{"id":1312,"date":"2017-11-04T19:07:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T19:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2017-11-21T03:11:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T03:11:44","slug":"connections-and-creations-part-3-the-isle-of-wight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timarnold.co.uk\/connections-and-creations-part-3-the-isle-of-wight\/","title":{"rendered":"Connections and Creations. Part 3: Return to The Isle of Wight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Arnold and Camerata Chamber Choir, Isle of Wight Festival 2017<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday 14th<\/sup> October<\/h3>\n

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The East Finchley Arts Festival<\/a> was amazing.\u00a0 It was such an uplifting gig.\u00a0 I loved playing the new songs with Graeme.\u00a0 Somehow the simple piano accompaniment without any of the drums or vast instrumentation from the albums makes me fill more of the songs up with more of my voice.\u00a0 Can\u2019t explain it really but it\u2019s very satisfying.\u00a0 Nat, Lisa and Claudina sang like angels. \u00a0Jud played all the Soho Heroes<\/a> to perfection and I managed to shave and get into the suit in the interval to go back on stage as The Soho Hobo.\u00a0 I may do this again in future, as it\u2019s much easier separating the characters I perform in rather than meshing them all together.\u00a0 Felt like a purer performance.\u00a0 Nim brought candles.\u00a0 Jacky did merch.\u00a0 And my friend Steve from Toronto even turned up with a beautiful gift \u2013 a handmade plate with a Buddha painted on it from an artist\u2019s gallery in Kensington Market, Toronto. Like all my favourite gigs, it felt like a gathering of friends – a lovely way to leave London before making my way to my favourite little island…<\/h3>\n

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Tim Arnold on the ferry to The Isle of Wight<\/p><\/div>\n

Nim and I got to The Priory School on The Isle of Wight for 3pm.\u00a0 That\u2019s where the Camerata Choir<\/a> and I rehearsed What Love Would Want and the other songs for my set at the Isle of Wight Festival in the summer. It always feels like coming back to a really old home I haven\u2019t been to for a long time when I get back to the island.\u00a0 When John Giddings<\/a> first invited me to play at the festival in 2014, I had no idea that it would be like an introduction to a new world.\u00a0 My experience of the island so far has been nothing but gentle and spiritually aware people who have bundles of creativity between them and I have John to thank for making that initial introduction.\u00a0 Jurgita greeted us and within half an hour all the members of the choir began to arrive.\u00a0 It suddenly occurred to me what a gift this was \u2013 to write a song and then 5 days later, sharing it with over a dozen singers and recording it.<\/h3>\n

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Even though I have been using recording equipment since I was a teenager, I still get very twitchy about technology when I am recording and it was no different yesterday, you just never know what might happen.\u00a0 Thankfully, everything worked perfectly and there were no embarrassing moments of the choir waiting while the laptop went to sleep.\u00a0 As I had done with Graeme before he recorded the piano, I explained why I wrote the song to the choir before we started rehearsing their parts, explaining what had happened to Kathy.\u00a0 Although I don\u2019t think it was necessary.\u00a0 I think we had a strong musical bond ever since we performed together at the festival.\u00a0 Working on \u2018What Love Would Want<\/a>\u2019 in the summer connected us to each other and I don\u2019t think that will ever go away.<\/h3>\n