We’re back from Greenbelt. The very same Greenbelt that was an utter washout last year was very dry this time. Here is the sky yesterday over Mainstage:
Blue skies over Greenbelt
August 27, 2013
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Data Analysis (and where my next job’s coming from)
June 5, 2013Never take your skills for granted. Read the rest of this entry »
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Good Friday – and Rock and Roll is also Dead.
March 29, 2013In the beginning there was music. And it was mostly good. Except for the music that was bad. And you could decide for yourself what was what. So long as your mates didn’t find out you’d bought an Osmonds LP / Bros tape / Take That CD / One Direction download with your pocket money.
OK, further back than that was rock and roll. It deserves capital letters. It’s a proper noun.
Rock and Roll.
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Messing around in Notes
June 25, 2012Improvisation. Why is it when I want to, I can’t, and when I do, it’s almost unexpected? I have been improvising all my musical life. It started by swinging the quavers in simple melodies in the very first piano books I was given to learn from, and continues to this day. I love to sit down for half an hour or so and just let rip. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bandcamp
January 8, 2012Not that long ago, I “discovered” Bandcamp and what it can do for me. Read the rest of this entry »
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