Browsing archives for January, 2009

My Promotional Material

Expanding Work, Pictures, Trumpet Kit 30 January 2009 3 Comments

I’ve finally got all the big pieces of my promotional package finished. It feels like it’s taken a long time to get to this point largely due to my procrastinating last year. In reality though, it’s all been done within a month so it’s not bad at all.
I put this post under Trumpet Kit because [...]

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Charlie Brooker – Genius!

TV 28 January 2009 1 Comment

Over the weekend I took myself 200 miles away from the capital to visit Manchester. It was fellow Eurobusker; Chris Lydon’s birthday and we all turned up at Chris’s flat at lunchtime which left us with the dilemma of what to do for the day???
The answer? Spend it watching Black Adder and YouTube.
As you may [...]

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When Music Catches Your Ear

Audio of Matt Roberts, My Studio 24 January 2009 0 Comments

I think that you would agree that music can be an amazing thing. It can make you feel certain emotions or make you recall memories and when you’re a musician yourself it can create even more for you.
I listen to an eclectic mix of music and am very guilty of listening to the stuff I [...]

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Abu Dhabi Diary, Part 2

Career, Pictures, Professional Friends 23 January 2009 0 Comments

After arriving in Abu Dhabi we met the ” It Girls”. A 13-piece dance troop who had flown out with us, but until we got there a lot of us didn’t realize this. All blonde, all attractive and all of them were very aware of it.
It transpired that the girls weren’t overly social with the [...]

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Trumpet Microphones

Pictures, Trumpet Kit 22 January 2009 6 Comments

Since I’ve been doing more and more stage work which requires a microphone I’ve been thinking about investing in a decent wireless trumpet microphone. However this brings up a whole load of other questions; what type of mic should I be looking at? Is it worth the price they are currently going for (pound Vs [...]

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