Recently, a photo came up as a memory on my Facebook account and it literally made me laugh out loud. This is the photo: It was taken seven years ago in Karlovac City Library and can be thought of as a historical moment – the first time the Druyds performed together, even though we weren’t ...
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And so it was one Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago that the Druyds gathered together in the Druydmobile to take a road trip to the lovely town of Split to Klub Kocka for a concert. The weather was incredibly warm, especially looking back now when the weather has plummeted to 0 – it felt ...
I don’t know how many of you read Dud’s last post on his web site. In case you haven’t, you can read it here. I have to say it made an enormous impression on me because, I too have a confession to make – in addition to doing my usual Werbeck exercises, I have gone ...
The Druyds just recently came back from a German tour with many lovely concerts, lovely experiences and lovely people. But there was one particular experience for me that stood out from the rest… It was during our last concert which was held in Bielfeld in “Capella Hospitalis”. The whole day (Saturday) had been an almost ...
And so, last Sunday, another music legend passed away, the incomparable Mr. Lou Reed. And despite the fact that I’d never met the man or even seen him perform live, his death shook me to my core. I’d been quite a fan of Mr. Reed and had spent many moments of my life with his ...
For those of you who know me well, you’ll know that I have a slight obsession with the El Camino de Santiago and walking in general. So it will come as no surprise that I jumped for joy when I received an email from a fellow peregrino that I met on my recent Camino today. ...
So here I sit, on this rainy Sunday morning, it’s been just over a week since my return from the El Camino de Santiago. And yet, it feels as if I returned three years ago, so much has happened. I usually try to fit in a half hour nap during my day but unfortunately, I ...
A few days ago, my dear Mya-Myrtle celebrated her 1st birthday (you can see pictures of her conception and birth here). And in this year that we have been together I have learnt so many things – that a fantastic sounding instrument will give you at least 1000 times more motivation to practice than a ...
Today, in Du’s absence and the complete and utter collapse of public and otherwise transport in our fair city of Zagreb, Urkowsky and I decided to have a Skype rehearsal together. I was quite a bit excited as I’d come up with a new motif after being inspired by some music that Urkowsky had sent me last ...
Having grown up in the wake of the Cold War, the Reagan-Qaddafi nuclear stand off and the very first mention of climate change, I had always been afraid of the end of the world. I even went so far as to write an article for our school newspaper about my opposition to nuclear war. And it ...