Some stories you only hear at the right bar on the right spaceship. On Thursday, August 20, I will give a reading at Space Bar, Pittsburgh to mark the debut of Tales from a Space Bar: A Collection of Stories Overheard Among the Stars, including from my own contribution, “Thou Repeat’st Upon Thyself.” I will […]
Your Dad is my kind of guy :)
Very cool. I wish the camera was set in front of your Dad but better some than nothing. Thanks for sharing.
All the best,
Saw Lady
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Dad had been wanting to come to your festival this past weekend, but couldn’t make it.
That was neat. What do you draw across the musical saw? Is it like a violin bow or something completely different? It seems like it would be hard to get the perfect pitch for the notes; much practice is needed I suspect.
Dad uses a cello bow.
That’s so cool! And it made me go look up things about musical saws. What a neat instrument.
I did one show with Dad playing the saw as part of the score. Would love to do it more.