#teamaustraliaUnmoderated tagAll postsTrending CommunitiesSplinterlandsHIVE CN 中文社区Scrobble.lifeWorldmappinActifitSnapsBlack And WhitePhotography LoversHive FoodHive LearnersGEMSTown SquareExplore Communities...#teamaustraliaTrendingHotNewPayoutsMutedbengy (79)in Music • 15 hours agoTurn Skipped... Like most double musician households... there is generally an unspoken agreement that equipment purchases happen in turns... even though that probably still puts me at a…bengy (79)in Silver Gold Stackers • 2 days agoYay, Raffle Prize!One of the things that I look forward to is the #silvergoldstackers raffles... the giant ones that pop up every now and then... and the randomish little ones as well! And…bengy (79)in LeoFinance • 7 days agoTax time... Oh tax time is upon us over here... I'd been putting off doing too much on it until the most recent batch of concerts was done... and now that it is, I'm collecting receipts and…bengy (79)in TravelFeed • 11 days agoNewcastle Conservatorium of Music: Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA There are quite a few smaller place around Australia (and the world...) where I could swear that I've never played in.bengy (79)in Music • 14 days agoThat isn't acoustic!!!My wife recently bought a full sized 88 key keyboard to be able to practice whilst she is travelling... she often has lots of stuff to learn, and sometimes being away can be…bengy (79)in Music • 23 days agoWhistling string... It has been a while (a few months...) since I changed the second highest string (d string) on my Baroque Viola... it is one of these strings where the guage (diameter) of the gut…bengy (79)in Hive Diy • 26 days agoFixing up a Mazda CX5 Key FobI've been meaning to fix up my Mazda key fob for a couple of months... part of the housing had fallen apart and I have no idea where it is. I just know that one morning, I pulled…bengy (79)in Music • 27 days agoNew batch of loaner Baroque BowsAfter our little mini-festival, we ended up selling a few of our loaner bows... these are the cheaper factory bows that we lend out to people who play with us as apprentices, in…bengy (79)in Music • last month2027 Main Concert Dates Locked!Unsplash Phew... honestly, one of the most stressful times in running a small music ensemble is the year planning for the coming year. As a smaller fish, you have to dodge…bengy (79)in Music • last monthPrepping instruments for mixed pitch concertAhhhh... the joys of doing Early Music. In the Baroque era, there were many different pitches all across Europe for the A reference pitch.... generally, they were just whatever…bengy (79)Hive Gardener in Australiain HiveGarden • last monthGardening, Window Cleaning, and Tyre-ingPhew... we finally have a bit of time do some chores around the house... an unusual week, but we have this week and next where both of our work is a little less hectic! That…nurseanne84 (69)in #diyhub • 2 months agoStackedI had been experimenting with interactive figurines lately.Unfortunately,my last experiment-where I am attempting to make clay behave like paper failed. This one is inspired by…bengy (79)in Music • 2 months agoMusic and AIUnsplash There is a bit of a buzz and consternation amongst creatives about the threat of AI on our jobs and industries, and for some parts of our sector... AI is most…bengy (79)Hive Gardener in Australiain HiveGarden • 2 months agoCatching up... Aaaargh... the most annoying thing about gardens is the lack of a pause button when you get too busy to spend some time on general garden upkeep. Sure, we have now slowly…bengy (79)in LeoFinance • 2 months agoEnd of Financial Year Non-Profit ReportingUnsplash Aaaaahhh... the joys of the non-music side of running a music ensemble. Our group is set up as a incorporated non-profit which enjoys the benefits of a cultural…bengy (79)in LeoFinance • 2 months agoSelling bows???So, a while back I was searching around for a good general-purpose Baroque violin bow... and there was a colleague who had a couple of bows sent to him from a Brazilian bowmaker.…nurseanne84 (69)in DIYHub • 2 months agoDecorating my dashboardAs a part of my experiments, I decided to decorate my planners with polymer clay. The idea came in when I saw figures made out of quilling papers used as dashboard and I was…bengy (79)in Music • 2 months agoBig Box of Dead Tree Music!Living in Australia, on the other side of the planet from Europe has certain challenges for my job... the primary problem is the lack of specialist period instrument and bow…holoz0r (77)in Rant, Complain, Talk • 2 months agoThe little things that breakIn seven days, the electricity companies will collude to bring down the usage rates of power. They see this as an absolute win for consumers. The rhetoric is excellent news for…bengy (79)in LeoFinance • 2 months agoDonor Season... Unsplash It is June... and it is my most hated season in the arts organisation calender. So, with the end of financial year approaching all the big orgs are doing their…
