Sarina Suno Quartet @ Thailand Cafe

Sarina Suno (Violin)

　今日も楽しいサリナちゃんとハラのギグでございます。今日はちょっと初めてのことが起こりました。演奏し始めた時は満席だったのですが、演奏を始めてから、あれよあれよと言う間にどんどん客が出て行き、１セット目が終わる頃には、ほぼ店内がすっからかんになってしまいました。ひぃぃぃぃ。これってウチらのせいじゃないよね？ね？
　こんな事はここで長いことやってますが、初めてのことです。うーむ、偶然でなければ、原因を究明せんとなぁ。

It's the fun gig with Sarina & Hara's band again at Thailand Cafe. Some misadventure had happened for the first time. It was a full-house when we started playing but after we started, the customers kept leaving and the house becomes almost empty when we finished the first set. Ooohhhhh, Noooooo!! That was not our fault, right? Right?

We have been playing in here for a while but it was the first time that this kind of thing had happened. If there is a reason for it, I want to find out.

Hara Garacci (Guitar) His birthday is tomorrow. Congratulations Brother!

　日本の梅雨ほどではないにせよ、最近はニューヨークやボストンは湿度が高いのですよ。我々の楽器はだいたい木製なので、湿度によって音質がすんごい左右されます。分かりやすいところでは、音量がガクンと下がります。高音域の抜けも悪くなるし、音程も聞き取りにくくなり、１００万円の楽器の音は５万円の楽器の音になります。この季節はミュージシャンにとっては辛い時期です。私の友人は除湿器の真上にバイオリンを吊るして、この季節はしのいでいるそうです。オーストラリアもね、梅雨よりも長い雨期がありましてね、その時は３ヶ月ぐらいほとんど雨なんですよ。ちょうど冬の今ぐらいの季節です（南半球は季節が逆でございます）。この季節にちゃんと楽器の手入れをしないと、カビが生えて来ることもあるんですよ。

　それを思うと、梅雨の日本の友人よりも雨期のオーストラリアの友人よりも、一番ラクしてるのはニューヨークにいる私かもしれませんね。はっはっは。なんとなく気が楽になっちゃいました。みんな、どうしようもないだろうけど、せいぜい頑張ってね。かっかっか。

The humidity in New York and Boston is not as bad as Japan which is right in the raining season, but is quite high lately. The most of our musical instruments are made of wood and the humidity really affects the sound of them for the worse. The volume drops way down to begin with, treble tone is perished, the pitch becomes hard to hear and 10-thousand-dollar instruments sound like 500-bucks instruments. It's just a terrible season for musicians. My violinist friend is hanging his violin right on top of a dehumidifier 24/7. Now I remember that there was a raining season in Australia in Winter, which is right about now because the country is on South Hemisphere. Because of the fact we have so much rain for at least three months, sometimes you'll see mold on your instruments. That was a bloody disaster.

Come to think of it, I think I'm in a lot better situation than my friends in Japan or my mates in Australia. For some reason, I feel a lot better. Hey friends and mates in over there, do your best. I don't know what you can do though. Remember, while you guys are struggling, I'll be in New York and enjoying the nice weather. HA-HA-HA-HA.

Marko Djordjevic (Drums)