Choyamba, ngakhale kuti tiri pano kuti tikambirane za blog yanu, ndikuyenera kukufunsani mafunso angapo okhudza moyo monga woimba nyimbo. Tiuzeni pang'ono za momwe munayendetsera panyanja zapamwamba.
Nditaphunzira ku koleji, ndinabwerera ku Chicago ndipo ndinayamba kumvetsera nyimbo.
Ndinalowa m'gulu la reggae band, lopangira ma jazz gigs, ndikupita ku mipingo ingapo ndikusewera kuwonetserako masewero. Ndinalinso ndi ntchito tsiku, koma ndinali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi kusewera nyimbo kuposa ntchito ya lousy day. Pambuyo pake, ndinkafuna kupuma nthawi zonse ndikukhala woimba nthawi zonse , koma panthawiyi ndinalibe ntchito yokwanira kuti ndizichita zimenezi. Ndalama, ndinkafuna chinachake chomwe chingandithandize kupuma ndi sitima yapamtunda ntchito ikuwoneka bwino chifukwa amapereka malo ogona komanso chakudya kuphatikizapo malipiro.
Tsopano ndagwira ntchito pa zombo ziwiri. Woyamba ankayenda panyanja ya North Sea, Mediterranean, ndi Caribbean. Ndinali ndi mwayi kuona hafu ya dziko pa ngalawayo. Inagwiritsanso ntchito monga hotelo yoyandama pa Olympic ku 2004, ku Greece, kotero ndinakhala ndi mwayi wapadera wopita nawo masewerawa. Ndinagwira ntchito ngati khirisimasi mu gulu lawonetsero, ndipo tinali gulu loperekera kwa alendo onse omwe anabwera pa sitimayo.
Tinagwiritsanso ntchito masewera a jazz angapo pa sabata. Ndinapanga anzanga ambiri paulendowu ndikuona malo ambiri okongola omwe sindidzaiwala.
Sitima yachiwiri inayenda mozungulira zilumba za Hawaii. Ndinagwira ntchito ngati wotsogolera nyimbo kuti ndikhale wokonda alendo. Ndiwo ntchito yogwira ntchito ndipo zikutanthawuza kuti ndimakhala ngati wodutsa - chipinda cha anthu ogwira ntchito, chakudya cha anthu ogwira ntchito, chakudya chamtundu.
Tinkachita mausiku awiri pa sabata ndipo tinali ndi nthawi yopanda kufufuza zilumbazi. Komabe, ngakhale kuti Hawaii ndi yokongola, ndi nthawi yopanda kanthu m'manja mwanga ndinayamba kunjenjemera pambuyo pa miyezi ingapo.
Pamene mukukwera sitimayo, kodi muli ndi ufulu wotsogolera posankha nyimbo zomwe zingagwire kapena kampaniyo ikusankha pulogalamu?
Nthawi zambiri mumakhala ndi ufulu waufulu pakati pa mtundu wanu. Ngati mukuchita jazz, mutha kuyitana nyimbo zomwe mukuzifuna malinga ndi zomwe zimachitika mu jazz. Zomwezo zimapita ku Top 40 zowonjezera magulu m'magulu kapena magulu a magulu. Malo osungiramo aliwonse akuyikidwa ngati rediyo ina, ndipo okwera ndege amatha kuyendetsa malo omwe amakonda, kapena mtundu wawo, poyendera malo ogwirizana. Mwachitsanzo, ngati okwera ndege akufuna zovala ndi jazz, akhoza kupita ku Lounge A; Ngati akufuna nyimbo ya khofi ndi yachikale, amapita ku Lounge B. Ndili mmaganizo, oimba amatha nyimbo zilizonse zomwe amakonda ngati zimalowa mu "radiyo" yawo.
Kwa gulu lawonetsero (zomwe mungathenso kuyitcha "gulu la nyumba" kapena "gulu loperekera"), pali zambiri zoziwona-kuwerenga. Bungwe lowonetserako limaseĊµera kwa ochita maseĊµera, ndipo ayenera kusewera nyimbo zilizonse patsogolo pawo. Onetsani magulu omwe amasewera ma jazz m'chipinda cha jazz komwe angatchule nyimbo zawo, koma akathandizira zochita, ayenera kusewera nyimbo zomwe amapatsidwa.
Kodi oimba amatha kulemba mgwirizano wogwira ntchito pa kampani inayake yamtunda, kapena amachoka pawokha ndikugwira ntchito pamene akulowa?
Oimba amalembetsa mgwirizano umodzi pa nthawi. Mwachitsanzo, ndikhoza kulemba mgwirizano wa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ndi Holland America, ndipo zikadzatha, ndikulemba nawo mgwirizano wa miyezi inayi ndi Carnival Cruise Line.
Izi zikuti, nthawi zambiri mumagwira ntchito limodzi ndi msewu womwewo chifukwa chosavuta. Nenani, mwachitsanzo, ndimagwira Holland America. Pambuyo pa mgwirizano wanga wa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyamba, iwo angandipatse mgwirizano wina wa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pa sitima yina pa sitimayo. Ndipo pambuyo pake mgwirizano wina pa sitima ina. Ndi zophweka kwambiri kupitiliza kupeza ntchito monga choncho. Zimatengera khama pang'ono kuti musinthe mizere yodutsa ndi mgwirizano uliwonse.
Ngati mwasayina ndi bungwe la talente ngati Mavuto, nthawi zambiri mumayenera kulemba mtundu wina wosagwirizanitsa pachiyambi.
Izi zikutanthauza kuti ngati Proship ikupanga mgwirizano ndi Holland America ndipo mukufuna kutenga mgwirizano wachiwiri ndi Holland America pambuyo pake, mukuyenera kudutsa mu Proship. Izi zimateteza bungwe la talente kuti lichedwe ndi kutaya malipiro awo. Kugwira ntchito ndi bungwe la talente ndilokhalo mgwirizano wokhazikika womwe anthu ambiri amayamba nawo pa gigs.
Kupitiliza ku blog yanu yomwe imayankha mafunso oimba omwe akufuna chidwi ndi ntchito yopita ku sitima. Nchifukwa chiyani munaganiza kuti muyambe blog?
Pamene ndinafika gig yanga yoyamba sindinadziwe kanthu pa zombo zombo. Sindinayambe ndamuwonapo chimodzi! Nthambi ya talente inandiitana Lachiwiri ndipo ndinali pa ola la maola 8 kupita ku Germany Lachinayi. Zinali mwamsanga! Zomwe ndapatsidwa ndi bungwe la ntchito zogwira ntchito pa sitimayo zinali zabwino kwambiri komanso nthawi yaying'ono pakati pa Lachiwiri ndi Lachinayi sindinakhale ndi nthawi yofunsa mafunso anga ambiri.
Ndinali wokondwa kuti ndifike pa sitima, koma inenso ndinkachita mantha kwambiri. Kodi ndingagone kuti? Ndingadye chiyani? Kodi ndingasiye bwato masana? Chimachitika ndi chiyani ndikadwala? Ndiyenera kunyamula chiyani? Sindinkadziwa ngakhale kuti sitimayo ikupita bwanji! Blogyi inayamba ngati njira yolumikizana ndi abwenzi ndi abwenzi kunyumba, koma pasanapite nthawi ndinayamba kupeza maimelo ndi ndemanga kuchokera kwa oimba ena omwe akufunsa mafunso omwewo omwe ndikanakhala nawo nkhawa. Panthawi imeneyo zinali zovuta kupeza chidziwitso chenicheni cha momwe zimakhalira kugwira ntchito pa zombo, ndipo ndi pamene blog yanga inayamba kupanga mawonekedwe. Tsopano ndi malo ena a mafunso ndi mayankho okhudza kugwira ntchito m'chombo, kuphatikizapo kuyenda kochepa kakang'ono pano.
Anthu ambiri amadabwa pozindikira kuti sindine wotentheka. Ndipotu, sindimvetsera kwambiri makampani oyendetsa sitimayo. Chidwi changa chimakhala mwa oimba komanso kukhala ndi nyimbo ndekha ndi ena. Bungweli limayang'ana makamaka oimba ndi kuwauza zonse zomwe akufunikira kuti azikhala omasuka musanachite chimodzi mwa izi.
Blog yanu ndi yophunzitsa kwambiri, koma omvera ndi gulu labwino kwambiri. Kodi mumagulitsa bwanji blog yanu kuti ifike kwa anthu abwino?
Alendo ambiri amabwera ku blog kupyolera mu injini zosaka. Mafufuzidwe otchuka kwambiri ndi "woimbira chombo chombo," koma palinso zambiri zofufuza zinthu zowonjezereka monga "sitima ya sitima yapamadzi" kapena "oimba oyendetsa sitimayo." Zikuwoneka kuchokera ku zikhalidwe kuti anthu ali ndi mafunso ambiri okhudza mtundu wa gigu woimba; ndikukhulupirira, iwo amapeza mayankho pa webusaiti yanga.
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Ndatchula blog ndi maulendo angapo a blog - Yahoo ndi BlogCatalog.com pamodzi ndi ena ochepa. Kuyanjanitsa kotereku ndizofunikira kwa malonda onse a webusaitiyi, koma sindikudziwa kuti ndiwothandiza kwambiri kukopa khalidwe labwino pa webusaitiyi. Zolemba za blogzi ndi zothandiza komanso zodziwika bwino ndipo motero sizikhoza kubwereketsa bwino kwambiri kuti zisamangidwe pafupipafupi. Pali nkhani zina zosangalatsa za nthawi zamisala zombo, koma zakhala zikuzunguliridwa ndi kuyankhula kwakukulu kwa oimba.
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