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31 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Now that I'm forming up a new ensemble, I have to think a little bit more about things that I've not really had to think about too much beforehand... all the back-end stuff is a real pain in the arse, but necessary. Which reminds me, I have to s...
15 Jan 2023 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash Recently, I had my first experience with an interesting sort of music performance.... in my sort of cloistered life, I hadn't known about these Candlelight Concerts by Fever. Probably most people haven't either... well...
9 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash Sigh... this is the ongoing nightmare that is life as a freelance musician. Trying to sort out different clashing and overlapping projects whilst trying to not piss off every ensemble and musician out there. This is a...
7 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
A couple of days ago, I posted about the administrative work that was coming ahead for my ensemble... lots of less interesting but very necessary stuff to get the ball rolling on my long-term plan... and I will need to do a bit of that throughou...
6 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Juan Molina
▶️ Watch on 3Speak RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS This is one of my favorite bands for years.Under the Bridge, marked me forever. Give It Away is another of his arch-recognized songs. More recently we can find the very famous Californication.Precisely,...
3 Jan 2023 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash I've never really had to work "for" a music school for school-age (and adult amateur) students before. My wife and I have always had a direct relationship with the students with no middle-men... but since returning bac...
24 Dec 2022 2 minute read 2 comments bengy
Honestly, we have a few too many keyboard instruments around at the moment... harpsichord, pianos, and fortepianos... well, some of those are definitely required for our work! In the longer term, we will eventually build out some sort of studio...
17 Dec 2022 1 minute read 2 comments thranax
The king is very upset, what happened to the king? Although he has just become a father (February 1968), Elvis Presley has lacked public support for years, and his previous first arguments of rebellion, desire and beauty have been surpassed by the c...
23 Nov 2022 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash More and more, I'm seeing fellow colleagues using tablets and e-ink slates in place of dead-tree scores... in fact, since moving back to Australia, I've seen it even more in rehearsals and performances. So, there used...
20 Nov 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash Sigh... my wife and I have pretty much been performers all our lives... we just play music, do it to the best of our ability, and then leave. We're both sort of shy-ish people who like our own company and the peace and...
