beat

Author: richard

  • The ballad of Jessie Dredge, or Stay the fuck at home

    —

    by

    richard
    in , ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 41 Some stories seem tailor made for a country song: This one could be called The Ballad of Jessie Dredge. Related:

  • Counting the lucky stars

    —

    by

    richard
    in , ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 40 It was another slow day. Some editing, some voiceover work. Some editing of zoom meetings. Reflecting a lot though on an email from overseas and how differently the lockdown is being handled around the world. The Moscow Times says Russia’s curve is climbing steadily: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/05/03/coronavirus-in-russia-the-latest-news-may-3-a69117 The curve is looking exponential. Russia confirmed 10,633…

  • Rain and fire

    —

    by

    richard
    in , ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 38 We have decided we’re going to enter the competition. One old song, one new. SO spent some time figuring out the new song’s structure, chords, phrases, that kind of thing. It’s funny to look at work that way, like the editing process it’s a different skill set and outcome you’re working…

  • A new month

    —

    by

    richard
    in , , ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 37 Work, admin, a drive, a drink over a zoom call and the first day of New Zealand Music Month. It will be very much online this year, so that will be interesting. Also there is a competition – could be fun:

  • It happened again

    —

    by

    richard
    in , ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 36 Here I am three days in the future looking back… A busy day, tidying up loose ends, admin, nothing special

  • The days go slow, the weeks go fast

    —

    by

    richard
    in ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 35 I was talking to a friend today and we were both feeling a bit dislocated. Because we are working from home, we have what feels like much longer days. Domestic tasks are mixed in with professional tasks; house language and office language are blurring. You do some work, then oput on…

  • Or is it level down?

    —

    by

    richard
    in , ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 34 Who can tell any more? It’s Level 3, anyway. It was a slow day. Work meetings got postponed, so I did some audio editing, some coding and other tasks. Lots of things are in the nearly finished pile. Made a bit of a plan for the month ahead. Already the city…

  • Time to level up?

    —

    by

    richard
    in ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 33 Here it was, the last day of Level 4. Not much will be different of course, but we’ll probably feel better. It was a Monday, the Anzac Day holiday, so it was a cruisy day. Mow the lawns, talk to the nighbour, forget what I was was meant to be doing…

  • A birthday in the bubble

    —

    by

    richard
    in , , ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 32 I think we celebrated pretty well! A leisurely day, and good practice for a certain date in the future. Slow, but not languid.

  • A stand at dawn

    —

    by

    richard
    in , , ,

    Anzac Day 2020 We don’t usually go to the official services on Anzac Day – while we commemorate, we don’t celebrate. Don’t get me wrong, I am eternally grateful to those who served and fell, the pomp and ceremony isn’t my cup of tea. This year we did. We all got up and stood at…

  • A walk at sunset

    —

    by

    richard
    in , ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 30

  • Blurring timelines

    —

    by

    richard
    in ,

    Coronavirus lockdown day 29 The timelines are blurring. It could be one day, or another. The days go slow, the year goes fast. It was the first of times, it was the last of times.