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...
25 May 2021 3 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. It is now the closing days of the first trimester teaching period... and I just have one s...
24 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Half the fun (well, actually... pretty much all the fun) when travelling for work is the finding and taste-testing of new places that you would never otherwise eat at in a completely new city. Mostly the exploration is just forced on you due to...
23 May 2021 2 minute read 2 comments bengy
Unsplash Weirdly enough, Eurovision is sort of a weird cult thing in Australia... well, amongst some people. My wife had never really watched it, but I had always tuned in year after year when I was studying at University. There was somet...
17 May 2021 3 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. Two more assignments left and I'm through the first trimester! So, by this time next Friday I'll ha...
16 May 2021 4 minute read 1 comment bengy
Unsplash My wife and I are both freelancers... and freelance musicians. This is not the sort of job that has the security of employer mandated superannuation contributions and all of that stuff that salaried employees have, however, we do...
15 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
It has been almost three weeks since we broke the news to our children that our time in the Netherlands was limited and that we were exploring ways to move back to Australia within the year (or as soon as it is feasible given the current situati...
14 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Wow, it really has been quite a while since I've travelled... and orchestras and ensembles can put you up in some really nice places, or some "interesting" cost-saving places! This time, the ensemble that I was working with seemed to have a dece...
10 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
These days, there is an additional element that goes towards the success of the concert. Apart from the regular logistics problems of getting players and equipment to the right place in the right time, the administration of an ensemble now has t...
8 May 2021 3 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. It is hard to believe that I'm actually reaching the end of the first trimester of my Masters of Teaching s...
7 May 2021 2 minute read 2 comments bengy
When you hit a certain age, your body doesn't really cope with the sorts of abuse that you would have ordinarily thrown at it. For me, I start to deal pretty badly with oily food... which means that my favourite of bacon and fried eggs for my...
