What does the future hold? (November 19th 2010)

We're mid-November and we're getting to that time of year when I worry that I won't be able to sustain enough income throughout the winter to continue working as a musician. My guitarist friend, Diego, told me the other day to "trust in life", which is what I will try to do: For so long as I can remember, I've firmly believed that if I work hard things will happen for me. Last month was about establishing a new work and practise schedule revolving primarily around doing something 'different' ie/ songwriting, composing, and getting back into my poetry writing again. I've managed to make a productive start on all of these fronts and now that the weather is mostly too rough for busking, I will continue concentrating on my own work with a view to developing it when I go over to Paris in March next year (hopefully this will be a good way of getting together a new crop of musicians to work with).

Bass, Bone & Blue at The Grand, Brighton