#27 On the 18th: Played some classical music for another client at work who happens to love Mozart. He dug it.

#26 On the 17th: Almost forgot to do one this day, slipped in a slow O’Canada on the double bass, for my partner and aforementioned neighbours above and below, at 11:30pm.

#25 On the 16th: Sang O’Canada in front of the torch in Vancouver…. for some reason fumbled the words.

We sang songs around the ping-pong table this weekend at Mount Washington.

Today Jenny and I played and sang some lullabies for Heather and John’s baby boy Rowan.

I SPAMmed a the Tim Hortons coffee shop on the way to my studio after work today. Brought in the bass and asked if the employees would like a little music while they did their business. After I played for about 20 minutes, they said that this was the weirdest and coolest thing that had happened on one of their shifts yet. That works for me!

Just to explain the SPAM numbering system here; you’ll notice that the number of Spontaneous Acts of Music does not correspond to the number of acts that I have committed. That is because, thankfully, other people have taken this project on as well. My daily act that I am blogging about here is only part of what is going on, you could check in with the actual Spontaneous Acts of Music event page on Facebook. if you want to see what other people have been up to.

(Feb 9th) Spontaneous Act of Music #14: Later that day I also created some music on the ferry again. In the Sitka Cafe at the back of the 10:45 ferry to Nanaimo from Tsawwassen I played for late night commuters and some of my friends from the Landmark SELP class. I got to meet Chris, another bass player from Kelowna, who came over and chatted for the rest of the ride.

Spontaneous Act of Music #13: Was really looking forward to some public jamming with Katie Muldoon, who I first played music with when I was just 8 years old (blew my mind when I remembered that), but things fell through… so i took my bass and set up in the park at Hastings and Thurlow, right in the middle of this great big copper circle. Played for some confused but smiling downtowns-folk within sight of some Olympic security madness.

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Spontaneous Act of Music #12: I played for a class at UVic called “Creative Being” which explores the creative process and encourages students to unlock their own creativity. I played some walking lines, while the students came in to the lecture hall, then Jenny and I played a song before the class began. We also put a Spontaneous Acts of Music paper invitation on the overhead and invited them to join us. These students are being challenged to do a “creative act” each week and we hope they’ll join us. JOIN US!!!