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Nov. 25th, 2005 02:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ewtIt's that time of year again.
It's the time of year where I get told off by one commuter for not playing Christmas Carols, and by the next commuter for playing them. People are so rude! On the grounds that I can't please everyone I do a bit of both; today the carols and the other stuff made me equal amounts of money, roughly, when the carols start getting more drops than the conventional repertoire then I'll switch to only carols for a while.
It's the time of year where at colder pitches like Westminster, where I was this morning, playingheat sink horn for two or three hours involves extensive cost/benefit analysis to decide when I should put a glove on my left hand and live with the resulting reduced mobility (if I wait long enough, I'll lose the mobility anyway due to the cold). It's the time of year when I finish busking and get all happy using the handrails on the escalator because they're WARM.
It's the time of year where I can't get through all of a piece without having to figure out where is the most musically appropriate place to stop and empty the condensation out of my horn.
For all that, I don't suffer horribly with the cold when I'm busking at this time of year. The pitches that can be unbearably hot in summer, like Green Park, are actually quite comfortable for playing at thsi time of year. I get cold hands because there's a limit to how much I can wear to keep them warm adn still play the horn, and it is basically a big heat sink, but I have plenty of warm clothing, and the huffing and puffing required to play horn generates a fair amount of heat anyway, so the rest of me stays fairly comfortable. I'm not at risk of frostbite (I'd stop playing before numbness set in, if nothing else because I do not want to drop my horn!) and I'm certainly not at risk of hypothermia. The horn doesn't get so cold that I stick to it or anything, because a) it usually isnt' quite that cold here and b) I'm blowing hot air down it. And afterward I can generally go somewhere warm and have a hot drink or lunch or whatever.
[Poll #619780]
Do discuss in comments if you like.
It's the time of year where I get told off by one commuter for not playing Christmas Carols, and by the next commuter for playing them. People are so rude! On the grounds that I can't please everyone I do a bit of both; today the carols and the other stuff made me equal amounts of money, roughly, when the carols start getting more drops than the conventional repertoire then I'll switch to only carols for a while.
It's the time of year where at colder pitches like Westminster, where I was this morning, playing
It's the time of year where I can't get through all of a piece without having to figure out where is the most musically appropriate place to stop and empty the condensation out of my horn.
For all that, I don't suffer horribly with the cold when I'm busking at this time of year. The pitches that can be unbearably hot in summer, like Green Park, are actually quite comfortable for playing at thsi time of year. I get cold hands because there's a limit to how much I can wear to keep them warm adn still play the horn, and it is basically a big heat sink, but I have plenty of warm clothing, and the huffing and puffing required to play horn generates a fair amount of heat anyway, so the rest of me stays fairly comfortable. I'm not at risk of frostbite (I'd stop playing before numbness set in, if nothing else because I do not want to drop my horn!) and I'm certainly not at risk of hypothermia. The horn doesn't get so cold that I stick to it or anything, because a) it usually isnt' quite that cold here and b) I'm blowing hot air down it. And afterward I can generally go somewhere warm and have a hot drink or lunch or whatever.
[Poll #619780]
Do discuss in comments if you like.
