The Glamorous Life of a Musician!
The Glamorous Life of a Musician!

The Glamorous Life of a Musician!

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...


Masters of Teaching Mind Dump #25: Thematic Learning and Design Thinking

27 Nov 2021 5 minute read 0 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...

Kleiner Goldenersaal (Little Golden Hall): Augsburg, GERMANY

25 Nov 2021 2 minute read 2 comments bengy

  The Kleiner Goldenersaal in Augsburg is a place that I was fortunate enough to visit and perform in, in these dying days of my European adventure. Over my time in Europe, I've had the pleasure of playing in many beautiful venues, from concert ha...

The Move Part 12: Middle of the Night Interviews

24 Nov 2021 4 minute read 2 comments bengy

    Unsplash   This is my little series on the big move back to Australia. Perhaps I will look back in the future and laugh... or cry!Part 1: Finding a Moving CompanyPast 2: A Slight Travel PanicPart 3: Comparing Crypto Tax Accounting platforms...

Spread the Vibes: Playing Music in Funerals

22 Nov 2021 4 minute read 2 comments bengy

    Unsplash   I have had a number of ideas that have been bouncing around in my head over the past weeks since @edje made a #spreadthevibes post that invited me to write something about music. Of course, music is my day job (and night job and...

Vzlet (Prague: CZECH REPUBLIC)

21 Nov 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy

  First up, I hope that the pin for the Pimapple map ended up in the right place. For some reason, the Czech places seem to have a bit of an issue with the map/location fill in the TravelFeed editor. Anyway, in case it didn't work properly, the pr...

The Move Part 11: A Father's Guilt

20 Nov 2021 5 minute read 0 comments bengy

    Unsplash   This is my little series on the big move back to Australia. Perhaps I will look back in the future and laugh... or cry!Part 1: Finding a Moving CompanyPast 2: A Slight Travel PanicPart 3: Comparing Crypto Tax Accounting platforms...

Ron's Gone Wrong (Review)

15 Nov 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Well... on a recent trip to Glasgow, we had one of the most nightmarish series of flights possible, which ended up with staying an extra day in Glasgow (I should look into that expense reimbursement... I'm back, still processing after nearly a...

Tom's Burger (Prague: CZECH REPUBLIC)

14 Nov 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy

  As usual for musicians, in between seating rehearsals and the actual concert, there is always that horrible couple of hours to try and find something to eat. If there isn't an in-house cafeteria in the concert hall, then you are left running out...

Masters of Teaching Mind Dump #24

9 Nov 2021 5 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 2...

Ask Italian (Glasgow: SCOTLAND)

7 Nov 2021 5 minute read 0 comments bengy

  This was a place that we tried out during our recent trip to Glasgow. Unfortunately, our flight back to the Netherlands had been cancelled early in the morning, and so we found that we had an extra unplanned day in Scotland (still part of the UK...