Author Archives: tom
Review of High Tide Festival
On the 6th May I went to the Hightide Festival with Emrys to watch “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs”, performed by Mike Daisey. As we approached the venue I was underwhelmed with it’s appearance. The building looked rather dilapidated, in contrast to the costal town of Halesworth. However, looks can indeed be deceiving because upon entering … Continue reading
The Wider Arts Sector
Whilst getting involved in the wider arts sector is an important part of Arts Award I also see it as an opportunity to represent the Olympic values through striving for excellence. By getting to experience more events and developing myself through this experience I hope to “excel” at consulting and representing views of my peers … Continue reading
Resources
I have included a list of resources that I created for the event, including staff rotas, running orders, and signs to direct people. I have also included the questionnaire, which will be the basis for my feedback. Staff Lanyard Workshop Meeting Point Poster Questionnaire Photography Warning Participation Release Form Human Resources Management Guest Lanyard … Continue reading
Culmination of a lot of practice
I know I should have probably uploaded videos of me learning and practising these songs, but to be honest i haven’t had time. Instead, I thought if I just outlined the process of learning then maybe it would count. For most of them I just went online and found the tabliture, and supported that music … Continue reading
Reviewing Mix N Blend
“One of the biggest events in Bury this year” is how I explained it to friends when asked what is was going to be, and I would say that it was an accurate description. We sold 248 tickets for the evening event alone. The workshops were booked to capacity, so we expanded them by an … Continue reading
The event
Due to the high quality pictures we took of the day, I am unable to upload them to WordPress. Instead, I have uploaded them to a private album on G+, which can be viewed below. https://plus.google.com/photos/109582196314337853447/albums/5728254649553600113?authkey=CMXO0s6HycDASw Videos of Performances
Interview with Joe Craig
A couple of weeks ago I managed to persuade musician, author, script writer and all round nice person Joe Craig to let me round his house to interview him – Baring in mind we have never met, or even spoken much before hand, I felt this in itself was an achievement, but I digress…. So, … Continue reading
Event Update
A lot has happened since the last update, with the residential coming and going, as well as emails bouncing between the key stakeholders with the goal of finalising as much as possible before Christmas. With the AA RDC away until Christmas, so in essence new year, we have lost some potentially useful input, but it … Continue reading
The Will to Death cover
As I explain in the video, this is a spur of the moment performance. I used to be able to play it better, but it had been so long I was partially learning it again inbetween recordings. The finished piece is OK, but could be improved by better recording equipment, more time and more patience, … Continue reading
Hardest Button to Button review post
So… You have now seen the culmination of weeks work in the form of a video marred by poor singing. But what has been learnt so far? It is a very different experience playing with a drummer. Before, when I played solo, or with another guitarist, variation to the beats, or timing or strums didn’t … Continue reading