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Q: How do musicians get to orchestra? A: They pedal! A cartoon of a man on a bike, cycling along a music staff with the direction Ped. (pedal) written underneath him. Copyright belongs to Hannah Sterry (Sterry Cartoons). — How do musicians get to orchestra?

This cartoon is available on t-shirts, mugs, cushions and other gifts from the Sterry Cartoons Shop.

Silly Methods of Musical Transport:

Boat Bass
Paddling to a gig in a fibreglass double bass. Apparently someone used to make fibreglass double basses in Salcombe, and they were perfectly fine if you used the body of the bass as a boat.
Walking/Weightlifting
Walking back from a gig with a very, very heavy keyboard because me and H had missed the last bus home and the taxi companies weren’t answering!
Gigs on Transport!
I have played a few jazz gigs on a ferry. We had to connect the keyboard up to a car battery for power and it was strange playing at any tempo that didn’t match the whirring of the engine, but it worked.

For the past week I’ve been travelling, meeting new people and exploring the town of Bedford. The orangutan just happened to be

Here are 3 photographic highlights from the break:

Pink Pianos

Travelling through St. Pancras Station on Monday…

Bedford also has musical tiles in the town centre! We weren’t quite brave around to stick around and work out how to play a tune on them, but thought that they were a brilliant idea!

Autumn Leaves