TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Tuesday, August 2, 2005

11:18 PM
Posted by jodi rose

ok so maybe I'm being a little disingenuous - even if I was leading the kind of decadent lush bohemian life you may imagine (and maybe I am, this could all be an elaborate double-bind) - I wouldn't write about it here. Unlike the nanny blog quoted in this weekends paper, I don't feel the need to share intimate personal details with the world.
Apart from the fact that my family reads this, and possibly funding bodies and other professionally affiliated invidivuals - I don't think that anything I may or may not do in the personal realm is actually relevant to anyone other than myself and the other person involved.
So rest assured, you won't be subjected to any more information than is elegantly required of polite company.
today is the day of unfamiliar memories, not quite reminiscing.
ran into someone at cafe giulia this morning whom I know from somewhere, but have no idea where or how or who he is. very frustrating. that intangible memory that doesn't quite fit.
then walking around sydney uni quadrangle, the bellringers played 'blue moon' on the bells the other morning, today I could tell they were playing a tune but had no idea what it was.

doing my best to get the financial affairs in order - julaine told me to stay in my room without leaving until I'd done my tax - but was fatally dstracted by email and spent 3 hours writing and researching in response to the latest news from my international bridge cohorts.
ah well, it's all for a good cause.

damian rang and gave me details about his and solange's cd launch next week, reminded me the apra independent record labels thing was on tonight, so thought I'd better attend. It was just up the road at the seymour centre, with free drinks and nibbles - always a bonus for the starving artist. really glad I did end up going along, lots of interesting perspectives on the panel, from endorphin to charlie chan, the president of air and various other luminaries from the australian music scene. recurring message was the diy ethic of career longevity over 'fame' (evanescent, risky and ultimately not worth the energy or financial investment to achieve), and the idea that as an independent artist you get to drive your own career and not perform to anyone else's expectations. always good to be in a room full of people going through similar experiences, remember that you are not alone. it seems that I'm in no danger of being exploited as a commodity just yet. did some good networking chatting to people afterwards, one of the indie publishing label execs looked at my cd and said 'you're crazy'... but ina good way. gave me lots of ideas and impetus for taking action to build on this fine work and connect to a supply and demand chain. scary, huh. corporate speak. ah lordy exposure. it's not all they promised it would be. :)
you know how to find me.

planning fantastic adventures in midi interface bridge instrument building and raving bridge animations. there just isn't enough time in the day. thinking about cloning myself. again. bring on genetic enginering. oh ok I know there are ethical issues and morally I'm opposed to the whole thing, but could I at least have an assistant??!!