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- Great singing session at St Ultan's this morning. We were working on 'We Found Love' by Rihanna (with some Glee... http://t.co/pfdSLWvn 5 days ago
- Enjoyed the chance to sing in the St Ann's choir this morning. Last hymn was the superb 'Dear Lord and Father of Mankind' by Parry. 2 weeks ago
- The kids singing group I take in Cherry Orchard started back today. London's Burning and some Super Bass :-) 2 weeks ago
- Ah, you only really appreciate a train when you run for it. It's not tardiness, I'm valuing public transport. And panting in public. #fb 3 weeks ago
- RT @davebarrett: Even when desperately trying to free up characters to fit beneath 140, I just can’t bring myself to use “ur” non-Mesopo ... 3 weeks ago
- Lugging our Christmas tree down to the recycle point today. 3 weeks ago
- Piano lessons in Dunboyne started back this week. Looking forward to working with the students this term. Today —... http://t.co/zAUpxJrw 3 weeks ago
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Alice in Wonderland
Before I left Ireland last week, I took part in a school project in Daingean, County Offaly. It was funded by the Arts Council’s ‘Percent for Art’ scheme, which allows schools that have completed a new building to apply for … Continue reading
Writing
The Guardian today featured an impressive array of top novelists all offering advice on writing. It makes for inspiring reading: http://bit.ly/dmYsJB I want to compose music. Well, I do compose music, rather, I want to grasp the sense of vocation … Continue reading
Some recording, a new piece, and a bursary
I’m writing this while eating a Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. Raising a glass and a half to the taste of world-beating excellence. Please, American Kraft people (and I know you’re reading this blog…), don’t change it. Although I’m still a bigger … Continue reading
virtual busking
I’ve started a new page on the site, ‘Any requests…?’, up there at the top right. The idea is that people (you?) might send in a request for a song you would like me to record and I’ll put it … Continue reading
When to say when
I subscribe to a blog called Freelance Switch which offers advice for people who work for themselves. If this is something that interests you, I recommend it. A recent article by Mark Dugas on the subject of saying ‘no’ struck … Continue reading
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Seth on spam
I regularly read Seth Godin’s excellent blog and found this post about spam interesting. When I launched this site and my Facebook artist page I wanted to let people know about them and went to send an email to everyone … Continue reading
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As good as a rest…
A couple of people had commented that the website could do with being more compact. I’ve changed the format of it and I think it’s an improvement. Any comments are appreciated, here or on Facebook. My birthday celebrations this year … Continue reading
Facebook page
I just published an artist page on Facebook. It includes a nice, neat music player and I’ve linked this blog to it. I’ve always much preferred using Facebook to using MySpace – it’s a cleaner interface and much easier to … Continue reading
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Making overtures
Last year I went on a course run by Music Network all about building a performance career in music. It was packed with information from a number of top people in the various areas looked at: web design, PR, seeking … Continue reading
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