Category Archives: Music

What happens when you take your dragon fairy to a music gig?

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Summary On being pleasantly surprised by all four musical acts, the importance of small musical venues, the importance of accessibility of said small venues, and ‘diversity issues’ in comedy. It’s kind of a risky thing to do – turning up … Continue reading →

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I’d like to teach the world to sing

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

Summary A random list of stuff I’d like to do, see or experience – because it’s not as if I’m going to be able to afford a house or car in the near future I’ve been pondering a moany post … Continue reading →

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You can dance if you want to

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Summary Living in the land of dreaming? It’s one of those things that after X glasses of wine you think “That was possibly not the brightest thing to tweet after Puffles had been led astray after a #teacamp” but it’s … Continue reading →

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A permanent state of tiredness

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Summary Whoever stole my adrenaline, please can I have it back? I’m almost exhausted simply looking at this blogpost. This feels like the third night in a row where I’ve had zero sleep. The joys of having a main road-facing … Continue reading →

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Musical friend of Puffles launches first album

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

Summary A lovely young lady Puffles and I saw busking last summer – who at the time had just finished Year 12 at a college where I did an evening class many moons ago, has just released her first album! … Continue reading →

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The music industry – from a consumer perspective

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Summary How the music industry has changed – in my eyes. I can’t help but thing the music industry was setting itself up for the most almighty collapse throughout the 1990s. I remember in the very late 1980s (when I … Continue reading →

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On music – a personal journey

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Summary My fraught relationship with (classical) music I can’t remember the precise point at which I started learning a musical instrument. I must have been about six. During the mid-1980s I remember many teachers in my neighbourhood being unmarried and … Continue reading →

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I am the music man, I come from far away…

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Moving seamlessly on from my post about ministerial initiatives and pet projects, this post bounces off the back of Michael Gove’s written statement of 25 November 2011 about music education. The Department for Education has published a new document “The … Continue reading →

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Making musical instruments as if people mattered

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

It seems like a random topic but a number of close friends and acquaintances from days gone by made me aware of the plight of people who develop injuries and conditions as a result of the regular playing of musical … Continue reading →

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Music makes us one

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Back in what was left of 2008 I made a short diary entry about reflections on childhood – mainly on my own upbringing, where people who had a big impact on me at the time were now, and my own … Continue reading →

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