Sometimes even I get sick of my moaning. Sometimes I just want to weep into my hankerchief on the realisation that I am a whinger first class. At the moment, I am mainly moaning about the quality of my Internet connection. Yes, dear old BT Broadband is misbehaving again and the line speed has dropped to the point where I am literally back using a narrowband modem. I’ve tried everything to fix it, but today I had to call BT support. Of course, they use an Indian call centre and while the first person I spoke to was fine, the second person had such a strong Indian accent I had to ask her to repeat everything. It was embarrassing. By the end of the call I could feel how flushed my cheeks were. I kept thinking of myself as “Marjorie Dawes” from Fat Fighters on Little Britain. Oooooh, the shame… So anyway, I’ve just got to wait ANOTHER TWO DAYS to see if there really is a fault on the line.
There are other things I wish to moan about, but I cannot because the wrong eyes might see. Sometimes I wish that I had started this blog anonymously, but then no-one would know that this was me and how would I flog my awful music? See, it is a Catch 22 situation. Oh what the heck…I’m not going to be rude about anyone. Anyhoo, while I am finding it increasingly difficult to get freelance writing work, the work I am getting is getting less well paid before my eyes. For example, I agreed to do some work for an editor before Xmas but he never sent me a commission or the price of the work. I agreed because I’d worked for him before, but now it turns out he’s dropped the word rate without telling me and I am writing the piece for £50 less than I should be. Ho hum…what can you do about it? This is one of the reasons I have issues with the publishing industry as you really are at the mercy of editors and market forces.
But let’s forget about the whinging and the moaning. This is the place where we give music away for FREE. So if you haven’t already downloaded Textures for free, you can also get it from here in slightly better quality. Enjoy!

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