Hayden Woods

Episode 013: Housing on a Self-Employed Lifestyle On this episode, Hayden pulls an audible to discuss the beginnings and the hurdles of trying to purchase a home on a self-employed living, even with combining forces with his partner. ***DISCLAIMERS: the views, opinions and experiences of Hayden Woods and the Business of the Starving Artist are geared around being a private music teacher, and while there are aspects that can be applied to many forms of creative businesses/self-employment businesses, every experience is different and due diligence on the viewer's part is required*** Subscribe to Hayden Woods for weekly uploads of The Business of the Starving Artist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoMPCjvkUmnLG3Y3V3iJ5Jg Find us on Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hayden-woods8 Tip Jar: Venmo @Hayden-Woods-Music

Original trombone solo with piano "accompaniment" (I had to write the piano as the droning busy tone to solo over, sorry!) by Hayden Woods Available at Sheet Music Plus: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/busy-tone-digital-sheet-music/21752158 Sheet music and MIDI sample copyrights April 15, 2020 by Hayden Woods Help out if you can by tipping to the cause of keeping musicians, composers and all other creatives going in these hard times. Doesn't have to be me but I leave my tip jars out and have many thanks to your considerations:  Venmo: @Hayden-Woods-Music  PayPal: paypal.me/hwoodsmusic Composer Notes: What do you do when you try calling for something dire that must be addressed and the phones are backed up for hours...and hours...with no end in sight? Other than losing patience (which you should never lose), going crazy might be the next step. Hearing the busy tone over-and-over again as it pounds your brain into a mushed pile of misfiring neurons with a side of bloodshot eyes from straining to keep conscious. This 12-tone project enamors the mind with blips of melody, sprinkled over the piano’s endless E-flats that simulate the pain of trying to get past the busy tone. It’s short and to the point on the premise and only takes the 80 seconds (ish, it’s up to you how fast/slow dial tones make you feel) to drive the sanity down.

Original trombone sextet (low brass with 5 trombones and a tuba) by Hayden Woods. Available at Sheet Music Plus: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21727496 Sheet music and MIDI sample copyrights April 9, 2020 by Hayden Woods Help out if you can by tipping to the cause of keeping musicians, composers and all other creatives going in these hard times. Doesn't have to be me but I leave my tip jars out and have many thanks to your considerations: Venmo: @Hayden-Woods-Music PayPal: paypal.me/hwoodsmusic This piece is the mindset of an individual who, after being sheltered amidst the justified fears of a global pandemic, begins to feel the effects of not being able to actively work or be around others. This causes the individual to hallucinate extremes of the new “normal” that comes after. The tempo of the piece is ranged because the most optimal effect is a bending of tempos (in an agreed upon setting of individual ensembles and their leaders), which also is reflected in dramatic trombone bends. The melody jumps in segments, with each part becoming one of the many voices haunting the crazed individual. The middle of this piece moves into D major, where the individual starts to make sense of the voices and begins escaping the reality they are in. Of course, euphoria comes in waves, so the individual is pulled back into their shelter and has to accept this reality yet another day. Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat......