Part of the fun of working in live music is the variety and unpredictability it inevitably brings. Great as that may be, my bosses recently set up a training day for me and my colleagues using some of the mixing desks likely to be installed on future client contracts. We spent the day getting our geek on, and these were my top three.
Helen McCookerybook / Dr. Helen Reddington a musician in the British Punk movement to academic and teacher, to a solo musician, author, and filmmaker. Helen is an ambassador for telling women’s stories.
For the first time I’ve experienced, being a woman in music seems to be supported, encouraged, and has positively impacted me – on a much smaller scale of course!
Delia was a musical pioneer, a unique lady with a sharp sense of humour, humility and an unbridled passion for creating. The story of her contribution to the world has not taken up space as prominently as it should.
Life has a funny way of evolving and taking us on a different path than we might have ever expected. When I reflect on the dreams I had as a teenager, for example, there have been some that were smashed and excitedly crossed off the bucket list, and others that teenage me could never have foreseen