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9 Aug 2022 4 minute read 2 comments bengy $0.12
Unsplash Unsplash Sigh... this coming month is a hectic scheduling of juggling projects and family life. This is probably always going to happen with being a freelancer... but there are going to be periods where the timings are just goi...
2 Aug 2022 14 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02
“I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion ― against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' id...
1 Aug 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy $0.19
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 $0.11
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 $0.08
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 $0.13
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 $0.52
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 $0.06
"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 $0.05
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 $0.07
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...
