I've been having fun with composing a little bit again,Most of my own compositions and some trad. arr. stuff can be found here if interested:https://sites.google.com/site/simonmckerrell/home/my-tunes-1Simon McKerrell.

There’s a fascinating thread just cropped up on the session dot org website (https://thesession.org/discussions/35169) about funding arts vs. healthcare, education etc. The same old questions about the social value of the arts, instrumental vs. intrinsic values come up here and various shades in-between (we’ve been debating this topic in the West since Plato). However, Mark … Continue reading Valuing the traditional arts