Today is my first day without the safety blanket (or security cushion, or some such) of a teacher's salary. My freelance writing career needs to flourish once more and I'm on the case this morning to ensure that it does so.
Ventured. Gained.
Today is the day for renewing contacts and pursuing all avenues to find creative and interesting work that will pay the mortgage, the bills and satisfy my intellect.
The only way to start this new stage of my life is with a quote from Oscar Wilde: "On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure."
Big Wade and Black Swan Theory collectively blends funk, soul, jazz and everything that fills the cracks between those genres: his new album - Piano Man - on all major streaming platforms ahead of the Piano Man Tour 2024 , which has dates across the US. Piano Man brings a selection of original and covers, including a stunning version of Autumn Leaves , which reinvents the song as the funky, electronic Autumn . Big Wade's voice takes the song's melody and improvises around and around, with backing vocals and a deliberately sparse arrangement underpinning the song. Similarly, on Children of the Ghetto , the lead and backing vocals blend in with the soulful musicians of Black Swan Theory. Electronics are used with dexterity, often expanding the vocal lines, as in the ethereal and ghostly opening of Don't Let Me Go . However, the tools never dominate - simply adding depth and layers to the funk. Never more than when Big Wade enters a new world in Interludes , including vocals...
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