Don't think I've mentioned it but I've been attending a short "intital conducting course" in recent weeks. Mike, Cal and I are really only on it to fill in spaces, as we know the woman who's the ABCD rep in our area and has organised participants for the course. But I have to say, it's been quite enlightening. And it's brought me out of myself a ( Read more... )

I was bemused at work last night by two couples, celebrating their 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries, boogying the night away on the dance floor!  I was also fluffed up by the cute bunnies out and about after midnight on my way home. I do worry about them playing by the side of the road, though.

I noticed this morning that I wasn't paid by the ( Read more... )

So I think I've nearly cracked this concert-recording business. The Polderbits software works fine on my PC, the only limitation in the process being the strength of the signal produced by our wireless network router.  The first recording attempts of each concert were riddled with patches of silence through interrupted broadcast. Grrr... I managed ( Read more... )