I doodle a lot and I love it! I like also life drawing. I love colours, as in oil paints, and watercolours. also acrylic. Anything. I would like to give myself more time to get more expert in technique. I seem to do painting or drawing in short spurts. I need to improve my ability to stay focussed.
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Version for April 2022
Project (1) To draw together the musical compositions and performances which are lying dormant in my computer system, and publish these on a newly-created YouTube channel. I have a body of material that is choro music arranged for piano, accordion and saxophone. This will consist of audio recordings my me and my collaborator, with artwork by me. I need to do quite a lot of re-recording of my parts, and reviewing and revising my arrangements. I don't have a timeline for this project at present. I could say 12 months. It depends on the time required by several unrelated projects.— This is where I seriously need help with prioritising and time allocation.
Project (2) To create a body of songs written and performed by me, with accompaniment of keyboard, accordion, violin and where appropriate audio plugin sounds. I have completed one, and I would like to aim for, say, ten, over the coming year. Again, the target is the same YouTube channel, audio only, and with my artwork for the visual part.
The reason why I want to do Project (1) is so as bring my compositional work to life, to give it an audience, and, you could say, to start a dialogue with the world out there.
The reason for doing project (2) is to prove that I can write songs, and to see if I can harness my skills as poet and musician to make something very special.
