Having recently arrived back in Australia after being based in Paris this year, I thought I'd share a few highlights:

performing an 11-hour structured improvisation at Salt Musuem in Istanbul, Turkey
writing 'The Great Unrest' for Ensemble Nouveau
participating in a one week improvisation course with American composer Mark Applebaum in Viitasaari, Finland as part of the Time Of Music festival in July
attending Manifeste 2017 at IRCAM in Paris for two weeks in June
taking a lesson [and hanging] with Dutch improvising double bassist Wilbert de Joode for an afternoon in whilst in Amsterdam
attending analysis classes with French composer Jean-Luc Herve in Paris (which was also helpful for learning French)
making soundtracks to accompany experimental short films made by Tina Stefanou
seeing 'Mokumentary of a Contemporary Saviour' by Wim Vanderkeybus in Paris
watching Hakon Thelin (double bassist from Oslo) perform in Finland with his trio Poing
discovering that the double bass is my soul-mate
learning to sail in Croatia
alleviating myself of RSI (repetitive stress injury) after suffering for the better part of three years

Now I'll be based in Sydney for a while, doing some studies and working on a bunch of projects including recording an album in October with three of my favourite musicians.

Upcoming gigs:

August 28 - with 'the music box project' and Ashley BathGate from Bang on a Can Allstars
September 1 - with NOU and The Twoks.