Anyway, I took it easy that day. Some practice in the
morning, then I packed my bag heading to the big central park for a relaxing
session of reading and writing, and some walk along the Vardar river.
Later, I was joined by Miki, and after my report from Kočani,
he talked me into joining him playing Beach Volley Ball. Have I ever played Volley
Ball? Once around 35 years ago at school, which was a kind of musical grammar
school. Therefore we musicians were told to stay away from such for our fingers
dangerous activities… I realized I had missed great fun in my young days…
Next day, my friend Gosia from Poland was due to arrive. She
had short notice asked to join me, as she has been let down by her Balkan
travel companion.
Before picking her up from the Central Bus Station, I
visited my friends busking. We did have chats about musicianship in London and
in Skopje, and realized that payments and fees for musicians are in relation to
living costs are much higher in Skopje. Also, with busking and playing some
private events and little gigs, one could make a better living than from some
professional employment here in Skopje.
The evening ended with a girl’s dinner, where my friend
Bojana joined us. We exchanged lots of stories from the last few months, of
course we chat about the current frustrations living in Macedonia; the
experiences of working with various Romani musicians was a very valuable
conversation, as it helped me to understand Asan’s weird behaviour…
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