Edinburgh day 15 I think

KlangHaus (@thebutcherof) 06/08/2014 13:29 “@nick_i_williams: @matttrueman thanks for the tip on @thebutcherof #klanghaus! Totally amazing!” maddy costa (@maddydeliqette) 07/08/2014 18:57 Klanghaus at Summerhall. Fucking hell. Music does theatre does video art & comes up with sheer bliss. Just finished&want to see it again NOW Two great tweets and three four star reviews... We are having a ball. I'm going to stop now coz blogging from my phone is an unpleasant experience.

Day off 4 star review

Gorgeous day... no need for an early rise and we have a four star review that is articulate... we really moved into the space today, filled cupboards marked 'surgical blues' and autopsy greens...cleaned up and played with projectors.

Saturday and shows 3 and 4 burst with energy... we are now receiving feedback from our audience...... when do we applaud? we want to stay longer, tell us where to wander we don't want to miss anything. Anthony Roberts also known to the Escalator East to Edinburgh team as, 'Our Glorious Leader' came to show 4 with Josh Hepple our disability advisor ( two tough cookies when it comes to reviews ) and 20 audience... this was a challenge, we wanted to get it right.... As we launched into Mother's Mother Tongue, I saw the delight on both Ant and Josh's faces.... they were right in the middle of a gig without being on stage... we sang in their faces, in their ears, we blasted the whole audience, ran about being loons and then lullabied them to the outside world again. Anthony and Josh both smiled and said they had never seen anything like it before. Ant also added that he hoped we would win some awards......

Edinburgh Day 5 ( out of order with previous post!)

We are here, we are in it. It is exciting, tiring, exhilerating, tense, time goes quickly. Moving as a group of 6 or 7 takes forever. Days slip by. The technicians at Summerhall are amazing, friendly helpful, say yes to pretty much any request... can we climb into the loft... I don't see why not, we've blown the power, can you help us, of course. Our house is great. We eat late and I don't wake wanting breakfast. More soon. Nice preview...

Show Day 1 Edinburgh under our belts

It feels an immense relief to be live. Two shows under our belt. They feel like the bare bones of what the show will become, but that's what previews are all about, so we are told... Phew! Audience reactions good, people very moved. Also affected by the essence of death that has been the history of the place... We've kind of got used to that and need to re- connect and be sensitive to it. The oblivious Butchers we are!! One comment, 'what a thrill to be close up to such great musicians'. Why thank you ma'am!

Two nights one days before I go

I'm sharper. Tell me a date in August and I'll tell you what day it is. I'm on it. I'm not infallible and my biggest fear is to forget to do something, forget to attend to a piece of equipment, miss a link in the chain and for a hole to appear. We are all doing our best and that is all we can hope for. The adrenalin is a flowing.I think I have a better understanding of stage lights, the difference between 16 amp and 15 amp, what they need to plug into and and what converters they need, nothing like being pushed into understanding something to make it happen. Today I put out a fire with my bar colleagues, we were training with the fire brigade... great fun and quietly traumatic... knowing the dangers in sharp focus of taking people into confined dark spaces... reality check Reilly, come back. I'm having CD covers screen printed, window images cut and couriered, screens, poles, black-out, data projectors begged and borrowed, insurances finalised. Mark is whizzing around London collecting slide projectors and lights, Bill Vine is sorting the surround sound computer mechanics, Jon is making the sounds of the universe in reverse, dogs running along corridors and falling diamonds ,Sal is making films, cutting slides, gathering artwork, sewing screens in our clothes... we are a team, we are KlangHaus, we are one. ( and we still like each other at the moment!)

Antidote to panic

When I get anxious, I sing and I breath. I count how long I can hold a note for. Today it's 32 seconds. I'm practicing singing and diaphragm exercises, core strength, support n all that... it seems to be the perfect antidote to panic. I can sing line upon line of song and that's a thrill. Am battling with writing new songs.. just gotta go with it...maybe I'll go here..