concert review: brown bird & tobie milford

last night, me and this lady got gussied up and went a-concerting!

on to the music review...

brown bird

think folk music meets indie meets gypsy.

and, seriously, this duo had legit instrumental skills.

fiddle? upright bass? cello? guitar? kickdrums? banjo?

they. killed. it. all.

i wanted to hoe-down the night away!

check them out here.

tobie milford

let me just say...

seriously. so. excellent.

he just fiddled away and threw some sweet vocals in there, 

and i tell you want, i was a happy little clam.

like, i couldn't wipe the silly grin off my face during his music.

check him out here.

p.s. tobie is playing a free show at crescent ballroom in phx on sept. 18

yes...yes you bet my little fiddling heart will be there.

also,

i woke up this morning and my hair looked like this:

apparently it enjoyed the hoe-down, too. my hair partied like it was 1999

it's never too late...

remember how i started violin lessons this week?

after 8 years of almost-daily playing,

followed by a 9-year hiatus,

it was the strangest feeling of deja vu, i tell you what.

swinging my violin case in my hand.

casually propping my feet up on the case under my desk at work.

hearing the click of the metal snaps on the case.

the familiar weight of the instrument in the crook of my palm.

inhaling the sweet smell of rosin and wood glue.

knowing instinctively exactly how many twists would tighten the bow.

the way my wrist settled without argument into its proper position,

and my back and shoulders straightened without reminding.

turns out something inside me still remembers this very, very well.

and there were some hard parts...

like when my brain knew the notes,

but my fingertips would miss them by just a bit.
or take too long to get there.

come on fingers, you know this!

and remember my lovely teacher, czech marie?

she says great things, such as...

"vee vill get you back on zee horrrse"

and, when i make mistakes,

"ees ok, vee all do it!"

i asked you guys before what talents you might be burying.

you know, all those "somedays."

i guess my next question is...

...what are you waiting for?

take it from someone who knows,

katilda

katie is a freelance blogger for Udall, Shumway & Lyons. 

standing at the beginning...

...with you!

ok this isn't a blog about the anastasia soundtrack.

though, i should probably write about that sometime, considering that i used to blast it on repeat during my angsty-preteen-frequently-lovestruck days.

oh hey dimitri hey...

this blog is actually about that time i signed up for violin lessons.

...aka yesterday

you guys,

i played for 8 years back in the day.

then i stopped playing in high school.

and i think about it occasionally and miss it.

buried talent, ya know?

so yesterday,

when i was driving home from work and i passed the exit that would lead to my favorite local music store,

i spontaneously pulled into the exit lane,

went to the music store,

ignored the good looking fella in the guitar section,

and walked straight upstairs to sign up for violin lessons.

ok so i went back to the guitar section later.

this maybe was but probably wasn't him:

the point is,

i will now be going to violin lessons once a week.

my teacher's name is marie.

she has a czech accent.

i love her already.

everything about this just tickles my little soul!

and this maybe will or maybe won't be what i'll look like:

any other buried talents out there?

something you wish you had never quit?

or wish you'd started in the first place?

you know i'd totally be a figure skater if i could go back.

kristi yamaguchi for the win,

katilda

p.s.

i totally spelled kristi yamaguchi right on my first try.

someone get this girl a prize.