct 14
My last performance at the open stage „Kunst gegen Bares“ in Cologne, Germany on the 20th October 2014 was again something new and very special for me. The comedian Hildegart Scholten, who is one of the 2 moderators of the show, asked me to spontaneously support her after I had already sang my songs in the first half of the show. I already did this twice with Hildegart Scholten as described in previous blogs, but this time she also asked the piano player Daniel Slawik who is performing with her from time to time. So I did not play the guitar, but I just sang spontaneously without knowing anything – neither lyrics nor melody. Everything was improvised – no script and no rehearsal in advance. That was fun and exciting and the audience confirmed with a huge applause that this was also fun for them. Sorry that this music comedy is in German, but maybe all the non-native speakers can feel that this was really an awesome event! You find it on Youtube and here – Feedback welcome!
After finishing my own performance on stage of the ARTheater in Cologne during the last show “Kunst gegen Bares” (KGB) in Cologne, the comedian Hildegart Scholten, who is also one of the 2 moderators of the show, asked me to support her. It is always something special for me and I really feel honoured being asked for the 2nd time (see my blog dated 28th April 2014).
(So: Thank you Hildegart – it is always a pleasure for me supporting you – I hope this was the same fun for you as it was for me!).
She whispered: “Play a sentimental song” and we both started to improvise. She sang about love and a guy called Camillo who she randomly picked out of the audience. At the end Camillo came on stage and thanked her. So this was funny for all of us. Hildegart made this evening unforgettable (at least for Camillo). 🙂
You find it on Youtube and here – Feedback welcome!
English:This performance was something very special for me! One of the 2 hosts of the open stage “Kunst gegen Bares”, the Cologne stand-up comedian Hildegart Scholten (www.frauscholten.de), asked me to spontaneously play something while she was improvising a song. This ad lib performance was great fun not only for the audience but also for me 🙂 ! May be you feel it too. To be clear: The language of the lyrics doesn’t count :-).
You can see it in the Youtube-video taken in the ARTheater on the 21st April 2014.
Deutsch:Dieser Auftritt war etwas Besonderes für mich. Einer der beiden Gastgeber der offene Bühne „Kunst gegen Bares“ in Köln, die Stand-up Comedian Hildegart Scholten (www.frauscholten.de), fragte mich, ob ich sie nicht spontan musikalisch begleiten könne, während sie zu meiner Musik gesanglich improvisiert. Diese Improvisitionsauftritt war nicht nur für das Publikum ein großer Spaß, sondern auch für mich :-)! Ich hoffe, euch gefällt das auch. Übrigens: Die Text ist eher zweitrangig :-).
Du kannst dir das Video hier oder in meinem Youtube Kanal anschauen (aufgenommen im ARTheater am 21. April 2014).
Robert Artley 