October 'Green Shoots'

We are working like crazy to provide the right people for the events that you require. I am not convinced by the idea of 'green shoots'. I keep reading and hearing different points of view, but we have had to tackle the recession and the lack of overflowing budgets with smaller, bespoke options.
Not everyone requires such smaller bookings. In December, we are providing a string section for hire for 2 events held by Doxa Deo Church in London. One will be in Wimbledon, and one in Stratford Picture House. We love this, as playing miked up with a great band is a refreshing change from the standard classical music we often play. It is always a highly enthusiastic service, and led by the excellent singing and keyboard playing of Ioannis Dekas. We hope to get some film footage to put on the site as well this time.
Apart from this, we've provided Julian's solo guitar hire for several weddings, and over the summer in association with Courtneys at Paddington Recreation Park there were some fantastic duos including the brilliant corporate entertainment from Liquid Strings electric violin and keyboards/turntables Matt and Naomi. If a string quartet sounds a bit much, a string trio for hire can be excellent, and see the photo of Brian, Victoria and Stefano entertaining the guests at Putteridge Bury Conference Centre at Nick and Kelly Booth's wedding.

Apart from that, the weather has been lovely - we've provided music for some late September barbeques, and had a few private ones ourselves. It may be clinging to the last moments of summer, but why not? I visited Lastovo in Croatia during August, taking a break from business for a couple of weeks. It's a tiny and beautiful island on the Adriatic, south of Dubrovnik. Absolutely stunning place, even if you don't have a yacht (which I don't - yet...). Ok, the wine is not great, but the seafood is amazing, and the atmosphere is that of an unspoilt paradise, (and it does not cost as much as many other 'paradises'). Don't take my word for it, go yourself.

My tip for getting a new phone if you want to avoid the constant hype of iPhones, is get a HTC touch pro 2 with Vodafone. It's great if you do business, and want ease of use.

Ok, enough for now - got lots of work to do.