Here’s a thought: Who you think you are is not who you are because who you think you are is a thought. Think about that for a minute. What is a thought? It’s an idea. Vision boards, mission statements, letters from the future and goals are all well and good. Then you take your first [...]
Have you ever embarked on a well-intentioned journey only to take a detour? Often we find ourselves embarking on a journey in life only to seemingly never get there. We have grand plans with specific destinations in mind and vision boards to help us visualise what we would like to achieve. Yet, like a boat [...]
Musicians, have you ever made money from playing a gig online? Jordan Reyne has. Hailed by New Zealand’s National Radio as the pioneer of a new sound, Jordan’s music has been variously described as “Celtic industrial”, “Folk noir” and “Antipodean steam-punk” – imagine the trouble that causes on websites when you have to find her [...]
From the moment you wake up to the moment you crash out again do you think about, experience, listen to and consider sound? We can’t touch it but we know it’s there. It changes us and it makes us feel certain things. Sound moves us It can scare us. It can make us happy. It [...]
Evelyn Glennie is a unique musician. Not just because she is a Grammy-winning percussionist and the first person in musical history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist. Not just because she has worked with Bjork, Julian Lloyd Weber and Sir James Galway. And then become a commander of the [...]
Remember You’ll Be Dead Soon Too ‘Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, [...]
