the musician life
7/14/20261 min read
last week, I went to the east of Iceland with 2 objectives: to participate in a trail run and to play some shows.
I started off by going to Seyðisfjörður where I had a gig planned at Kiosk 108, a small art venue & bar located by the pier in an old captain's bridge. It couldn't have gone much worse; technical difficulties resulted in my set being delayed by an hour and once I was off and running, the owner asked me to stop as they didn't feel the style of music was appropriate.
I reluctantly reduced my setup to only my tenor saxophone and went on the roof - much to the delight of the town's explorers - one of whom sent me these pictures:
The gig itself was a complete failure in my books, but it was a good learning experience, and even though I didn't particularly enjoy the performance itself, I met some great people and came out with some pretty cool pictures in the process.
Next stop was Egilsstaðir, where I played in Tehúsið; this one went much better. I'm still very much learning as I go with my gear, and it was great to get the opportunity to do that in a live setting with complete freedom to experiment, take my time and build each song from beginning to end.
