Money is on my mind! My start up S.H.A.K.E Works isn't profitable...YET. In the meantime, bills for day to day life need to be paid. This is how I'm doing it. It may give you some ideas on what you could do if you're thinking of starting your own company.

The majority of support I get from my business (engagement and income) is from outside the UK. This trend, along with the content I’m creating and music online communities I’m involved in, is making me think about how clear my speaking is to make myself understood. After reflecting on this, I realise I’ve got some work to do! Here’s why……

As I continue to freelance alongside building my start up company S.H.A.K.E Works, I’ve just started delivering a project to 8 -11 year olds to help them make their own songs ready to perform at Halloween this year! I’ve enjoyed it more than other community music projects I’ve previously done. Here’s why……

After looking at the analytics for my website as well as learning a few things from books I’m learning from at the moment, I decided I need to update my landing page…but it’s veeeeeeery hard. Here’s what I’m doing.

I’ve survived my first year of being freelance! As expected, many ups and downs, trying to make sense of it all. Here’s me attempting to summarise some key things I’ve learnt so far

I’m not well, there is no annual leave, a few days of not building my business is going to set me back a long time…f***. That is what my gut reaction was when I started throwing up (lol), but it actually turned out to be a good thing. Here’s how… Follow me: Twitter Instagram

A hard thing to admit…I’ve been lazy! I used to say I hate writing and after coming across an amazing blog by David C. Baker I realise I need to write more to deepen the understanding of my craft. This is what I mean… Follow me: Twitter Instagram

I've readjusted my working habits to be specific about including reflecting time, something I felt guilty about at first but feels good to do. Here's how it's helping me.

Been working hard but absent on Social Media for a bit, which for a small business in it’s start up stages feels like I don’t exist…anxiety inducing! I’ve been challenged with time and needed to do something about it. Here’s what I’ve been up to. Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook

My first project that has been commissioned by an organisation as a freelance creative is out in the world! It’s been fun working with Brighter Sound on this. It got me reflecting on Partnerships in Creative Work. Here are my thoughts on some elements on why I think it’s gone well. If you make beats, get involved in this Sample Flip Challenge! Dead…

After just finishing the creation of my next sample pack and developing my website, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to communicate what S.H.A.K.E Works does in a clear and compelling way. Kendrick Lamar’s video to Heart Part 5 helped me to begin to understand what clear communication of a concept means. Here’s what I mean… Follow me: Twitter Ins…

Managing my time between for hire work and building my own business hasn't gone well this week, felt a bit defeated. This is me trying to make sense of what I'm feeling and why Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook

I’ve been a youth worker supporting young people for 20 years; as long as I’ve been making music. During a creative project I’m currently delivering, a small incident happened which inspired me. Here’s what I took from it. Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook

Due to time constraints of needing to do some non music related day to day tasks, I challenged myself to do something I’ve never done before…make video content in public! Here’s how I prepared to do it, managed my feelings of being very self conscious and outcomes from the experience I didn’t expect. Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook…

I’ve had two recent instances where I put off doing some tasks for my business as I didn’t understand how to do them. When I started to do them, I was surprised that they were easier to do than what I originally thought! Here’s what I learnt. Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook

Based on balancing all of my life commitments, I’ve just started the routine of batch creating my social media content for a week, focusing on Tik Tok. Here’s how I’m approaching it. Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook

At 37 years old, I’ve randomly learned something new about myself..I actually like to multi task and am good at it, regardless of what certain stereotypes may say! Here’s what I’ve learnt about an incorrect assumption I made about myself. Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook

I had two requests for custom baselines through Fiverr at the same time with completely different requirements. Thought I would share my thoughts on how to do session musician work remotely. Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook

I recently did my first Koala flip challenge; shout out to TPADA who tagged me on a twitter post! As well as being fun, I got more from it than what I expected. Listen to what I learned. I had a moan at the beginning…there is a point to this episode apart from my bad mood, I promise! Follow me: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook…

My work has been building up and I need some help! After some careful budgeting, I've decided to recruit some people on a freelance basis. Here is how I did it. Follow: Twitter Instagram Tik Tok Facebook

I've caught myself saying to family and friends alot recently that I feel like I'm running a full time business on part time hours. I decided to think about what I actually mean by this and break down my time management strategies, including the good and bad points of each approach. As a parent, this may also be useful for mums, dads and anyone els…

I’m finalising everything so I can start selling sample packs. In setting up my online store through Shopify (once again something I’ve never done before), I’m reflecting on what I need to think about to ensure the buying process for a customer is as smooth as possible. And in between all of that a bit of self doubt as my idea for this type of samp…

From a recent remote bass session I completed, I received some feedback on my bass playing style that made me think about how I want to improve. This particular piece of feedback was difficult to hear but I appreciated the producer's honesty!

I've been learning alot through putting together a sample pack. Focusing on this project as my main priority has taught me many things about getting better at a task. Check out what I've learned

I've just started to record episodes for a podcast with guests. This is for my company S.H.A.K.E Works which makes sample packs for producers. This is what I'm learning so far about how to do it. If you are interested in finding out more about S.H.A.K.E Works, follow us here: https://linktr.ee/shakeworks…

I've just made my first sample pack which I'm offering to people as a free download, in exchange for their email address to build up a mailing list. I'm learning alot about promoting a new product, especially about communication by randomly popping up in people's DM's! I've never sold a product before so I really am learning as I'm going. Hope you …

I was recently fired from a musical theatre gig I was hired for. This is what I learnt from the experience.

Talking with family about being a musician. Being a couple of months into doing music full time, money is always on your mind...and other people's mind! Here's what I learnt from a chat with my nearest and dearest

I'm new to being a freelance musician, since October 2021. This episode is about me talking about what I've learned so far about creating videos and thumbnails. Never done this before so it's a steep learning curve! If you have any tips you'd like to share with me and others, please leave a comment.