This is the final week before the hand-in, so the main thing this week has been getting everything up to scratch. The appraisal was something that I was struggling with a bit until I made the realisation of what it could be, and instead of making it about me personally (my practice) I made it centered around something that I actually wanted to do after Uni which was re-convert the Metal center by my house in Liverpool into an experimental music venue, since it has had really sparsely littered experimental music shows that kind of have slowed down completely, and I would love to keep going by bringing the Northern scene I am frequently visiting Newcastle to see down to Liverpool alongside my friends from Netlabels who I’ve been pestering to play there for a while. It is located within Edge Hill Train Station and has occasionally Sound Arts related work on like Sound Walks around the area and the like, but a few years ago these Noise adjacent shows were happening that I wanted to continue the routine of within my circle of artists, since it not only allows me to get over people from outside the UK to play music, but encourages those locally to participate and create within a time that I think it is especially important. The only other proper experimental specialist music venue is also in that area, but it is a private affair since they are running it out of their house. I would like to make it public and inviting for people, as there was nothing really happening around the time I was getting into it as a kid.

After university, it is apparent that what I like doing creatively is generally not so profitable, and I discovered that it is fine since it is actually very malleable, and through my studies, I have found that it embodies far more than I initially thought. I like the Sound Tech side of things as I generally enjoy sound, so it would be most appropriate to be doing either studio or live sound as these are commerical applications for that love, and I like curating music, and helping my friend put on some events in Manchester and doing the sound at his events has made me realise I could be seriously putting on music events, since there is especially now a lot more happening in the Northern England scene than there was while I was getting into this music, it is a great opportunity to insert myself more and put on people that I want to be seeing and make Liverpool a location for this kind of esoteric interest.

I overhauled the site with everything new, since the album project I was working on just released for Bandcamp Friday, and I got back the video for my performance, I added the links and write-ups for those projects. It is looking pretty nice, I am quite confident about the hand in that it is in a good spot and that I can focus on the Manchester date for the set I have been working on for my portfolio project, which I’m playing on the 6th. I’m very happy with the reception of the album so far, as I’m getting lots of positive feedback (I got enough money from it to pay for the travel to Manchester, which is nice). I have been told by my friend who stayed over with me that the CD box set needs more work so I have decided to take that off of what I am handing in, I personally like it but I am thinking for a “professional” portfolio it should be focused wholly on the music, since that is definitely the strongest point, and the physical package would drag it down if executed like it is now. After the hand-in, I will most likely sell some of the boxes to people and make enough in time for the Silver Dove show in Poland at the end of the month.

I think everything is up to scratch. I was stressed out about this since it’s so close to the other hand-in and the show which I’m mainly focusing on, but because they are so joint at the hip, it has been smooth and is looking good. The site will be useful for a professional-looking presentation of my work, and what I have made recently is definitely the best my stuff has sounded, hopefully ever.