Randy Stein Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 At my gig last night a 5 year old boy walked up to me and pointed at my concertina: "You get some good music out of that thing. Looks like a caterpillar with buttons". I told him the name and to repeat it. He did and then said "I like caterpillars better but you can call it what you want." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Irishman Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Hi, Randy, Yes, children are by far the best fans! Even the present crop of little Digital Natives, like my grandson. Music for them is mostly something that comes out of a device with and ON/OFF button. A couple of years ago, when my grandson was 2, we grandparents spent a holiday in Tuscany with the young family. After the obligatory daily siesta, I would go out into the garden and play my Waldzither (the instrument I was concentrating on at the time). Little Patrick was usually the first to join me, and seemed to enjoy what I was doing. After a while, I'd practised enough, and laid the instrument aside, but Patrick pointed to it and said, "ON!" So I played him another tune, and when I had finished, he again pointed to the instrument and said "ON!" It takes a lot of applause from an adult audience to give you the satisfaction that that gave me! Cheers; John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellowbelle Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Caterpillar a.k.a. woolly bear. I have a photo I call 'Similarities in Nature' that is composed of my EC and a caterpillar. I don't think I can upload it right now, though I do have it at my website and here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncopepper Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I've heard my EC called a "Steampunk Cheeseburger"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellowbelle Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Ha ha, I like that one! Steam punk Cheeseburger... Ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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