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2021 Update
So we’re still here, still trying to dodge the virus and attempt to make work where we can. I was incredibly lucky in 2020 to be in a position to diversify in to video recordings and stills photography, ending up filming a far bit of video content for some excellent projects both in music and […]
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What will we be doing this autumn?
Working in live sound and primarily in the funded arts, the future, even post-virus, is obviously uncertain – with many superbly talented and kind colleagues (artists and engineers) looking for alternative careers and sources of income as well as institutions and companies uncertain of their future viability. Like many people, I suspect, I’ve taken a […]
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Lockdown Update
With much of the future of the arts uncertain it seems like the time to think about other ways in which we can reach audiences. As a result I’m adding a high quality, full HD video live streaming package to the existing live sound and recording packages available to clients. This could be a live […]
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History in Surround, Record Breaking and New Toys
A new addition to my PA hire stock, Soundcraft Vi1. This year so far has been nothing if not varied. It started with stage managing the beautiful Mizmorim festival of Jewish chamber music in Basel, Switzerland (the Doric Quartet were a complete revelation). Moving straight on from that, I went in to touring a project reworking Broadside Ballads, […]
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Going with Múm to Iceland
About 3 times a year I have the pleasure of tour managing Kronos Quartet .This November I will be joining them for their trip to perform with Icelandic band Múm in Reykjavik. I remember buying Summer Make Good when I was a student in its beautiful packaging. Looking forward to meeting them for the first time […]
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Mallorca to Aldershot, Summer 2016
(Photo courtesy of Tammy Bedford) This summer has been wet, busy and interesting in equal measure. Production managing Mark Anderson’s intense and excellent show Furious Folly (https://www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/furious-folly/) in Oxford (the wet bit) led in to Production Managing Proms at St. Jude’s festival in North London. Proms raises between £50,000 and £60,000 each year for two […]
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April: Kronos Quartet in France and Turkey
April was mostly a small tour with the Kronos Quartet. As ever the programmes were fantastic, I find out about so much interesting music from Kronos, Nicole Lizée for one but also Mary Kouyoumdjian whose Bombs of Beirut is utterly moving and thought provoking. In Arras I found some lovely sounds – appropriate after working […]
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March: mostly Audiograft!
So Audiograft is over for another year. The helium has been returned, and the installations taken down. Glass tubes have been posted back to Japan. Working as Production Manager was really rewarding and there was great stuff as always, but this time the highlights for me were Arno Fabre‘s ‘Cloche’ (our six-year-olds were fascinated, and […]
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A Trip to Oslo
I’ve just come back from 3 days in Oslo, thanks to the endless contact book and contagious enthusiasm of Fiona Talkington (Radio 3 Late Junction, Scene Norway, etc. etc.) and also the kind support of the Norwegian Embassy in London. The trip centred around seeing Garth Knox and Unni Løvlid perform their (very) new and […]
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Walking (a long way) for music
Some pictures of our walk this month: I walked 100 miles from Oxford to London, in aid of the Ark-T Centre and its music projects. We were mostly sustained by tea and B&B breakfasts, but sometimes there was…
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