Simon Thoumire’s blog

BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician

2008-02-06T10:46:27Z

I having a thought on the 2009 Young Trad Awards. I wondering about upping the entry age to at least 18 (16 at the moment). There have been a few comments on the difference in the experience levels and stage presentation between the performers at...

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BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician finals

2008-01-29T15:19:19Z

I really enjoyed the Awards this weekend. The concert was a great mix of instruments and styles (surprisingly no fiddle for a change) and all the musicians played really well. All the musicians played to a very high standard and presented theirsel...

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We had good weekend in...

2008-01-22T12:01:19Z

We had good weekend in London last week. Dave Milligan and I were taking part in Radio 3's celebration of Judith Weir called 'Telling the Tale'. Our first concert was on Thursday night at St Lukes and I had enjoyed rehearsing during the day. When...

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Zoom to Caracas

2008-01-12T02:03:57Z

My brother John has been living in Venezuela for the last 3 months teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL). All the reports coming back were that he was being very successful and fitting in well to this new culture. On the 31st December 200...

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Marketing our music

2007-12-19T10:43:17Z

When compiling presentations at 3am for the Scots Trad Music Awards you become very aware of the parallels between media no-how and successful genres within trad music. The likes of Gaelic song and folk bands have in the main a very good web pres...

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A few reflections...

2007-12-12T10:06:37Z

A few reflections on my Scots fiddle concerto. The series of 3 solos, 1 duo and concerto were performed on 16th November at the Scots Fiddle Festival in the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh. Through the rehearsals of the Fiddle concerto I was very happy...

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I've finally made it through...

2007-12-06T14:15:25Z

I've finally made it through the madness that was November - Scots Fiddle Concerto, Scots Trad Music Awards, St Andrew's Celebrations, SAC Flexible Funding Application, PRS Foundation Distil application, Foot Stompin' complete new website with st...

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Scots Trad Music Awards...

2007-10-31T16:50:22Z

Well Scots Trad Music Awards 2007 are up and away and votes are appearing in large numbers. Many people worry about folks canvassing for votes but I actively encourage it. I want as many people to vote as possible and I take the view that when a ...

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Branding of traditional music

2007-10-22T09:59:20Z

I had a conversation the other day about how to get the message out to the public re the brilliance of traditional music. In the case we were talking about TV was already involved - usually the top goal for us all and the promotor felt that the m...

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2007-10-11T09:40:46Z

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