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...
6 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Well... It has been quite a long time since I've travelled on a plane for an extended period of work. Most of the last year has been working in the Netherlands, if there was any work at all! However, this project made it through planning and is ac...
3 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. Phew, all the assessments were completed and submitted on time. I do find some little bits annoying about the humaniti...
2 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Well, against my personal expectations, we made it through two video/audio recordings for streaming... The first one was pretty uneventful, however the second one had a momentary hiccup when one of the player's called in sick (fever) on the day...
27 Apr 2021 3 minute read 4 comments bengy
Unsplash For quite some time now, my wife and I have been toying with the idea of returning back to Australia. We have spent the better part of nearly two decades living in Europe, far from our families. When we were just the two of us.....
24 Apr 2021 2 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. Another slightly brief mind dump for the past week of my Masters of Teaching studies. I'm in the home stretch of completing th...
22 Apr 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
These days, music projects tend to be live streaming, audio recordings or TV recordings. However, most of the time, we aren't living in a bubble.... which means the rehearsal period beforehand (a few days) can be hanging by a thread as any pos...
21 Apr 2021 2 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. A slightly briefer and late post for last week's Masters of Teaching Mind dump! I've been juggling recordings (music work...) and th...
20 Apr 2021 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
This last month has seen a few projects starting up in the Netherlands and Europe for freelance period instrument players. It's a bit of a spring for the performances, but most of it is still recordings for audio streaming or TV. Not my favourit...
14 Apr 2021 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
I'm a super tech and gadget nerd... however, my wife (and my own conscience) generally holds my impulses at bay. Some things slip through when she isn't watching and I have a moment of weakness, but most of the time I behave myself! When we firs...
9 Apr 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. This week, I've been trying to burn through the coursework as fast as possible as there are a few assignments coming due in the next few wee...
