Last performance today. I must say I’m relieved. It has been interesting, but not a totally joyful experience performing for assessors. Compared to the feeling I have after a recording session, where I feel I’ve achieved something, and have a product to prove it, the performance has been a bit, well, flat (as my voice is, sometimes). This is interesting because I always thought I was a process person. Seems I am greedy and want the product too. Probably so that everyone appreciates how obsessive I am. Maybe it is because usually, when I have performed (on those few occasions) and have had a “proper” audience, I have an instant reaction. Assessors stand po-faced with notebooks. I won’t get their considered reaction for days.
So… in a bid to go out today feeling jolly, ready to do it all again, I shall post the recording.
Written and produced by Elena Thomas and Dan Whitehouse; vocals and sounds by Elena; guitars and percussion by Dan; Violin by Tom Bounford, who turned up and blew me away with his ideas, which added something very special, and certainly a tinge more madness than even Dan and I had managed. Thanks to both!
Keep Calm
Do ..what I say
Not ..what I do
Make do and mend
Don’t throw it all away
Darn the holes they won’t offend
Please do just what I say
Do ..what I say
Not ..what I do
Keep calm carry on
Don’t lose your temper now
Smooth the creases, iron on
Never start a row/ its not worth it now
Do ..what I say
Not ..what I do
Least said, soonest mended
Keep the peace with all
Never give up … til the end
How the mighty fall.
Keep calm carry on
Don’t lose your temper now
Smooth the creases, iron on
Never start a row/ its not worth it now
Do ..what I say
Not ..what I do
It’ll all come out
It’ll all come out in the wash
Don’ t wash your dirty linen in public
Lyrics © Elena Thomas 2012
http://soundcloud.com/elena-thomas/keep-calm-loop-…
(The piece playing in the exhibition is on a long loop, this just has one join so you can hear how it works)
