A Silent Night.

As November progresses the requests to play at various events are beginning to roll in. The run up to Christmas is always a busy time for musicians and it is worth reflecting on what the festive season would be like without music! A “Silent Night” at Yuletide would be a miserable affair. As a society COVID taught us that what makes the world go round are our key workers, often the least recognised and most miserly renumerated people in our workforce; without them life simply would have ground to a halt. Now I am not suggesting musicians are key workers in that sense, but it is a truth that those of us who work in the arts add enormous value to people’s quality of life either directly or indirectly. All too often artists of all types are not recognised and valued as they should be, but it might be worth reminding ourselves as the entertainers we are, in whatever art form we practice, that we are valuable, we are valued by many, and that we deserve to be rewarded for what we do, and to recognise that we are deeply blessed to be able to do what we do.