Category Archives: this freelancing business

Alice in Wonderland

Posted on 21 June 2010 by

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 →

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Writing

Posted on 20 February 2010 by

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 →

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Some recording, a new piece, and a bursary

Posted on 22 January 2010 by

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 →

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virtual busking

Posted on 14 July 2008 by

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 →

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When to say when

Posted on 25 June 2008 by

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

Posted on 20 April 2008 by

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…

Posted on 5 April 2008 by

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 →

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Facebook page

Posted on 30 March 2008 by

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

Posted on 30 March 2008 by

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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