I bought a CD of Emma Kirkby singing Handel, Arne and Lampe arias.

I am fairly certain that milliedillmount has this specific CD... she's certainly mentioned singing Where the Bee sucks there lurk I and listening to Kirkby's version, which is the last track on this CD ( Read more... )

Fortunately things are fine. Am in the process of applying for jobs and have been rejected for one that exploits a loophole in the minimum wage legislation but which I applied for because Mum told me to, pretty much. So, so glad I was rejected. Yes, that sounds surreal. Yes, it's still true.

Thanks to brigbother are in order - I spotted his link to his ( Read more... )

Occasionally, I have idly thought to myself 'I need an arranger'. This thought is due to the fact that I'm pretty good at writing lyrics, and not that bad at writing melodies, but not at all knowledgable regarding what different instruments do, etc etc. - the kind of knowledge arrangers live on ( Read more... )

The first discussion on my LJ was based around the following quotation:

'Theoretical knowledge is a necessary condition in creative activities.'I'm not so sure it's necessary. On a very simple level, you can be creative without consciously knowing theory. Certainly this is true of stream-of-consciousness free verse poetry, and perhaps art as well ( Read more... )

I'm going to start adding a series of discussions into this LJ. Essentially they will usually be discussions based around a quotation, which may be well-known or else one of my own pearls of negligible wisdom. Hopefully this will get you talking! :)

First one then:

'Theoretical knowledge is a necessary condition in creative activities.'

Discuss.

( Read more... )