I’m pleased to say I’ve just started a Masters in jazz at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Looking forward to:

— shed the double bass a lot, on which I’m a bit of newcomer compared to electric

— have many, many more one-to-one lessons than ever before

— experience structured jazz education for the first time, especially about composition and arranging

Thanks a lot to RAM’s scholarship fund and Help Musicians UK for helping to make it possible. It’s only been a week so far and I’ve already learned some amazing stuff.