(I found this post hiding on computer, so it was no longer last night, but point is still valid.) Last night I went to a London concert for Krishna Das, a spiritual musician of Indian chants with a significant following. The event was at the Camden Centre with approximately 800 people in attendance. I was […]
Archives for April 2012
Weaning off the Teat
One of my portfolio of jobs is that I teach singing at the London College of Music. This is a three year musical theatre training programme and I teach students across all three years. The current graduating class started with me last year and I have been teaching them now for two years. This year […]
When to Walk
I posted a slightly smug message yesterday about how I was going to leverage an opportunity. However, after meeting with the potential client, I’ve got cold feet. He’s young. He’s ambitious. He’s got big plans. These are all fantastic traits. What he doesn’t seem to have is a solid business plan. Don’t tell me how […]
How to work for free (without losing your shirt!)
It’s raining, it’s pouring and this old man is (hopefully) scoring. Off to have a meeting with a young editor of a new, local online magazine. One of those ‘grand ambition, no budget’ type organisations. They had a post on Gumtree (or Craig’slist – I always get them mixed up) which was looking for young […]
Advance Warning
I saw this sign on my way to teach the other morning and it made me stop and take a picture. I love that we need advance warning of when we will have fun, as if it’s somehow detrimental to our health or such a low priority that it needs to be scheduled into the […]