Hello and welcome to a brand new blog. This Blog takes over from one that I have written over the course of a year whilst fronting a Dance Band. After 12 years of fronting the Band I have decided to concentrate on my Trombone playing and sit back within the Band. My resignation only went in this week so I am still going to be finding my feet for a few months yet.
My close friends know how much it has taken to stand in front of a Band. It is a lonely place out there, especially when it goes wrong. However many years ago I decided I would try and create something a little different for the Band, to set them apart from the rest. I got the Band to agree to wear full USA uniform ,added some choreography and audience participation and told a few jokes. Spent hours and hours on the Internet making contacts and gathering new material, and purchased hundreds of joke books. (But only a few jokes were workable and some not as I once found out to my cost)
The Band is now the busiest on the circuit. Job done. You know in yourself though when you have gone far enough with a project. I knew this over 2 years ago, but thanks to some Muppet causing trouble, I stayed on until the Band settled again. What I could not do in my last blog was talk about my job and music as honestly as I would have liked, so hopefully in this new blog I can be totally honest about myself and my life. Writing things down can be very therapeutic and you can learn things about yourself. My Trombone playing at this time, for me at least, is under par. My outlook on life has changed radically after losing a close friend a year ago. Being an undertaker is also at the other end of the emotional scale as well. I have seen some things that you may never see in your worst nightmares. However keep reading as I give you an honest insight into how I think and how the job and music affect my life. This Blog wont be daily as the last blog, as it is to time consuming and I have other projects that have been on the back boiler that I want to have a go at. So for now welcome to post one!!!
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