15/1/2018 Brass
15/1/2018 Brass by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA Mondays are my first brass band rehearsal evening of the week. I love my band. It’s certainly not fashionable or especially…
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4/1/2018 Stands up
4/1/2018 Stands up by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA The Christmas break is over and we are back up and running at band. No doubt many of our lips…
281/365 Horn
281/365 Horn by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA I’ve been playing at Newark Wedding Fair at the exhibition centre. Carlton Brass are angling for more bookings so we have…
268/365 Rehearsal
268/365 Rehearsal by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA Hello pop pickers, it’s that time of night for our band rehearsal. You can possibly tell from my music what we…
257/365 So lonely
257/365 So lonely by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA We were practicing Mansions of the Lord tonight, which requires Andy to perform off stage. We made him go and…
176/365 Contest Day
“176/365 Contest Day” by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA I love brass band contest days. My band Carlton Brass are playing at the Brass on the Grass contest at…
166/365 Last Rehearsal
“166/365 Last Rehearsal” by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA Tonight was our last rehearsal in this lovely room in Burton Joyce. It’s a shame, but the building was proving…
159/365 Champs
“159/365 Champs” by rutty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA Our brass band organisation has had a lot of success over the years. Not as much as some of the top…
70/365 Contest Day
It’s that time of year, once more, where dozens of brass bands descend on Bedworth to participate in the annual Midlands Regional Brass Band Championships. My band, Carlton Brass, were…
Maynard Ferguson Legacy Big Band
Maynard Ferguson Legacy Big Band, a photo by rutty on Flickr. This weekend saw me spend 48 hours or so in the most bracing part of England – Skegness for…
Whit Friday Marches 2008
I spent the best part of last Friday in the lovely Lancashire area of Tameside, where our band were taking part in the traditional Whit Friday Marches contest. For the…