Time for a change

I’ve a few musical surprises up my sleeve. Having most firmly left my last efforts behind, my diary has become much busier and could well become full if things work out as intended. Dozens of gigs. Fingers crossed, eh?

The support of my friends and colleagues in this business is something I value beyond measure. Whilst I’ve always worked very hard at using every skill I have to ensure the success of whichever project I’m involved with (and some friends say I should do less, which may be right so that’s the future) it seems clear that certain efforts were never going to bear fruit.

We can’t avoid the inevitable, we can’t be sure of anything unless everyone involved is on the same page, and they weren’t. Not even in the same room. I wanted to build a professional show with regular gigs. They wanted an occasional “knees-up” . Enough said.

As one wise friend has made clear both personally and professionally, “We’re all in this together” or we’re not in it at all.

Over the next couple of months, I’ll be learning an extensive new repertoire of about 25 songs, building back up to a full performing schedule, and I’ll be doing some unexpected stuff.

I’m looking forward to seeing some old friends again after a long time, as I whizz around performing busily again in theatres and venues I haven’t seen for half a decade. Can’t wait.