I’ve been increasingly preoccupied with trying to work out how to continue composing while I’m on a contract, without either neglecting my commitment to my employers or doing without sleep or living with permanent neck and shoulder pain, and have yet to come up with a good answer, so this evening I posted a question on the spnm forum asking people who work full-time how they maintain their composing activity or, if they’re not working full-time, what option are they taking instead and how is that working out for them. It’ll be interesting to see the answers (if any). Hope I do get one or two…

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Interesting reading about the phase gate thingy he built himself – an intriguing concept. Didn’t get much read today though because I didn’t get a lunch hour and then fell asleep on the train. Not that I consider these decent excuses, mind you…

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