Saturday November 21st saw the first Live Mic Market gig take place.... a day gig alcohol free... music centred... beautiful!!! Thanks to Ciara Ashmore and Cillian Foster doing seperate sets. I got the whole thing on video and to my amazement the sound on the handy cam was preety much as good as can be got. check out cillians stuff! Thanks to Kim for so much effort doing his thing and getting the clips up onto youtube...

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Sir Ken Robinson

This dude has all sorts of degrees, written many books, spoken to international audiences all over the world about the absolute NEED to cherish and nurture creative talents in not just our children and teenagers but in ourselves as adults and right on into old age. Its never to late to explore something you simply love doing.

The Real Arklow Against Drugs... task force

R - relevant
E - educational
A - artistic
L - local

Glen Hansard Read this poem at the National Concert hall Wednesday 26th August... It relayed a pure message to me one that Ive always known. Art in all its forms for me is like the only thing that will always be mine. Nobody can take it from me. Not just that but its the one thing in my life that gets me through the tough times... it turns a bad thing good and a good thing even better. Let us all take some blessing in the coming times of possible hardship. We have time on our hands once again. Dont waste it. Use it. explore your artistic side... paint, write, sing, dust off that guitar of yours that used to bring you so much pleasure, indulge yourself....you might just enjoy it! x

This is where I am at with the Live Mic Live Arts Centre Business Plan.......

I think the last time I ranted I had been down several avenues of inquiry which had lead me nowhere very exciting. I had drafted the outline of my business idea and taken it to the County Wicklow Enterprise board and left there armed with the confidence to keep at it.

So now its still not finished but its getting there... Ive read Brian O'Kanes... Starting a Business in Ireland.... and am booked in for a free seminar he is giving on Monday September 7th in the Glenview Hotel, Co. Wicklow..... strangely excited about that....

The plan itself is fattening up nicely.... Im doing the

Live Mic UPDATE

Just to keep any interested parties up to date, its been an exciting week for Live Mic. I attended all of Amateur Generations Acoustic Nights in Arklow Visual Arts Centre and it was so much fun. Id like to take this opportunity to thank Jenny O'Kelly and Jenny Collins for having me onboard.

Ive just got in from Amateur Generation's first night of acoustic gigs in Arklow Visual Arts gallery.

First up we had