Phew! Thanks for the responses to last week’s Steemi Basic Income Giveaway! I had lots of interesting responses and conversations from lots of different perspectives! I was struggling (in a good way) to keep up with the amount of informed and intelligent replies, so thanks again! However, I think that […]
This is my submission for the [Pay it forward Curation contest](https://steemit.com/payitforward/@pifc/week-19-pay-it-forward-curation-contest-92fbc29bace4cest) run by @thedarkhorse and @pifc. There are some weeks when I am actively hunting around for people to feature (always trying to keep an eye out for authors that haven’t had much exposure yet, and not been on the […]
https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQgdKBYt2WqqK4iNvDmFsZHUJfu9t62Hz1JxHAwJ7SyoB/thealliance_pagebreak.png # Opening Ramble Well, between being a father with limited gaming time and a huge backlog of Steam games (which keeps getting longer with every month with my subscription to the Humble Bundle monthly), I’ve only just recently started the latest installment in the Deus Ex series. At the […]
Mozart (1756 – 1791) is the most recognisable name in the area of Classical Music, with his music being sterotypically light, witty and relatively easy to understand from a modern perspective. His greatest contributions to music are (in my opinion) the wide range of comic operas, but he made huge […]
When we think of childhood musical prodigies, the name that springs to mind is Mozart. However, there was another… Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). In fact there were comparisons between him and Mozart by none other than Goethe, in a conversation with Zeller. > “Musical prodigies … are probably no longer so […]
[Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/FwF_fKj5tBo) This is my submission for the Archdruid gaming community contest: [Describe your Dream Game](https://steemit.com/archdruidcontest/@enjar/contest-describe-your-dream-game) run by @enjar. https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQgdKBYt2WqqK4iNvDmFsZHUJfu9t62Hz1JxHAwJ7SyoB/thealliance_pagebreak.png # Opening Ramble Wow! The idea of designing a the framework of a dream game is the every gamer’s dream! How often do we criticise the choices of the developers of […]
[Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/jBohRHjmLeo) There are some days that go off the plan so much, that the best you can do is to just motor on and try and reach your goal… perhaps cutting down that goal to just a single one of get to a bed before midnight somewhere in the city […]
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was an Argentine composer of tango music and Classical music inspired by Argentinian tango music. He lived and died in Argentina, but did a good deal of his formative studies in Paris, and it was his mission to bring the Argentinian tango out from the bordellos and […]
[Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/1KdD2iBlnRI) Beginning a music project with an unknown group can be a bit nerve racking at times. I guess it is human nature, you are entering a group where the other people already know each other, or have played with each other many times and you are entering as a […]
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was one of the leading composers of the 20th century. Hailing from Russia (which later became the Soviet state), he spent a good deal of his formative time in the United States, Germany and France. He was known as a concert pianist, however, in his later years […]