wow - - will you believe this? after many maddening months of trouble re this year's mmeeff, eventually vivid vondervul vortune came back! it's feasible! it's doable! in oct 'my music events engendered for friends' can take place! jipheeeeeee!
so, what kind of music style will be on this time? that's not easy to epitomize ... well, it won't be a-capella, asian, blues, calypso, classic, electronic, german, gospel, indian, jazz, pop, punk, rap, reggae, rock, samba, zydeco – but a distinctive cisum will surely truly happen, promised! may be, just may be, even ssarb?
and which instruments? aloiv? no. etulf? no. noidrocca? no. ollec? no .onaip? no. prah? no. teniralc? no. xas? no. oops - anything left? yes & yes & yes!!! so expect my ixcillint musos to give their best and to thump their muuusic in your ears and eyes.
furthermore, there will be an old chap to lagshare, oops, to lecture a bit about one of cisum's unique ways to create sounds for the people in it and around them. moreover, we will be honoured by a guest musician, out of the chronicle of 'mmeeff'. finally, a surprising deed is due, that's a lottereee - as chase for luck!
where's this to be? no it's not "la porchetta" anymore - but i am delighted that the kent hotel on rathdowne st will host us with pleasure again! so, would you like to come, to enjoy music & drinks & company of music lovers?
let me know! it's due rather soon, saturday october 19, at 7:00 pm, to 10:30 pm, and yes, of course it shall be once more a truly peculiar & pleasurable eve!
and this message was bernd rohrmann's invitation to .....
..... to his 27th music night!
by the way, "my music events engendered for friends" is not public, it's a private event, for those who are friends and/or deserve an unusual way of "thank-you", and got a personal invitation.
so, did it go "as usual"? no, not at all this year, not as intended. urghhhhh. the story follows now.
every year three questions are crucial:
//?// when can it happen? //?// where shall it happen? //?// what should its music be?
this depends always on the event's venue and, even more so, on the availability of the musicians.
It soon it became clear that it can’t happen this year in the usual september – but october was ok.
the plan was plain: again, as in the previous year, “the kent hotel”.
but but but – this flopped completely, because of a serious conflict – so a new search was due!
the three previous venues were checked – yet all are meanwhile closed.
thus further searching searching searching... this here looks very cute, but is of course nonsense.
then an impressive options came up: the restaurant “il carretto”.... see the central space - - and the boss’ mighty impressive car!
bernd was truly excited! and a chat with the manager & owner seems to indicate, at least then, that they are ready to host “mmeeff” with musicians and customers in october.
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whatsoever, things always begin with pondering - what style of music this year? and which musicians??
here is our most absurd idea:
and here is an pessimism attack - - if no band, have rather cheerful kid musicians! But - - they may never come to mmeeff.
ouch. urghhh. pragmatism due? truly totally true? eventually bernd made a decision - - he had to!
these found bernd far away - in warrnambool! there is the truly stunning “warrnambool city band”.
here are about 20 of the marvelous musicians, playing trumpet, trombone, tuba, french-horn and even sousaphone!
the leader and conductor of this band, a “brass” band, is maria.
and maria agreed to come with the core band to melbourne and perform on this year's “my-music-events-engendered-for-friends”!
this indeed means
and therewith:
jipheee! jiphee!! and of course bernd has to be ready, again, to direct this pretty mighty event properly!
bernd was, naively it seems, not doubting that “il carretto” would be okay to host “mmeeff”. until the killing news came out: il carretto has no licence for life music, which is a ‘must’. urghhhh!! our plain hope had been that they could get it from the council before october.
yet the manager (who had wrongly assumed that our query was about all having dinner at il corretto stated a definite “no” to hosting a music event, certainly regarding 2024.
ouch! well, then bernd checked out the only other option in carlton-north he new off, namely the st michael anglican church north of the cemetery. this church offers its “williams hall” as rentable venue for special events.
but this venue has no licence for life-music either. and that was indeed the end of “mmeeff-2024”!
this also means: 2024 is the first-ever year, after 26 annual events, that “mmeeff” does not happen !!!
whatsoever - bernd certainly had to, and wanted to - thanking his extremely helpful mmeeff team!
also, urghhh, now he had to inform his 'core invitees' that mmeeff-2024 has surprisingly collapsed.
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bernd’s serious decision is this: next year “my music events engendered for friends” shall occur !!!
thus at the end of this report two final words:
