Tim's Blog!

I am very proud of all my family. My brothers and sister have and will always be heroes of mine. They probably think they have done nothing but they have taught me a lot.
One of my brothers is a Sound Engineer and a very successful one at that. He has done the sound for some of the best music artists and biggest events in the world. Some examples are The Nelson Mandela Live Aid Concert in South Africa, the British segment of the Closing Ceremony at the Beijing Olympics, Lady …

This is something I worked out a few years ago and it always makes me laugh watching people try to accomplish this seemingly simple task.
Ok, when you watch a movie that has been put on by the company Universal Pictures, before the movie even starts you will see a massive image of the earth, then the music to the Universal Pictures musical theme will begin.
Once you hear the musical theme you will know it, I guarantee it.
It goes…(This is my confident attempt at writing music in text!)
Da-da-daaa, daaa-da-da-da-da-daaa, BOOM! BOOM!
Then …

I have always been a keen sailor. I started sailing little boats called ‘Optimists’ when I was just six years old. Around the age of twelve or thirteen most kids move on from Optimists into more challenging boats and in New Zealand you generally graduate into a boat called a ‘P Class.’ This is a tiny boat, only about three metres long with a massive sail– a very challenging little boat indeed. When I was twelve there was a ‘P Class’ for sale at my local yacht club. The boat …