So I have a friend who plays a number of intsruments in a drill/funk band…it’s a strange combo but if you havnt heard it, it takes a while but all comes together in the end. Anyway…
he gave me a Cello. An old, tired drab looking cello but a cello nonetheless. He asked if I was able to fix the wooden stay that sits inside the body as it had come loose and was rattling around. Being a good friend and a self confessed DIY nut I agreed. Fast forward…I couldn’t fix it, apparently you need some special tool which I didn’t have. He decided he didnt want the cello and, again being the good friend and self confessed DIY nut I agreed to take is off his hands to save him trouble of having a cello that didn’t sound great cluttering up his (already packed with musical instruments) house.
and so the project began. I’ve decided to enter the world of painted musical instruments. Finding musical instruments to paint, it turns out is extremely easy. Car boot sales are rife with acoustic guitars, electric guitars, violins and I even saw a guy selling an oboe (maybe one day).
However, I have a Cello and after much deliberation about the best way to go about deciding how and what to put on it I have made a start.
In this blog I’m hoping to share with you the trials, failures and successes of Requiem of the Dead (Requiem Aeternam is it’s proper “for now title”)
So here we go….