Realising what I have Done since being back in Manchester.

I came back to Manchester the last week of August, I went to Leeds on the weekend of Leeds festival, to see some friends played Pinyata Heard Radiohead in the distance, a good day had by all.

Then I Handed out C.V's to all the bars and places I would like to work, avoiding corporate industries like Primark or supermarkets, as being Bi-polar I would rather put my head in an oven(ok that was slightly dramatic.

I have been writing about 4 poems a day some days I'll write like 20 "epic"poems some days none, but when I don't write I get really depressed. So when I'm going on walks to clear my head, or getting the bus I save my thoughts and song ideas as text messages, then when I'm home I will figure out how to edit them make good songs out of them, I played a few open mics whilst job hunting and recording demo's and doodling, and entered a competition to do art work for a band I like called TEN BEARS.

http://www.myspace.com/tenbearsmusic

My artwork is in the final four of the competition.

I went to some meetings about Free for Arts Festival and practiced with Dafydd and James on some very noisy idea's.
 www.freeforartsfestival.co.uk

Also Did some work with Gesampt collective, which is James, Daf and some other Interactive Arts Students, friends all sorts.
http://www.ges.freei.me/

I have recently been working for OXJAM, doing promotional busking and a PR launch and I will be performing on Sunday 25th October 2009. In Various venues in Northern Quarter.

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise/oxjam/aud_event.php?ref=3870&back=aud_search_results.php%3Fday%3D25%26month%3DOct%26year%3D2009%26range%3D3%26event%3D%26postcode%3DM14%2B5JT%26venue%3D%26region%3D%26genres%3D%26types%3D%26offset%3D0

Its been "IN THE CITY" music conference, and I didn't get chosen to play, when I applied I wasn't ready I know that now, I have been doing all sorts of mingling with bands and a couple of promoters, and giving CD's to bands I'm friends with so I can get some slots at gigs.


http://www.inthecity.co.uk/showscreen.php?site_id=30&screentype=site&screenid=30

I went to a lot of the free fringe events, and as soon as I ran out of Demo's I bumped in to Huw Stephens outside Midland Hotel, I'll send him a CD when its good and radio ready and remind him who I am a good press pack, pretty photo of me etc.

I am going on holiday to Cornwall, to see family and whilst I'm there shall go to some galleries, take a lot of photo's that reminds me today I need to buy a camera, I will interview a couple of artists as cornwall is where all the modern artists go to retire.

Lovely stuff, now off to lectures seminars tutorials, busy tuesdays.