A jam on a street in Fremantle in 2020 - Fished up from an old phone

In 2020, I bought a prop 3/4 violin off a restaurant wall for 40 dollars. I carved a new nut and made it to take three strings like a lyra/kemence. I made a strap for it and put a microphone inside. This was the beginning of my learning the kemence and where I gained a lot of my initial bow technique before later actually acquiring one. When I ordered it, I had no idea what I was ordering either - I was going for a Cretan Lyra as was the envy of a friend but failed to know the difference. I got the money for the kemence from getting a voiceover job through a friend for reciting Dutch war history at a museum audio/video installation in Willemstad. My voice is still played possibly ten times a day in that museum... haha... anyways, the kemence was not what I expected - I learned it anyway and learned its history. I adapted to what I had and I embraced it. From these beginnings I began the looping techniques and soon got a Bendir - this all led to my writing of Open the Door at Redmond Records in Denmark in 2021 and recording of Open the Door in MarginArta House in 2022. This video is from when I owned a small coffee stall/trolley in Fremantle in a post lockdown city - what a dreary place it was - with little business and street activity, I had plenty of time to practice and listen to music... 🥰 Enjoy x
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