6 January 2024
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I think I need to get back into the habit of more frequent tuba practise. I’ve not done a lot over the Christmas period and, starting back today, I got a very good sense of why brass players speak about … Continue reading
22 January 2023
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In theory, you might have thought I would be the household Scrabble champion. University educated and with a long history of supporting local libraries (or a serious book habit, depending on how you look at it). It is only fair … Continue reading
23 October 2022
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I know you don’t literally rely on muscle power for sight reading music. It is driven by the eyes and the brain, with the muscles only coming in to respond to the impulses they receive. However, my metaphorical ‘sight reading … Continue reading
22 October 2022
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With the early Leicestershire half term (most of the UK will be having half-term in the week to come), we didn’t have Training Band last week. With quite a busy period and plenty of electric and string bass music to … Continue reading
14 March 2022
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The Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra has some swing numbers in its pad, such as Come Fly With Me and String of Pearls. They didn’t come out last term after I’d joined because we were already pressing into the Christmas repertoire. … Continue reading
5 December 2021
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Last night’s gig with the Charnwood Concert Band seemed to go well. Either adrenalin improves your sight reading or makes you less prone to noticing mistakes. Fortunately, though, I made a recording so homework over the next couple of days … Continue reading
12 May 2016
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I haven’t done much painting for a long time but, with a week of art due at the end of July (this ‘Out of India‘ week), I’ve decided to try and get my hand back in so that I don’t … Continue reading
1 June 2015
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I thought the following, from Three Panel Soul, caught at least 90% of what makes up “talent”: Excellence takes practise, even if other don’t always appreciate that.