Another update. This month i was featured in the wonderful 'in touch' magazine with a nice interview about teaching and playing drums for a living. I will also have an advertisement in the 'reel cinema' movie guide so watch out for that. Also i am now involved in a special offer with RST Music shop in Newark where anyone spending £50.00 or over on drum equipment will receive a voucher giving them a free drum lesson worth £20.00 with myself. I think this will be a great opportunity for me to meet more of the local people interested in drums and drumming and hopefully be able to give them a good start or some good advice for more advanced players.
In other news it's been a busy month through November and I've had a weird month where it seems everything is breaking on me and trying to make my life difficult. My printer, which i managed to fix after two weeks, my phone, which is currently being repaired and my laptop which took three weeks to locate the right screen to fix it. You don't realise how much, as a modern musician, you completely rely on technology to work the way you do. From writing out charts, to learning songs, to writing and emailing lessons, organising rehearsals and gigs to contacting companies to advertise your business and making posters and fliers. It's all done on my trusty laptop and even updating the website and social networking that goes with advertising all requires a laptop or phone.
Throughout December i'm going to be keeping busy rehearsing with a new band that i can't say anything about until next year as well as playing with Mask of Infamy and teaching. I am going to hopefully write out as many lessons as possible because next year is already shaping up to be really busy and i can't wait!
Cheers JJ
Saturday 4 December 2010
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