Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life! I'm a Violinist and doing what I love is often interestingly contrasted with the reality of getting to do what I love...
24 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
As I've mentioned in previous restaurant reviews, much of the time, I'm hunting around for something to eat in that short space between a seating call rehearsal and the actual concert for the evening. So, options are a bit limited; as I'm constr...
22 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Arriving back to a new country, after getting parts of the house and work and kids set up... well, then comes the very much onerous task of discovering, exploring, and tasting the local offerings. For me that it more the beers, ciders, and the s...
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...
20 Jul 2022 4 minute read 4 comments bengy
Well... the front of our house (and the back) is looking a little bit denuded at the moment. So many small trees and shrubs needed to be removed to make a path for the trenches of the pipework. I had moved a couple of the bottle-brushes beforeha...
19 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Sigh... one of the groups that I will be leading and directing later this year has a pretty strong interest in having a Viola d'amore concerto in the program. I guess that is good, but I sort of wanted to do a violin or a viola concerto instead....
18 Jul 2022 5 minute read 0 comments bengy
... and we have come back from our holidays, and the big works to our garden area is mostly completed. The trenches were dug, the pipes for stormwater and sewer were laid, and a huge swathe of destruction carved its way through our block of land...
17 Jul 2022 2 minute read 2 comments bengy
Well... when you are in Sydney, one of the things that you are likely to end up doing is to take a trip over to Manly Beach. It is one of the more famed beaches in Sydney, but I think I think that if you are in Australia, I would much prefer to...
16 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
When I am on holidays with my kids, they tend to eventually turn into a tour of the local playgrounds and ice-cream shops. Despite our best intentions, there are only so many days of museums and other interesting stuff that we can do before our...
15 Jul 2022 3 minute read 3 comments bengy
Unsplash You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21. Part 22, P...
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...
