Ludwig Wright

Travelling the Good Times

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I'm back from my little holiday and during my trip I arranged some of my songs on ukulele. Here is "Simplicity". #simplicity #beach #music #ukulele #sky #singing #singersongwriter #waves #sand (at Hua Hin Beach)

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Auckland, near Thorne Bay. Dreams will stay dreams. Hello New Zealand. #newzealand #auckland #thornebay #sea # water #rocks #blackrocks #contrast #mist #blackrocksgreysea #swimming #firstday #goodtrip #dreams #showery #frap #sothisisit (at Thorne Bay)

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Melbourne, you little beaut. Guess I don't know half as much of you half as well, less than half as much as you deserve. Sunny kisses from the South. #logic #thebilboclaim #melbourne #australia #frap #makeartnotwar #halfasmuch #lordoftherings #brickwall #red #2017 #summer #streetart #poster #soldierwithcandy #art #nowar #peaceandlove #fitzroy #sunny (at Fitzroy, Melbourne)

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Flying over the Outback. Hello #Australia! Up to now: it has been lovely. #sogood #frap #downunder #trip #travel #firsttime #gettingthere #plane #air #clouds #bluesky #überdenwolken #somewhereovertherainbow #clouds #redsand #skyline #airoplane #sittingtherefallingasleep #mistymountains #getdownhere #10000metres (at Melbourne, Australia)

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Beijing Madness. Had a lovely, but only very short stay. Unbelievable food!!! <3 First day I arrived I even was asked to play a song - in front of the subway - by the busker playing there. #beijing #peking #china #balloons #corporatechina #red #hiddenstreets #streetfood #travel #plane #shorttrip #72hours #asia #stereotype #bigcity #smog #capital #frap #rocknroll #nihao (at Beijing, China)

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It looks like a *swearword* painting! Happy New Year (for those who use the Gregorian calendar). Hope that dreams do come true. First I'm off to China, then Australia. So, so long Europe. See you in March. #2017 #wendershausen #newyear #overrated #why2017 #purelyarbitrary #painting #river #Werra #hessen #sky #ufer #schilf #fluss #letitflow #gowiththeflow #winter #europe #travel #off #china #australia #plain #fly #fleeing #letsgo #frap (at Wendershausen (Witzenhausen))

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York 15th-19th December 2016

York was again a very pleasant experience. After having had a good time in London and Bristol I travelled up north. I had planned to do a live recording gig on the Thursday and then stay in town for the weekend to busk my heart out. Unfortunately three days before the gig I was told that the pub had closed due to change of owners. All live music events were cancelled. Here again - bad things happen. Nevertheless I had my mind set to spend that weekend in York so I did. I busked every day, Friday and Saturday night being the most successful sessions. Playing at night, to mainly drunk people, out in the cold is a very interesting experience. I had started busking properly, in York just over a year ago after the sun had set on the busiest nights of the week - Friday and Saturday. And it was really good fun. People would sing along, clap and dance on the street. It always were good vibes. This weekend was a bit weird though. Although it happened as I just described additionally a couple of uncomfortable situations occured. On Friday night a woman and a man got out a cab just in front of me clearly being in a big rough. Then suddenly the woman started to randomly assault people. She ran up to this young fellow and simply smacked him in the head. Just like that. The night after the police raced three times past me with full sirens on. In the past I had never witnessed this once. The last time it happened a guy was arrested. Probably for kicking up a fuzz in a bar. That made me think. Maybe people get stressed out before Christmas. On Sunday and Monday I went to an Open Mic each night, which was really enjoyable. It was so good to see the York people I got to know so well while I was living there. On Sunday in the Hop the crowd went absolutely crazy, dancing as if there'd be no tomorrow. The Golden Ball Open Mic is the best Folk Open Mic in York: perfect pub, amazing atmosphere, superb sound, appreciating audience and a howling host. It clearly was good to be back.

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Bristol 13th/14th December 2016

The stay in Bristol was only a very short one. The first day I didn't do much other than arrive and settle down a little. The next day I prepared to go busking and for my gig I had that night. I ended up leaving quite late for town and I was particularly picky about the spot. So I only played a short set down at the harbour near the Hippodrome at the end of the Waterfront. The gig later on, on the other hand went really well. It was such a lovely evening. Pete from Stacked Promotions had put on a night filled with acoustic acts in the Arts House in Stokes Croft as part of the "Lights Out" row. The audience was very attentive and responsive which led to a powerful performance on my behalf. The half an hour set flew by quickly. But there were still three more acts to come. Especially the last act "Little Thief" stuck in my head, they were simply fantastic!

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Köln 4th-6th December 2016

Köln - Cologne. What a beautiful city. But first things first. On my way from Kassel to Hagen, to be exact in Warburg (in the middle of nowhere) I fell a sleep on the train. I have travelled in London, Berlin, Amsterdam and loads of places and in Warburg (! - look it up on the map, Warburg, Westfalen) my guitar was stolen. I noticed five minutes later - but five minutes too late. Later the police in Hagen recorded my report of theft but at first on the phone they were as unhelpful as a piece of lemon. That would have at least wrinkled my face after biting in it. But no, the police couldn't do anything. Well tough piece of cloacae (both the letters "c" are pronounced hard in this word - in German for this reason it is spelled "kloake")... So in Köln I had to get a new guitar. And new busking signs. And a strap. And a tuner. I'm still short of any foot percussion and a capo. At least I've got a nice and new guitar (although the one which was stolen, was only three weeks old) and it sounds brilliant. Unfortunately I didn't get around to do any busking, so I'll have to do that next time. The best story I witnessed was following: I came to the Dom to have a look. The so called Domwächter (the guards at the door) didn't let people in anymore, because they said the Dom was closed for today. But there was still a brass concert going on. Some people got really annoyed and I saw a women just walking in. Apparently somebody got the times wrong for the announcement of the concert, people thought it would start and not end at 19.30. Well, then this man approached and said that he was a conductor of one of the groups playing. The Domwächter wouldn't let in him. After talking to him the man simply went in, although after a few moments he reappeared. "Und geht's eigentlich noch unfreundlicher?" ("And could you even be unfriendlier?") - he continued - "You work here, in the church, and are so ridiculously unfriendly. Do you even know what "church" means?" That gave me the tip, I couldn't stop laughing. But he was right. I was pleasantly surprised how friendly people were here, beside the Domwächter of course.

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Göttingen and Heiligenstadt 2nd/3rd December 2016

In the morning I travelled from Würzburg to Göttingen without complications. Enjoying the sun, having breakfast and warming up my voice I felt ready to start the day with some busking. I did one longer and a shorter set, which both went alright. In the evening I played at the Christmas Market in Heiligenstadt, the town where I went to secondary school. After the sun had set it was rather cool, which made the Open Air performance a bit chilly. But nevertheless it was a nice gig, the warm drinks (Kinderpunsch) helped me sing and it was fun to see a few people from back in the days. The next day I played a small set again at the Christmas Market, but this time in the tent of the Youth Parliament of Heiligenstadt. That was very entertaining, despite the cold.

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Würzburg 1st December 2016

Würzburg is a nice place. Arriving there after a truly horrendous trip, I was glad to get to the flat I was staying at via Couchsurfing. The city is not very big, but has a Christmas Market and enough things to see and to go to. After getting a bite to eat and dropping by the location where I'd be playing that evening, I did a busking set. It started off quite quiet and seemingly unsuccessful, but after a while I was able to sell some CDs and get more often tips. It turned out in the end that I made more money there then at the gig. Additionally I got two extra people to the venue. The "Wunschlos Glücklich" is a really comfy place with a beautiful atmosphere and friendly staff. The show was fun, it felt good to be back on stage, after this rather long break.

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Die Ästhetik der Oberleitung (Aesthetics of catenary). #steamengine #onmywaytohogwarts #hogwartsexpress #eichwnberg #hessen #dampflock #heydastehtnedampflock #oberleitung #ästhetik #aesthetics #frap #travelling #germany #tour #2016 #december #sunnybutfreezing #train #rail #touring (at Eichenberg station)

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Flashback to the 11th Nov - the gig in the Grüner Salon. I'll be off touring again soon. Thanks to @alicehillsberlin, @mashapotempa, #christobal for sharing the stage and BerlinMusiker for organizing. #berlin #singing #stage #grünersalom #berlinermusiker #lovelovelove #guitar #singersongwriter #folkrockacousticpop #folk #style #nicestage #ulmdesign #rock #acoustic #pop #solo #performance #yesyesyes #unauthorized #songs #frap #singingmysongstroddingalong (at Grüner Salon)

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Munich, my sweetheart. Had a good gig yesterday with #JasperFlynn and #PeteHobson. Thanks to @iamjacobey for the photo! #gig #münchen #alfonsos #photo #ludwigwright #singersongwriter #frap #folkrockacousticpop #blues #rock #bar #munich #thursday #germany #travelling #playing #perfoming #rockandroll #yihaa #ohyeah (at Alfonso's Live-Music Club)

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Was on a ferry tonight. #ferrytale #traveling #travellingonthesea #sea #ferry #boat #lifeboat #evening #ocean #newcastle #amsterdam #overnight #halloween #travels #firstlongboattrip #ludwigwright #singersongwriter #goodbyeUK #octobertravels #october #anewday #frap (at DFDS Ferry to Amsterdam)

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Back in York. Had my first busk infront of the minster. It was a nice busk. #busking #york #minster #limestone #guitar #amp #mic #frap #folkrockacousticpop #ludwigwright #travellingthroughtheland #singersongwriter #everdayimbusking #heyholetsgo (at York Minster)

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Bright Brighton. Now Bristol. #travellingthroughtheland #touring #ep #ludwigwright #seaside #frap #pebbles #swimming #beach #southcost #sky #beautiful #clouds #formation #seagull #brighton #chips #seasidetown #gig #folkrockacousticpop #blue #blueskygreensea #beachtime #dipinthesea (at Brighton Seafront)