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1 Aug 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash In a bit of a weird turn of events... I'm now an academic at a university now! Which is a crazily strange feeling for a performer musician... but seeing as most conservatories have been melded into universities in Aust...
27 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Sigh... being a musician can involve a whole batch of other things that aren't related to music. Of course, the lucky ones who stay put in a single group and city don't have to worry too much about this sort of thing... but being a freelancer (a...
21 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Ah well... sometimes, you just end up doing these things! Normally, as a violinist, I do much prefer playing with other people. There is just so much more fun in the interaction and play between colleagues on stage... as long as all the other pl...
14 Jul 2022 2 minute read 2 comments bengy
Trackdown Studios is a pretty famous place if you are into movies or computer games... it is the recording studio where quite a few soundtracks for movies and games have been recorded. For the curious minded, you can see a list of soundtracks th...
10 Jul 2022 4 minute read 6 comments bengy
Honestly, I'm starting to reach the end of my patience with the coronavirus rules that are completely shitty for freelancers and casuals, that seem to be just geared for people with salaried jobs. I'm pretty civic minded, and so if I'm nearing t...
9 Jul 2022 2 minute read 1 comment giuseppe 2022
"I'm not the best drummer in the world" I'm just the drummer for the beatles... this is one of the most famous phrases said by Richard starkey better known in the world and in history as Ringo starr who was born on a day like today in dingle Liverp...
8 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash Choosing music for Youth and Amateur ensembles is a tricky business... you have different constraints compared to picking music for a professional ensemble. In a professional ensemble, you are more constrained by budge...
30 Jun 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Okay... so, this is going to get quite annoying as time goes on. I have my period instrument violin, which is that crazily old English one, that is set up for Early Music stuff... so, gut strings, and Baroque set up for the internals and everyth...
16 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
https://vk.com/metalship METAL-SHIP is a unique event for Russia that has been held in St. Petersburg since 2010... Its main essence is that metalheads can take a break from stuffy clubs and enjoy hanging out with like-minded people in the open air,...
12 Jun 2022 4 minute read 4 comments bengy
The transition from Netherlands to Australia has been a bit jarring for some of the instruments, and this hasn't been made easier by my travels between dry-ish and cold Canberra and the more humid and warmer air of Sydney. The instruments themse...
