House Concerts
“Wow! What a great house concert last night, Yavor. I really, really enjoyed it. Your playlist was wonderfully varied and generous. Your performance was lively, relaxed, well-paced and vastly entertaining:
interesting backstories to the songs, easy rapport with the audience, well-times quips and asides. Clearly, you and everyone else were having a great time. Your musicianship was top-notch, really professional: rock-steady beats; beautifully expressed chords and interesting chord choices/combinations.
Your attention to detail really shows. Your music featured a variety of themes, tones, rhythms and strum patterns; fine finger-picking and pickless (fingers only) strumming; impressive & exciting leads and riffs, and good use of musical pauses (caesuras?). The harmonica showed your versatility and added spice. I especially liked the varied and often surprising, no-nonsense endings you gave some of your songs. And I liked the low-key way you acknowledged the audience’s applause. Your singing voice is good and you hit all the right notes. Sound balance between vocals and music was fine.
Great music, good company, a welcoming atmosphere, plus food and drinks—you and your hosts put on a first-rate house concert experience last night, Yavor: Bravo! Thank you for inviting me. I’m looking forward to your next gig.”
Jaroslav Zenchuk
Ottawa, On
More
