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Friday Night Is.....Music Night
Since 1999 I have had the pleasure of conducting many, many Friday Night Is Music Night programmes for BBC Radio 2 and even though most...
MikeDixonMusic
May 20, 20161 min read
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Every So Often an Amazing Person Comes Along...
About 18 months ago I was contacted by a young man called Josh Barry who was putting together an article all about Variety. Because I...
MikeDixonMusic
May 13, 20163 min read
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So It's Time To Record Something 'Wot You Wrote'
I spend most of my work life working with other people's music. The number of times I have had the 'dubious joy' of recording or...
MikeDixonMusic
May 10, 20162 min read
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Really - You Can Do 'Funny'?
I have spent the last couple of days starting a project that will be completed some time in the summer - complex new and extremely witty...
MikeDixonMusic
Apr 27, 20161 min read
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Brilliant - Simply Brilliant
A week of meetings sounds like it must be stuffy and tedious. In my job it frequently means the opposite - exciting new challenges,...
MikeDixonMusic
Apr 15, 20161 min read
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Awards - who needs them?
Well the Oliviers have razzamatazzed - our Mrs Henderson Presents hopes of glory faded but we still have the kudos of the four...
MikeDixonMusic
Apr 7, 20163 min read
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Easter 2016
Yesterday I conducted my last Mrs Henderson Presents - handing the mantle over fully to Barney Ashworth. Mixed emotions but my journey...
MikeDixonMusic
Mar 27, 20161 min read
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New Web Site Day Today
Today my new Web Site goes live! Thanks to Harvey Norton @pinkroom100 for his patience, as ever! #HarveyNorton #MikeDixonMusiccom
MikeDixonMusic
Mar 21, 20161 min read
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A Time of Reflection
A time of reflection this week - Keith Emerson's death on March 11th has really affected me. I suppose along with Andre Previn and my...
MikeDixonMusic
Mar 18, 20161 min read
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Mrs Henderson Presents
Mrs Henderson Presents - plus..... Posted by: Mike Dixon at 06:53, January 11 2016. A busy few months - from the promo recordings for...
MikeDixonMusic
Mar 3, 20161 min read
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Creative Team Parity - WOS Awards Contd......
Creative Team Parity The whole argument about Music Department being included in mainstream Theatre awards like Whats On Stage and The...
MikeDixonMusic
Nov 3, 20146 min read
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ArtsEd and Friday Night is Music Night
Very happy to report that the FNIMN I conducted this week with students from ArtsEd went really well. Such terrific engagement from them...
MikeDixonMusic
Oct 18, 20141 min read
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New Beginnings
After the summer break - and a quick Surprise Surprise for ITV - it is back to a very interesting 'grindstone! The Infidel (The Musical)...
MikeDixonMusic
Aug 31, 20141 min read
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Amazingly Varied Week
From ALW, T Rice and Rufus Wainwright through Harvey Norton, Stephen Hill to Bill Bailey......nuff said! Sometimes I simply do continue...
MikeDixonMusic
Jun 27, 20141 min read
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After D-Day 70
A huge day on Friday 6th June - The Royal Albert Hall audience stood as one after Jim Radford's Shores Of Normandy - a very moving...
MikeDixonMusic
Jun 9, 20141 min read
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D-Day 70 Years On
Finished a full day of rehearsals with BBC Concert Orchestra yesterday. This event is going to be one of the biggest.... Friday 6th June...
MikeDixonMusic
Jun 5, 20141 min read
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We Will Rock You
Last day of WWRY London today - a long and very interesting journey. I have been so honoured to have been involved, truly. Working with...
MikeDixonMusic
May 31, 20141 min read
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Future Good!
So many upcoming projects! Including D Day at the Royal Albert Hall with Patrick Stewart and the BBC Concert Orchestra - Friday Night Is...
MikeDixonMusic
May 26, 20141 min read
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The Route To Happiness
A terrific few days in the studio with Alexander Bermange. Louise Dearman, Kerry Ellis and Ben Forster proving why they are such strong...
MikeDixonMusic
Apr 29, 20141 min read
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The Bodyguard Future
Amongst a few meetings and phone calls this last week I also popped in to see the brilliant Richard Beadle, MD for Bodyguard, and had a...
MikeDixonMusic
Apr 19, 20141 min read
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