Tag: musicianship

Music and Livelihood

Byartsyhonker February 4, 2014 3 Comments
I am not going to be able to work as a performer for the rest of my life. There are a number of reasons for this, and none of them are up for discussion in this post, but my current strategy is not working and is unsustainable. However, I am a musician through and through: when I am not making music I am pretty miserable. So I've been thinking lately about how to make a living as a musician,...

The Singer and the Song

Byartsyhonker February 3, 2011 0 Comments
Maggi Dawn, looking for debaters on the subject of scripture and translation, asked some questions on Twitter this morning which got me thinking.@maggidawn: The Message: do you love it or hate it? I'm looking for debaters on the subject of translation@maggidawn: The King James Version: beautiful or incomprehensible? I'm looking for debaters on the subject of scripture and translation@maggidawn:...

Chamber music

Byartsyhonker July 9, 2008 0 Comments
Saturday's concert went well, I thought. The audience was quite small, mostly due rather rainy and unfriendly weather in the morning. Playing in that particular space was interesting: I found the piano very loud and could hardly hear Anna on the violin but apparently three feet away the balance was good. I think we played reasonably well: not everything was technically perfect, but that isn't a...