Hallo.

MadCellist · Post by **MadCellist** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:56 am

I'm a complete noob to Burning Man, but I've been curious and reading about it since at least 2000.

Not much to say. Classical cellist working on my masters degree. Living in Florida attending Preheat 2010 down here and will hopefully make Burning Man one day.

-MC

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:19 pm

Welcome,
And I hope to see you there!

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:44 pm

Can you get your hands on an inexpensive / expendable cello -- one that can be risked in the desert climate?

There is a lot of electronic dance music at Burning Man. This is good and well, but many of us long for more "real" music out there. You'd be a hit for sure!

Look around on this forum -- there is some discussion about the health and safety of musical instruments at Burning Man. Probably in the Q & A section.

Hope to hear you play on the Playa!

(I'm bringing two pianos.)

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:53 pm

Why cello there!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:17 pm

Definitely a need for music out there.

...Most amps are poorly shielded. I wonder if I could jam the preamp section?

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:55 pm

share a Playa Moment Time..

Year of the Red Temple 2004?

Took some of my Dads ashes in a small wood box and stashed them in the Temple. I spent a lot of time that year with Dad hanging out with Dad. Way off year for me, but was great in it's own way. Back to the moment. This man from Japan with major money camera's hanging around his neck invading people space. I sat back and watch this go on for a while when this Hippy walks into the mix with his cello.
He pulls it out of the case and starts to wander the Temple to find the right spot to play. This Japanese guy gets all excited seeing the cello. The guy spoke no English at all. They somehow figured out he wanted to play. He sat down and started playing and fell into his zone so fast that the Temple stopped. I could go on about what went on, but why, you get the picture.

It truly is my best moment in 12 years on the Playa.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:59 pm

ibdave wrote:share a Playa Moment Time..

Year of the Red Temple 2004?

Took some of my Dads ashes in a small wood box and stashed them in the Temple. I spent a lot of time that year with Dad hanging out with Dad. Way off year for me, but was great in it's own way. Back to the moment. This man from Japan with major money camera's hanging around his neck invading people space. I sat back and watch this go on for a while when this Hippy walks into the mix with his cello.
He pulls it out of the case and starts to wander the Temple to find the right spot to play. This Japanese guy gets all excited seeing the cello. The guy spoke no English at all. They somehow figured out he wanted to play. He sat down and started playing and fell into his zone so fast that the Temple stopped. I could go on about what went on, but why, you get the picture.

It truly is my best moment in 12 years.

that sounds very cool......

*sits, amazed at IBDaves story.......but, waiting for a crude punchline, related to SBDF's......*

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:05 pm

ygmir wrote:
ibdave wrote:share a Playa Moment Time..

Year of the Red Temple 2004?

Took some of my Dads ashes in a small wood box and stashed them in the Temple. I spent a lot of time that year with Dad hanging out with Dad. Way off year for me, but was great in it's own way. Back to the moment. This man from Japan with major money camera's hanging around his neck invading people space. I sat back and watch this go on for a while when this Hippy walks into the mix with his cello.
He pulls it out of the case and starts to wander the Temple to find the right spot to play. This Japanese guy gets all excited seeing the cello. The guy spoke no English at all. They somehow figured out he wanted to play. He sat down and started playing and fell into his zone so fast that the Temple stopped. I could go on about what went on, but why, you get the picture.

It truly is my best moment in 12 years.
that sounds very cool......

*sits, amazed at IBDaves story.......but, waiting for a crude punchline, related to SBDF's......*

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:10 pm

ibdave wrote:share a Playa Moment Time..

Year of the Red Temple 2004?

Took some of my Dads ashes in a small wood box and stashed them in the Temple. I spent a lot of time that year with Dad hanging out with Dad. Way off year for me, but was great in it's own way. Back to the moment. This man from Japan with major money camera's hanging around his neck invading people space. I sat back and watch this go on for a while when this Hippy walks into the mix with his cello.
He pulls it out of the case and starts to wander the Temple to find the right spot to play. This Japanese guy gets all excited seeing the cello. The guy spoke no English at all. They somehow figured out he wanted to play. He sat down and started playing and fell into his zone so fast that the Temple stopped. I could go on about what went on, but why, you get the picture.

It truly is my best moment in 12 years.

HELL YEAH!!!

Post by **Elderberry** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:40 am

Hey there, welcome to eplaya!

JK

MadCellist · Post by **MadCellist** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:38 pm

share a Playa Moment Time..

Year of the Red Temple 2004?

Took some of my Dads ashes in a small wood box and stashed them in the Temple. I spent a lot of time that year with Dad hanging out with Dad. Way off year for me, but was great in it's own way. Back to the moment. This man from Japan with major money camera's hanging around his neck invading people space. I sat back and watch this go on for a while when this Hippy walks into the mix with his cello.
He pulls it out of the case and starts to wander the Temple to find the right spot to play. This Japanese guy gets all excited seeing the cello. The guy spoke no English at all. They somehow figured out he wanted to play. He sat down and started playing and fell into his zone so fast that the Temple stopped. I could go on about what went on, but why, you get the picture.

It truly is my best moment in 12 years on the Playa.

Damn that's one hell of a story! I would totally surrender my cello to an excited Asian guy doing pantomime!

As far as taking my instrument on the Playa, I'm rather duplicitous. Going to pre-heat in Florida I'm more concerned about torrential down pours and the site flooding. It doesn't come with a flotation device. I think for my first time at Florida PreHeat I'll go sans instrument just to see what goes on. Maybe I can scare up enough money for a fiberglass cello next year I'll take it. It won't sound as nice but they can practically take a bullet.

If I get to make it out to the desert I'm not worried about keeping it moist I've got electric and natural humidifiers for the case. Thanks for the welcomes!

I got my pre-heat invitation last night, starting to get really excited.

-MC

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:01 pm

If you want to stop a bullet, take a B3 organ.
They have been known to stop one.

We have juke joints here.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:00 pm

Or bring a viola instead. Nobody's minds seeing a viola destroyed, and nobody expects one to sound good.

I think I had an M-100 BTW...

MadCellist · Post by **MadCellist** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:18 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:Or bring a viola instead. Nobody's minds seeing a viola destroyed, and nobody expects one to sound good.

I think I had an M-100 BTW...

ROFLMAO! So you play violin, cello or bass? :D

-MC

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:45 am

No, I never mastered it. The Hammond was plenty challenging.

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:17 pm

MadCellist wrote:
share a Playa Moment Time..

Year of the Red Temple 2004?

Took some of my Dads ashes in a small wood box and stashed them in the Temple. I spent a lot of time that year with Dad hanging out with Dad. Way off year for me, but was great in it's own way. Back to the moment. This man from Japan with major money camera's hanging around his neck invading people space. I sat back and watch this go on for a while when this Hippy walks into the mix with his cello.
He pulls it out of the case and starts to wander the Temple to find the right spot to play. This Japanese guy gets all excited seeing the cello. The guy spoke no English at all. They somehow figured out he wanted to play. He sat down and started playing and fell into his zone so fast that the Temple stopped. I could go on about what went on, but why, you get the picture.

It truly is my best moment in 12 years on the Playa.
Damn that's one hell of a story! I would totally surrender my cello to an excited Asian guy doing pantomime!

As far as taking my instrument on the Playa, I'm rather duplicitous. Going to pre-heat in Florida I'm more concerned about torrential down pours and the site flooding. It doesn't come with a flotation device. I think for my first time at Florida PreHeat I'll go sans instrument just to see what goes on. Maybe I can scare up enough money for a fiberglass cello next year I'll take it. It won't sound as nice but they can practically take a bullet.

If I get to make it out to the desert I'm not worried about keeping it moist I've got electric and natural humidifiers for the case. Thanks for the welcomes!

I got my pre-heat invitation last night, starting to get really excited.

-MC

Thrift store cello would sound great out on the Playa....

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:29 pm

with a humidifier in the case, kept out of dust and sun, your cello will be fine. Over the years, we've had grand pianos, violins, guitars, bassoons (yes, plural), and an oudh in camp... it's only a week; if you take care, the instrument will be fine! Cello is one of my favorite instruments to hear on the playa...

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:40 am

gaminwench wrote:with a humidifier in the case, kept out of dust and sun, your cello will be fine. Over the years, we've had grand pianos, violins, guitars, bassoons (yes, plural), and an oudh in camp... it's only a week; if you take care, the instrument will be fine! Cello is one of my favorite instruments to hear on the playa...

Do ya'll normally bring this many instruments and have live music? What camp are you a part of?

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:49 pm

We ran a live performance space for 4 years, but now we've moved on...

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:17 pm

O man, that sucks. What do you all do now?

gaminwench · Post by **gaminwench** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:59 pm

MVs, kites, art...
But there are great live music spots... Golden Cafe, Jazz Cafe, Club Verboten, Transmorphagon, your local firebarrel, OtterCamp, and many more...

illy dilly · Post by **illy dilly** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:57 am

Thats sweet! What MV's have ya'll made?