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Monday again…
…and I’m having “one of those days”. I woke up with my head full of a bad cold, dithered around far too long before leaving the flat, only to get to Trinity and find no practise rooms until later in...
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Final stretch
Over a month since posting, again! I have my end-of-degree recital on Tuesday next week. That’s, er, a week from today. Right now, it’s all about the practising. And the programme notes… sadly I’m not...
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Improvable.
Good rehearsal today with the other members of the Brigantia Consort — we looked at some new repertoire, rehearsed stuff we’ve been working on for performance probably this summer, and did some...
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The Week Ahead
This week is looking pretty typical in terms of what I need to do, at least musically. I’m teaching tonight and tomorrow night. I’ve done most of the preparation for that, but need to remember to bring...
View Article#AcWriMo for a church musician
I’m not doing a PhD (yet), but over at PhD2Published it’s that time of year again. AcWriMo is a sort of motivational gimmick whereby a group of people decide that in November they’re going to get a lot...
View ArticleConcentration, Flow and Procrastination
Over at “Wait but Why” there are a couple of excellent posts on procrastination and how to overcome it. If you procrastinate, or you are continually frustrated by those who do, I commend these posts to...
View ArticleMusic and Livelihood
I am not going to be able to work as a performer for the rest of my life. There are a number of reasons for this, and none of them are up for discussion in this post, but my current strategy is not...
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Monday again…
…and I’m having “one of those days”. I woke up with my head full of a bad cold, dithered around far too long before leaving the flat, only to get to Trinity and find no practise rooms until later in...
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