The nature of a musician's work
One of the things a love about the nature of a musician's work is its variety, and the changeable nature of day to day life.
For a girl who's always looking for a new adventure it's the perfect job.
For many musicians, there's different bands to play in, different countries to see, different projects on the go.
For me the complexity of the job comes into how many different strands my solo work has; first and foremost singing and playing, writing, composing, practising and arranging, co-ordinating musicians for gigs, organising gigs, recording and producing CD's, organising CD design, manufacture, label paperwork, distribution, CD orders, the website, mailouts, the myspace, promotion, advertising, managing the funds to pay for it all... you can see why I love my list making!
Of course, the amount of work in each area comes in fluxes, mainly depending on whether there's a new CD in process, or if I'm focusing my time on a busy gig schedule.
Whatever's going on, there's always deadline dates at the end of each tunnel, and at the moment the destination is Cambridge Folk Festival.
I've been involved with the festival's young peoples' area, The Hub, for eight years now which is great fun, but this year I'll be playing on both Mainstage and Stage 2.
Myself and many of the musicians who played on the new album In The Shadow of Mountains will be celebrating the CD launch all weekend.
And I really can't express how excited I am.
More on that next time I think.
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