Re: New in Köln

[Gert van Santen]

Op 26-1-2016 om 10:55 schreef K9 Kai Niggemann:
> Helo guys,
>
> with all the saddening news, I'd like to tell a few stories of how things are going for me in Köln so far.
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> As you may remember (I posted it briefly) my girlfriend and I moved here late last year. We are renting a small studio that will be our workspace and studio, once we find a real apartment in the vicinity, in a very nice part of town.
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> I have been searching out music venues and concerts, met a number of experimental electronic musicians and promoters, artists and interested audience. I was invited to "Patchbay", an informal event at the KHM, the university for media arts where people with an interest in electronics meet and show off their Easels, Blippoos and related gear and jam. I have a few gigs coming up, none fixed in Köln yet, but a good perspective with a lot of people, so I am confident that will happen, too. Next I'll play in Bonn on the 30th, with The Dorf, of which I am still a member.
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> Our house is in the the back of a building, next to a few others, where very nice visual artists and their two cute kids are our neighbors. On sunday, while chatting with the guy of the couple he asked me if I also played a "real" instrument -- yes, I said, bass. He was very happy and basically forced me to come to a band practice with him last night to rehearse for Karneval, the biggest event in Köln every year -- where I'll play on a float during the Tuesday parade in the "veedel", as the town's quarters are called here, every veedel has it's own little parade on tuesday after the big one on Monday of Karneval (Feb 8th).
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> I was never into Karneval, but had a hunch that in this city you can't entirely avoid it -- I never dreamed that I'd be a part of it, basically  the second month we live here... ;-)
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> Not so exciting, but I at least to me this is all uplifting news..;)
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> All the best!
> Kai

Hi Kai,

Thanks for sharing. All good news!

Have fun with the Karneval ;-)

-- 
Gert

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