I have a habit with social media of scrolling and bookmarking. Its instinctive. There is no bookmarking strategy as such. I only really noticed I did it around February 2020. As it’s the end of the year I figured I’d take a look at the tweets I’ve bookmarked. This selection isn’t trying to be representative…
If it’s good enough for Fiona Maddocks (link at the bottom of this post) it’s good enough for this blog. I started the year wanting to explore what the music was that I connected with and, importantly, figure out why. The list that follows is a summary – the highlights – of my musical year.…
Things that linger at Twixtmas.
There’s joy to be derived from experiences shared in close proximity to others.
Three hours in Oxford and momentarily it was like COVID hadn’t happened.
Kudos to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for stepping up to the plate and releasing their digital ticket sales figures for their Autumn 2020 season: a useful benchmark which can help producers get a sense of what defines success in the digital realm. The near-16,000 digital tickets sold for twelve concerts is impressive because it has…