#also this is just a modern tv problem but in the books they feel alot more like kids

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Watching the new lockwood n Co its ok 👍

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Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

Book Stats:

Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐(4/5)

Spice Rating: YA❤️

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Enemies to Lovers

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Review:

If there is one thing about Maya, it's that she hates her ex. Jordy, a famous philanthropist partially related to the royal family cheats on her, she is ready to let the world know. So when she has the opportunity to go on a reality tv show with him(In which he is trying to find love with his ex's) and show the world what a true Rake he really is, she can't turn it down. Only problem? She has Skye, the girl he cheated on her with in the running, and Maya will do anything to get revenge. Maya is in for one wild ride, and maybe end up finding love in her own way.

This book gives me modern selection vibes. I do love the girl power twist on it though.

I really enjoyed the two strong female complex characters in the novel. They have great chemistry, and do well to balance each other out. They aren't one dimensional, they have alot of depth to each other.

The Author writes a really good villain. I was cheering the entire time for his downfall. Most of the time in books the villain doesn't feel realistic, but Jordy does. I think that is because it's the world we live in. As I mentioned there is a very girl power feminist take on the whole situation , the idea that everyone is banning together to take this Capital 'R' Rake down, it's very refreshing, especially in a romance novel. As much as enjoy the typical romance novel, it's nice to see that love can bloom even with the modern woman in mind.

It also ends a very satisfying happily ever after that made me feel like I was 13 years old again, cheering on Laura Jean and Peter in the Movie all the boys I've Loved Before. The Romance Plot line is just written so well.

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My hopes for the VA tv show

So i got into vampire academy when i was in like grade 8/9 i think? So i would have been in my early teens. It's a book series that is very near-perfect to me, and it is very dear to my heart bc it's been with me for so long. That being said, i will be the first one to admit that there is a serious lack of diverse representation. Like i said before, i got into it almost ten years ago, and back then, even as a poc growing up as a minority, i was aware of this however it wasn't much of an issue for me mainly becuase it wasn't a issue for the people (the non-pocs) around me. Now that va is being developed into a tv series, i think this would be the perfect opportunity to change some things up to include more diverse characters. I've seen that there's already qutie a few people on here dicussing the sexualities of the characters, and they're really great. But this conversation is about race-bending. For anyone that wants to contribute to this post, i'm all up for kind and careful dicussions, it's not my intention to offend anyone, and i'm not trashing the series or it's creator.

Also the points about diversity and race in particular shouldn't be dimissed just because it's a fantasy/paranormal genre. Yes it is a fantasy/paranormal series but it is set in the real modern world, where issues like race and prejudice are relavent! You can't just ignore it. Also im sure that a lot of va stan are like me, in that they got into it at a very young age and now are older and also find these issue important to them, whether they are a poc or not.

Just a warning there will be a lot of spoilers (also random spiderman homecoming spoilers) in this post, so for anyone that hasn't read the books proceed with caution.

So firstly, i want to talk about the characters that won't be changed. Dimitri will obviously be russian. I like the idea that the royal families originating from european countries, so alot of the royals in this series lissa, adrian, victor etc. i think should stay white. It reflects a lot of the real world issues about how the people in 'higher class' western societies are mainly white. this is more personal but i have this weird headcannon that christian is like half-southeast asian (i say south-east asian bc i am also, and i would love more representation of my race (s/o to any of my sri lankan book stans if y'all even exist on here!!)) In the later books there is a focus on the prejudice regarding his relationship with lissa. this is due to the fact that his family is shun from the other royal bc of his parents willingly turning. It was a good plot point, but there was somthing about taking the real world prejudice of interracial relationship and using here between two white characters and framing it as something else that just rubs me off the wrong way (again, i never had these feelings as i was reading it for the first time, it was only until i got older that issues like race a representations became more important to me). This way, they can keep still keep the bit about christian's parents and race-bending christian would have any affect on the overall story. Rose (my baby) she could be made fully persian but if they stick with her being biracial, then i hope when it comes to casting that they find someone that has more persian physical features rather than someone with more eurocentric features.

Now for the main characters I think should be race-bent are eddie, jill and sydeny should be black. For eddie, i first thought that mason should be race-bent but then this would be a major problem in the second book because of the harmful sterotype about black people always being the first (major character) to die (i am STILL taumatised over mason's death and its going to destroy me all over again when i see it with my own two eyes).

Sydney, as far as i know, there's nothing in the books that make is pivitol for her to be white. And while is important to be diverse with race, it's important to be diverse with black characters in itself. Sydney has always been such an interesting character to me. she's analytical and methodical, she's book smart, and she's almost the complete opposite of rose, but doesn't make her any less a compelling character. So much in books, movies and tv shows, black females characters are mainly potrayed as strong, hardass, take-no-prisoners (sometimes even hyper-sexualised) type personalities. So rarely do we see them as with characteristic like sydeny's, so i think it would be really great to show this. Also her relationship with adrian has a lot of the same points with i said about christian's relationship with lissa regarding prejudice.

With Jill, i noticed that in the books, Mead sort of goes out for her way to describe her physical appearance, so that when later it is revealed that she is lissa's half sister, the readers are able to think "oh yeah of course they look really similar" and so it doesn't seem like a telenovella style outrageous plot twist. But for this i want to quickly talk about how in spiderman homecoming, peter's love interest who is black, is revealed to be the daughter of the villan who is white. For me, it was amazing reveal and something i was not expecting at all, but at the same time, its wasn't hard for me to believe because of course birracial people exist. I think it would be really cool to do the same thing here with Jill. It a great way to subvert people's expectations and wouldn't make the plot twist any less unreasonable. Aslo from what i can remember there are no black vampires?? for some reason? that was always kinda weird to me. Also with the three of these character's being black, they can still maintain the storyline of them passing off as siblings when they're in hiding, that is if they ever adapt the bloodlines storyline too.

Whether or not these characters, or any of the characters, will be race-bent, it won't change my experince with the book series. Like I said at the start, vampire academy will always be THAT series for me. The world-building is simple and easy to follow but the plot and characters are so compelling. But this upcoming tv adaptions would be a good oppotuny to address the very few things i (and a lot of other diverse readers) have with it.

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Toulouse Henri Bonfamille - Character Sheet

if you get sleep or if you get none / the cock's gonna call in the morning, baby / check the cupboard for your daddy's gun / red sun rises like an early warning / the lord's gonna come for your first born son / his hair's on fire and his heart is burning / so go to the river where the water runs / wash him deep where the tides are turning...

Archetype — The Caregiver Birthday — May 10, 1995 Zodiac Sign — Taurus MBTI — ENTJ Enneagram — 3, the Achiever Temperament — Choleric  Hogwarts House — Slytherdor Moral Alignment — True Neutral Primary Vice — Pride Primary Virtue — Diligence Element — Earth

Overview:

Mother — Adelaide Bonfamille (nee LaBlanc) (Portia de Rossi FC) Father — Hector Bonfamille (Tony Goldwyn) Mother’s Occupation — socialite Father’s Occupation — politician Family Finances — wealthy Birth Order — oldest child Brothers — Berlioz Bonfamille (Matt Hitt FC, 20, Birthday: June 20, 1997) Sisters — Marie Bonfamille (Olivia Holt FC, 17, Birthday: April 22, 2000) Other Close Family — Maternal Aunt: Duchess LaBlanc Best Friend — Hades Other Friends — Sophie, Daisy Enemies — Roger, Perdita, literally so many people tbh Pets — A cat that is not his. Also his plants.   Home Life During Childhood — emotionally manipulative/abusive; argumentative with father; parental disagreements; was put in charge of younger siblings Town or City Name(s) — Paris, France Details of Town(s) or City(s) — loved the river and parks, only place he had refuge What Did His or Her Bedroom Look Like — rather plain, big windows, bright, painted a cream color, not a lot of toys but an easel and paints in one corner, a large desk with art supplies. Any Sports or Clubs — nope, he focused solely on his art. Favorite Toy or Game — didn’t really play a lot of games, but he liked building legos with his siblings, or reading to them. Schooling — did excellently in school Favorite Subject — science (especially biology), though he has a fondness for literature as well. Popular or Loner — loner, but girls liked him alot; he had the broody bad boy thing going on, which annoyed him immensely. Important Experiences or Events — moving to Swynlake Health Problems — undiagnosed manic depressive; some minor PTSD and agoraphobia Culture — french, and proud of it. Religion and beliefs — raised catholic, attending church mainly to keep up appearances, he finds parts of religion very beautiful, but also calls bullshit on most of it; he’s too logical and scientific to really find any sort of comfort in it; respects those who are religious though; has a predisposed inclination to dislike muslims based on rhetoric and a lack of proper understanding about the religion.

Physical Appearance:

Face Claim —  Freddy Carter Complexion — pale and freckly! Hair Colour — Russet Eye Colour — Green Height — 6′0 Build — slight and tall Tattoos — none and never will Piercings — none Common Hairstyle — perfectly styled 90% of the time, if you catch him without his hair styled he really likes you. Clothing Style — the Most fashionable, very flamboyant, lots of colour Mannerisms — tucks his hands behind his back when he’s nervous or being respectful, if he’s embarrassed his ears turn red Usual Expression —

Health:

Overall (do they get sick easily)? — not since he’s become a werewolf, but he never really got sick Physical Ailments — none Neurological Conditions — bipolar II Allergies —  none Grooming Habits — grooms better than some of my girls lmao. takes very good care of himself--when he’s not in a depressive state, then he has more trouble, but if he’s going out he’ll still go through the motions. Sleeping Habits — terrible sleeper. has really bad insomnia. is up late a lot, sleeps in late a lot. wakes up a lot throughout the night. tosses and turns. has trouble falling asleep. Eating Habits — super picky eater. when depressive/manic sometimes doesn’t eat that much Exercise Habits —  lmao what exercise Emotional Stability — off his meds? like a 2/10, on his meds he’s closer to a 6/10 probably.  Body Temperature — normal Sociability — very charming, knows what to say to get people to like him. that doesn’t always mean he says those things lol Addictions — none really?  Drug Use — smokes pot, doesn’t do other drugs thank god that’d be so bad Alcohol Use — drinks more than he should

Your Character’s Character:

Bad Habits — what habits are not bad habits? Thinking he is right about everything, pointing out people’s flaws, getting in fights, generally believing he knows better than everyone else, not feeling out his emotions, withdrawing when things get tough, not speaking to anyone about things that suck in his life, taking on all challenges alone, i could go on... Good Habits — he’s a good brother, he takes care of his siblings, he takes care of himself, for the most part; he’s an excellent studier; he’s very loyal once you win his loyalty Best Characteristic — his unfaltering loyalty Worst Characteristic — his lack of ability to properly communicate his emotions Worst Memory — all the times he had to hide in the closet, or his father sent him to bed with no dinner and kept him there for hours Best Memory — his siblings being born Proud of — his siblings, his art (sometimes) Embarrassed by — not much, honestly. When people catch him having a proper emotion Driving Style — doesn’t drive but he’d be a total soccer mom Strong Points — his loyalty. It’s unwavering and uncompromising Temperament — volatile Attitude — melancholic. Weakness — not being emotionally vulnerable. Seriously, it would solve so many of his issues Fears — not being good enough, being unlovable, worried that he will always be horribly bitter Phobias — pfft nothING (jk he’s lowkey afraid of storms) Secrets — lmao so many where to start? Mostly that he actually does crave affection Regrets — lol everything; probably the biggest is being so hard on ber during their teen years Feels Vulnerable When — he’s having emotion Pet Peeves — god where do i start? People who dont say what’s on their mind Motivation — protecting his siblings is his main motivation Short Term Goals and Hopes — he doens’t really have any im realizing this rn Long Term Goals and Hopes — also does not have many here Sexuality — grey asexual, biromantic (he could be either rly) Exercise Routine  — pfft exercise is for the weak Day or Night Person — night owl Introvert or Extrovert —  introverted extrovert lou really does thrive in a crowd but needs a lot of recharge time after Optimist or Pessimist — pessimist highkey

Likes and Styles:

Music — Classics. Classical. Stuff with not a lot of lyrics. Though, he’s also fond of the Opera. He really likes Faust and Don Giovanni. Also, he secretly likes a couple of musicals--Les Miserables and Cats are probably his favourites, though he very rarely indulges in them. Books — Candide by Voltaire is his favourite novel, he’s read it several times. He is a fan of the gothic period, he enjoys books like The Phantom of the Opera. Is not a huge Victor Hugo fan because he finds him a bit wordy, but he does like Hunchback of Notre Dame. He prefers concise language in his novels, but also likes beautiful imagery. He’s an avid reader. Magazines — He reads National Geographic and TBH probably gets a copy of Vogue, as well as a few museum magazines, just to keep up with the art scene. Foods — Lou is not a very big sweets person, he prefers richer foods. His favorite is frozen grapes--red or green, that doesn’t really matter. He’s almost always snacking on grapes. Drinks — Lou loves champagne. He also is an avid drinker of water. Animals — Lou loves birds, they’re his favorite. He’s also a fan of reptiles. And he has a particular interest in dinosaurs. Sports — Lol. Social Issues — Lou takes a bit of a middle road on these issues. There are things that he is rather passionate about--such as LGBTQIA rights (this is a recent development), but he also has some rather...unethical opinions about things like immigration that he usually keeps to himself because he knows that they are contentious subject. Favorite Saying — “Chacun voit midi à sa porte” Translation: Everyone sees noon on his doorstep. Basically, everyone views the world the way that they view it. Color — Ah, he cannot choose--but he does gravitate to warmer, earth colors in his paintings, oranges and reds and browns. Clothing — Lou is extremely fashionable and he always is dressed impeccably. He loves color and very rarely wears dull ones. Jewelry — Not a huge fan of jewlery, I’m sure he has a nice watch though, that his father gave him. Games — Chess. Puzzles. Things that challenge the mind. Websites — Eh, he’s got a tumblr blog, and he’s #instafamous so. TV Shows — Lou doesn’t watch television enough to have favorite shows but he detests reality shows and probably watches them with his brother to make fun of people. Movies — Lou doesn’t watch movies often, but he loves good cinematography. Also, documentaries. Especially nature and historical ones. (Also loves Legally Blonde on the lowkey.) Greatest Want — To be needed. Greatest Need — To learn to embrace his emotions.

Where and How Does Your Character Live Now:

Home — lives at his mother’s home in Swynlake Household furnishings — very modern, aligned with the latest Parisian fashion. Favorite Possession — his art studio, does that count?? Most Cherished Possession — the drawer of arts and crafts that lou kept from his siblings when they were little. Neighborhood — the woods, very posh Town or City Name — Swynlake Details of Town or City — small magic friendly Married Before — to Anita Dearly, long story. Significant Other Before — none. Children — none. Relationship with Family — close with his siblings, though closer with Marie than Berlioz, a bit of a momma’s boy, and has a cordial relationship with his father, is very close with his life-long nanny, Nounou. Car — none. Career — will probably be an artist; should be a surgeon. Dream Career — surgeon he just doesn’t know it yet Dream Life — a successful magical animal treatment center, where he can also practice his art on the side; very little chance of having a family but deep down would love a wife/husband and children, maybe he’ll adopt. (he does not know any of this.) Love Life — a hot mess; tries not to develop feelings for people. Talents or Skills — painting, obviously Intelligence Level — he’s very intelligent and observant Finances — wealthy af

Your Character’s Life Before Your Story:

Past Careers — he’s been a student. Past Lovers — many; mostly one night stands, very few repeats Biggest Mistakes — being so hard on ber in secondary; marrying anita. Biggest Achievements — uhmmmmm his art has hung in several galleries

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Jazz Is… #9: Keith Jarrett

Yes. Keith Jarrett was that cool. (He still is, fwiw.) The hair, the stache, the shades, the suede, the denim, and the je ne sais quoi. It looks like he was walking along a cold beach and struck a casual pose, which ended up as a behind the scenes promo pic from a lost Scorsese premake of Louis Malle’s Atlantic City, for someone who saw him a few weeks before at Köln.

Köln. Sigh. Jarrett’s The Köln Concert was a soundtrack (there were many, ohai every Pavement album) of my 20s. I didn’t finish law school until I was 25, but the whole weird deal was just a more challenging �� academically, sure, but also socially, whoa – version of college. So when I was done with being student, I was still a punk-ass kid. (And a licensed attorney. Snap!) Those three years, I’m convinced, paused/stunted my mental age. I still feel a very spry 26 – or a not so much 49. It varies.

After three years and a bar exam, some people do crazy shit, like skydive. Or travel the world. Or join a firm. I wasn’t ready for that prime time. I wasn’t ready for much because I wasn’t good at much, except studying and learning. So I reupped for another year in the shit. (Fun fact: There’s such a thing as graduate law school.) I figured that academia is insular, thinking is cool, and matriculating again is a solid fake for ambition. Tbh, I just hoped that eventually I’d have enough frequent blue-booker miles that they’d just let me stick around and teach something harmless like Civil Procedure. They didn’t. Those jobs go to Ph.D.’s, and I had other letters.

A year with the best view in the best place, and my landing point was my parents’ basement. I played too much Tetris, sent cover letters and resumés for positions that I didn’t want, and swept floors at a print shop. That was a great job, thanks to a family friend. I could make my car payment (GEO Tracker, r.i.p.), but not my student loan payments. So it was dodge near-constant lender phone calls, defer defer defer, and apply apply apply. Finally, I got a hit. Trial court law clerk. Let’s go.

I moved to Chicago in August 1996. Freedom from my folk’s often fraught, but ultimately supportive, house. Curiosity in a metropolis. Anxiety about work. Riding the el downtown every day, and experiencing, for the first time, the often messy and always improvisational possibilities of grown-up life. LIFE. You know?

Keith Jarrett knew, seemed like, in my Walkman headphones. He was humming along to his own melodies. Just make it up, man. Be confident in your own abilities, and express yourself. If nobody pays attention, they’re square. And it doesn’t matter, anyway, because this is your trip. The Köln Concert is nostalgic for me because I first heard it back then. It’s also sad for me because the guy who told me to listen to it isn’t here.

MRH was my best friend. We talked almost every day, before and after we both jumped into the city. Tied up in revisiting this record is some grief and, even more than that, a nauseating sense of wasted potential. His, and mine. The world was big to us – globally and locally. A multi-continental place of art and music, and ideas. He never got to explore it, as much as he probably wanted, and I never tried.

I thought that I was experiencing stuff? Mostly, I sat on a futon couch in a third floor apartment on Chicago’s northwest side (Lincoln Square/Ravenswood – my stop/street was Rockwell), petted my then-gf’s eternally cool lap cat (Winchester), read difficult modern (Faulkner, Joyce) and postmodern (Pynchon, Barth) fiction, and pretended to be a serious large-format photographer. Basically, I kept doing what I knew how to do – I fed my brain. Then I got on the train the next day. And over and over and over.

It was all a cool coast, until I had a cancer scare, got married, moved to the ‘burbs, had kids, and got divorced. (Talk about the often messy and always improvisational possibilities of grown-up life.) At that point, I truly learned to riff. Hence, in a way, LN. And then Matt died.

I digress. Just context. This is about Keith Jarrett, not Matt or me.

Keith Jarrett was something of a wünderkind (three umlauts in this post already, yo). He was born on May 8, 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Apparently, he displayed perfect pitch, which Wiki defines as “a rare auditory phenomenon characterized by the ability of a person to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone,” as a youngster. He started piano lessons at age three, and at age five appeared on a local tv talent show. At age seven, his first recital included works by Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. He attended public high school and then the Berklee College of Music in Boston.  After a year, he moved to New York City and began gigging.

His first big job was with Art Blakey, and his first recording was the Jazz Messengers’ 1966 live album Buttercorn Lady. At a show, he met drummer Jack DeJohnette (more on him later), who played in Charles Lloyd’s Quartet. DeJohnette recommended Jarrett to Lloyd, and Jarrett joined the band. He appeared on Lloyd’s well-regarded 1966 live album Forest Flower (from the Monterrey Jazz Festival), as well as several subsequent albums. By 1967, he had recorded his debut as a leader – Life Between the Exit Signs.

Lloyd’s group dissolved in 1968, and Jarrett was invited to join the Miles Davis group. There are disputing accounts of when/how they met. Miles was beginning his fusion phase, and Jarrett switched from acoustic to electric – specifically, the Fender Contempo electric organ and the Fender Rhodes electric piano. With Davis, he shared keyboard duties with Chick Corea, and they played side-by-side on the 1970 classic At Fillmore and both the studio and live parts of that year’s Teo Macero-produced pastiche Live-Evil, which also featured LN fave Herbie Hancock. The live parts of that album were recorded in D.C. on December 16-19, 1970 with just Jarrett on keys. (Eventually, all four nights became The Cellar Door Sessions box set – highly recommended.)

Jarrett left Davis’ group around that time. For much of the ’70s, he helmed two parallel ensembles, the so-called American Quartet with saxophonist Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, and Paul Motian, and the European Quartet with saxophonist Jan Garbarek, bassist Palle Danielsson, and drummer Jon Christensen. Both played a distinct blend of post-bop and free jazz, and released several albums. (I’m not super familiar with that body of work, but I sampled some of it on Spotify – it’s good.) Jarrett’s legacy endures, however, because of other recordings from that era, in which he took a turn from loud to quiet.

The Jarrett wiki, a primary source here, explains that he became strongly opposed to electronic music and instruments, waging what he called “an anti-electric music crusade” because “[e]lectricity goes through all of us and is not to relegated to wires.” The initial salvo in that crusade came in 1973 with the release of the triple album (whut), Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne, Time magazine’s “Jazz Album of the Year.”

A guy named Mikal Gilmore in his book Night Beat said, “with Bremen-Lausanne and the subsequent Köln Concert, Jarrett found his niche, freely mixing gospel, impressionist, and atonal flights into a consonant whole.” Guys, this is solo piano like you’ve never heard. It’s not Bill Evans by himself playing chestnuts, and maybe a medley of a few that lasts ten minutes. It’s Keith Jarrett by himself playing whatever comes into his head for a serious while. Bremen is two tracks – they clock at 18:03 and 45:09. Lausanne is a single track – 64:54. Quick math: The latter is more than an hour of straight-up improv.

Then, two years later, there was The Köln Concert, reportedly the best-selling solo piano album ever. (Weird fact, and I saw it alot while researching this post. I’m guessing it’s more like best-selling solo jazz piano album ever, but I can’t be bothered to confirm that.)

In 1971, Jarrett and DeJohnette released a duo record called Ruta and Daitya on ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music), a label founded by a German guy named Manfred Eicher in 1969. In ’75, Eicher convinced Jarrett to do a “driving tour” of solo concerts across Europe. A seventeen year-old named Vera Brandes organized a concert in Köln, or Cologne, as we say. Here’s Brandes in a contemporary pic – I couldn’t find anything from back then. She looks cool and determined. She obviously was back then.

Jarrett requested, and Brandes promised, a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial grand piano.  The Cologne Opera House backstage staff found another Bösendorfer, a baby grand, and put it onstage. The baby was out of tune, and worse, according to Wiki, “tinny and thin in the upper registers and weak in the bass register.” And the pedals didn’t work. Nobody was the wiser, until Jarrett showed up late after a five-hour, 350-mile drive in a Renault 5 from Zurich, where he had played a few nights earlier.

Jarrett was hungry and suffering from back pain, which required a brace. According to his account of the evening, which is part of the Grammy Hall of Fame’s site about the album, some of the tour was scheduled to be recorded, and some was not. Here’s Jarrett himself:

“[T]he Cologne concert was one that was definitely scheduled to be recorded. However, for a 24-hour period before we got to Cologne, we had not slept at all. When we arrived at the hotel, I tried to take a nap. But it was impossible to do so.

The producer of the concert came to take us to the venue in his Rolls-Royce, a car that was so over the top that we could have eaten dinner in it, on the perfectly made wood panels. But we didn’t really learn the problems we were facing, until we arrived at the hall. I went onstage and realized, ‘Hey, I have a Bösendorfer, here and it’s not the right size and it sounds like a modified electric harpsichord.’ And then we found out that they couldn’t get the right piano, even though it existed, because their rental truck was gone.

At that point, we probably said all kinds of curse words. And we started to tell the engineers, ‘Maybe you can just pack up.’ But then Manfred and I both sort of thought that was crazy. The recording equipment was already set up. So we decided to just make a tape of the performance, even it if was just for ourselves. So we went to dinner. It was already late, I was due to go onstage soon, we’d had so many hassles, and the piano was such a terrible instrument. And I hadn’t slept anyway. So I was in almost hell. Then we went to this Italian restaurant where, for some perfectly symmetrical reason, we were served way last. Everyone else was eating, I was the one who was going to play in an hour, and I still didn’t have any food. And then when they finally brought the food, I was still hungry, because I wasn’t happy with the food they served.

All I remember after the restaurant fiasco is taking a peek at the engineers sitting, waiting with their equipment. They had everything ready. And I started thinking, ‘I’m going to do this.’ I remember putting my fist up in the air on the way out from backstage. I just looked at Manfred and said, ‘Power!’ or something.”

After several hours of tuning and adjustment, the piano was some semblance of playable. Jarrett took the stage at 11:30 p.m., following an opera performance – the only time slot that a teenage booker could arrange, apparently. Still, the show was sold out – 1,400 people at $1.72 per. Jarrett made do with his instrument, concentrating his notes in the middle of the keyboard. Again, per his account to the Grammys:

“It just seemed like everybody in the audience was there for a tremendous experience, and that made my job easy. What happened with this piano was that I was forced to play in what was — at the time — a new way. Somehow I felt I had to bring out whatever qualities this instrument had.

And that was it. My sense was, ‘I have to do this. I’m doing it. I don’t care what the fuck the piano sounds like. I’m doing it.’ And I did.”

The entire record is about an hour long, but the performance was three pieces – 26: 02, 33:13 (broken into two parts, even on the digital version), and a 6:57 “encore.” Hear it yourself.

In 1990, for the first time, Jarrett agreed to publish an authorized transcription of his performance. (That’s for the music geeks, who might happen across this blogpost. The Wiki of the album talks about vamping, chords, and a rubato feel. I don’t understand, but whatever.)

In 1977, Jarrett, DeJohnette, and bassist Gary Peacock recorded together on the latter’s record Tales of Another. In 1983, Eicher proposed that the three of them perform together for an album on ECM. Jarrett suggested that they do standards, and the “Standards Trio” was born. The initial sessions are now a box set, titled Setting Standards. 

Everything by that group is great, and there’s alot, including another acclaimed box set that documents three nights at NYC’s Blue Note in 1994. They released an album last year.

Jarrett continues to perform solo piano concerts, too. I’ve listened to alot of them. And they’re all special.

Köln will always be special-er. The encore that night was not wholly improvised, but based on a “Real Book” compilation tune known as “Memories of Tomorrow.” Prescient, I guess. In 1975, Jarrett was playing a song that forty-some years later would spark my memories of yesterday. Miss you, dude.

More soon.

JF

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Bored, so why not!

Lets see if I can answer these. 1: Name Mandy

2: Age 26

3: 3 Fears Spiders Burning alive Bungee jumping

4: 3 things I love Food Accomplishing something productive Sleep

5: 4 turns on Assertiveness Kindness Sense of humor Forwardness

6: 4 turns off Rudeness Narcissism Bad habits Excessive negativity

7: My best friend My buddy Allison

8: Sexual orientation Not big on labels. Bi I guess is a good umbrella term.

9: My best first date Winter formal in ‘05

10: How tall am I I’d say 5'10. I think I technically have been deemed to be 5'7 though.

11: What do I miss Being taken care of as a kid.

12: What time was I born 9am ish I think?

13: Favourite color Purple or black

14: Do I have a crush He’s pretty cute

15: Favourite quote The bird on your shoulder quote from tuesdays with maurie

16: Favourite place My living room (don’t you judge me)

17: Favourite food Pizza

18: Do I use sarcasm Never, who would do such a thing?

19: What am I listening to right now Assasination Classroom

20: First thing I notice in new person Jewelry

21: Shoe size 10.5/11 womens or 9 mens

22: Eye color Brown

23: Hair color Brown. I change it alot and right now it’s got some pink.

24: Favourite style of clothing Modern kinda urbany or punky I guess?

25: Ever done a prank call? Nah. Not my style.

27: Meaning behind my URL Nothing deep

28: Favourite movie Harry Potter I guess

29: Favourite song To the moon and back by Savage Garden

30: Favourite band I couldn’t tell you honestly. I like too many.

31: How I feel right now Tired and unaccomplished

32: Someone I love Mr. Leo Bunny

33: My current relationship status Married

34: My relationship with my parents Strained and unconventional

35: Favourite holiday Christmas

36: Tattoos and piercing i have I have 2 piercings in each ear and 1 cartilage. Also a small tattoo on my upper back.

37: Tattoos and piercing i want I always wanted a eyebrow piercing and the really dainty bullrings are cool. I’d also love to have full sleeves of tattoos but I’ll probably never get another of either.

38: The reason I joined Tumblr My hubby got obsessed with it.

39: Do I and my last ex hate each other? Nah, he’s a cool dude and finally forgave me for being a terrible child when I was with him.

40: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts? Definitely always get good morning ones since we get up at different times.

41: Have I ever kissed the last person you texted? Definitely not. Keagan is probably onr of the few I haven’t actually.

42: When did I last hold hands? Last time Marku and I went to the store I’m sure.

43: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning? No makeup: 5 minutes from bed to car. With basic full makeup a solid half hour. With going out makeup and clothes like 2 hours.

44: Have You shaved your legs in the past three days? Yes! Actually.

45: Where am I right now? Laying in Marku’s bed

46: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me? Definitely Marku. He usually camps in the bathtub and sets me up on the floor by the toilet.

47: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level? Too loud. Always.

48: Do I live with my Mom and Dad? Nopppeeeeee

49: Am I excited for anything? Someday we’re going to travel!

50: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to? Definitely Marku.

51: How often do I wear a fake smile? Everyyyy dayyyyy. Customer service at it’s finest.

52: When was the last time I hugged someone? Earlier today I hugged Keagan, Angie, AND Mark. So many hugs!

53: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me? He might have some ‘splanin to do

54: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not? Hmm, yeah probably a couple family members.

55: What is something I disliked about today? I woke up late and didn’t accomplish much

56: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be? I have no idea… maybe bernie?

57: What do I think about most? What I’m doing wrong

58: What’s my strangest talent? Noticing small details (but only when I’m trying. Otherwise I’m oblivious to my surroundings)

59: Do I have any strange phobias? Chalkboards. They freak me out and I can’t touch them.

60: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? Behind!!!

61: What was the last lie I told? “You don’t have to do that, I can pay for it”

62: Do I perfer talking on the phone or video chatting online? Neither. But phone if it’s between the too.

63: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens? I half believe in ghosts, aliens seem probable but not little green guys.

64: Do I believe in magic? I wishhhhhhh

65: Do I believe in luck? Kinda actually.

66: What’s the weather like right now? Kinda nice actually! Wet but mild.

67: What was the last book I’ve read? Kane chronicals

68: Do I like the smell of gasoline? Mildly

69: Do I have any nicknames? Mandoo

70: What was the worst injury I’ve ever had? I accidentally cut a large chunk out of my ankle when i was a teenager… otherwise no broken bones or anything.

71: Do I spend money or save it? I have a spending problem.

72: Can I touch my nose with a tounge? No :(

73: Is there anything pink in 10 feets from me? My pj pants

74: Favourite animal? Kitties!

75: What was I doing last night at 12 AM? Playing on my phone and watching netflix

76: What do I think is Satan’s last name is? I think Satan /is/ his last name lol

77: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it? Uh… something pop-y I’m sure.

78: How can you win my heart? Food.

79: What would I want to be written on my tombstone? That I was super nice!

80: What is my favorite word? Totes

81: My top 5 blogs on tumblr That I posted? None. I have like no followers that aren’t porn bots.

82: If the whole world was listening to me right now, what would I say? Let’s just all get along

83: Do I have any relatives in jail? Not currently

84: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power? Shapeshifting

85: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on? Depends on who is asking it.

86: What is my current desktop picture? The inside of a midevilish zeldaish tent with a woman lying in the bed.

87: Had sex? Yeap

88: Bought condoms? Yeah. Still awkward no matter how old you get for some reason.

89: Gotten pregnant? Nope

90: Failed a class? Yeah

91: Kissed a boy? A few

92: Kissed a girl? A few

93: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain? Not dramatically

94: Had job? For years

95: Left the house without my wallet? Just yesterday

96: Bullied someone on the internet? Nah, not my jam.

97: Had sex in public? Nah

98: Played on a sports team? Plenty of them

99: Smoked weed? Nope, not on my list

100: Did drugs? Never have, never will

101: Smoked cigarettes? Nope, terrible habbit

102: Drank alcohol? On occasion

103: Am I a vegetarian/vegan? Not anymore

104: Been overweight? I am morbidly obese technically atm

105: Been underweight? Once

106: Been to a wedding? A few

107: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight? Jesus, is that suppose to be a long time?

108: Watched TV for 5 hours straight? Every weekend

109: Been outside my home country? Nope

110: Gotten my heart broken? Once

111: Been to a professional sports game? Big leagues, no. Minor, yea.

112: Broken a bone? Nope

113: Cut myself? Yea

114: Been to prom? Yeap, twice

115: Been in airplane? Twice

116: Fly by helicopter? Once

117: What concerts have I been to? Hinder, buckcherry, paproach, death cab for cutie

118: Had a crush on someone of the same sex? Yea

119: Learned another language? Started japanese, never went very far

120: Wore make up? Pretty normally

121: Lost my virginity before I was 18? At 18 I think

122: Had oral sex? Yea

123: Dyed my hair? Alot

124: Voted in a presidential election? Every year

125: Rode in an ambulance? Sat in one, refused the ride

126: Had a surgery? Just wisdom teeth

127: Met someone famous? Voice actors, and there was a famous guy staying at our wedding hotel that I rode the elevator with. I always forget his name.

128: Stalked someone on a social network? Mildly

129: Peed outside? Ya, camping

130: Been fishing? Mmhm

131: Helped with charity? I actually don’t think so. I’ve donated before.

132: Been rejected by a crush? Never got myself to be in the position to be rejected

133: Broken a mirror? Yeahhh

134: What do I want for your birthday? Yummy food

135: How many kids do I want and what will be their names? 1-3 & no clue

136: Was I named after anyone? A barry manilow song

137: Do I like my handwriting? No i hate it

138: What was my favourite toy as a child? Barbies

139: Favourite Tv Show? I don’t have any active shows atm

140: Where do I want to live when older? Back in my family home

141: Play any musical instrument? I’m not musically inclined in any way

142: One of my scars, how did I get it? Have an L on my finger from slaming and locking my finger in the car door as a kid. I was stuck there for a while.

143: Favourite pizza toping? Sausage

144: Am I afraid of the dark? Nah

145: Am I afraid of heights? A little

146: Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad? Nope

147: Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end? Plentybof times

148: What I’m really bad at Doing anything consistently

149: What my greatest achievments are Graduating college

150: The meanest thing somebody has ever said to me There would be a list.

151: What I’d do if I won in a lottery Buy out my family home, remodel, set up my inlaws and grandma for life, get a working car, change jobs, and if I had enough I’d set up my parents and college funds too.

152: What do I like about myself My hair

153: My closest Tumblr friend I have some of my best friends irl on here

154: Something I fantasise about Being a normal person

This is way too long. I’m not tagging anyone and bringing this onto them. Yeesh.

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1. Less Printing:

2. Outsource Bookkeeping processes:

3- Pay Your invoices early:

4- Reduce inventory levels:

5- Use internet marketing:

6- hire interns:

7- Less traveling:

8- Consider Letting Employees work remotely:

9- Hire freelancers:

10- Buy used equipment:

11- Use online free tools:

12- Save electricity:

13- Buy bulk office supplies:

14- Invest in energy efficient appliances:

15- Stop using the landline:

16- Outsource your HR department:

17- Use free cloud storage services:

18- Look for insurance discounts:

19- Use word of mouth marketing:

20- Outsource customer service jobs:

21-Freight and packaging:

22-Legal fees:

23-Four-day work week:

24-Reconsider maintenance:

25-Outsource your IT operations:

26- Void or reduce perpetual payments:

27-Reevaluate complex expenses:

28-Outsourcing Lead generation:

29-Sponsor your events:

30-Barter with businesses:

31-Automate time-consuming tasks.

32-Utilize working space:

33-Keep track of tax write offs:

34-Review expenses regularly:

35- Outsource administrative tasks:

36-Join trade associations:

37- Cut superfluous expenses:

38-Hire temporary workforce:

39-Outsource software development:

40-Cut down on meetings:

41-Cut production costs:

42-Modernize your marketing methods:

43-Usage of efficient time strategies:

44- Outsource payroll processing:

45-Focus on quality:

46-Make sensible health care changes:

47-Invest in your employees:

48-Avoid interest at all costs:

49-Take advantage of travel reward credit cards:

50-Outsource whatever your company's weakness is:

Whether you run a big company or a small business, expenses are something a business owner is always looking to cut down. Cutting expenses down isn't easy, it requires creativity and trying out new things that you may have never considered.

Here are different methods, you might be able to cut down your expenses with:

1. Less Printing:

Printing isn't a cheap operation. Printing requires a lot of resources and equipment; ink cartridges are not cheap so if you are printing every day you might have to replace your ink cartridges several times a month which will end up costing you a fortune! Not to mention the maintenance price on those things!

 How many times have you had your printer breakdown or stop working with no reason? Paper isn't free either, storage spaces to store all that paper will also cost you money.

The whole operation is just costly for no reason. We live in a digital era, use hard disks to store your data instead of paper. Computers will also give you the chance of backing up your data instead of having it on a paper that might just get lost somewhere.

2. Outsource Bookkeeping processes:

Book keeping is an important part of the day to day operations of your business. But it can also be tiring and put pressure on you or your staff. Bookkeeping mistakes are also a huge problem that may get you in legal trouble or cost you fortunes. You can avoid all of this by outsourcing your bookkeeping processes to a company abroad (i.e. India). It is easier and will cost you way less money. Alot of companies abroad have bright minds that are willing to work for less wages than the ones you will be paying locally. It will save you a fortune and allow you to focus on the core processes of your business.Pay Your invoices early:

You would be surprised how many suppliers are ready to give you discounts for paying your invoices early. These suppliers struggle to get cash at some times because of late payments by their customers.

So, they are willing to go ahead and give discounts if you offer to pay earlier than usual. Not to mention the great relationship you will be building with the supplier which might get you better deals in the future. Of course, paying early isn't easy, you need cash on hand for that! Which brings me to my next point.

4. Reduce inventory levels:

Many businessmen spend all the business money on getting bigger inventory for slightly better deals, it does seem like a good idea but it isn't.

Study your market and find out how much inventory you may need and don’t buy extra! You shouldn’t be spending your capital on idle inventory, It's not practical. There are a lot of software that will help you manage your inventory and find the right numbers.

5. Use internet marketing:

Instead of spending thousands on TV ads or billboards, you can use search engines to generate traffic to your websites or spread the word about your company.

Facebook, twitter and blogs can find you plenty of customers. These methods are way cheaper than print media. Study your market and find out what will be a better method for your targeted demographic, Social media or traditional media.

6. Hire interns:

In today's economy, there are a lot of graduates looking for jobs or internships. They will do anything to work in a company for some experience.

It’s a win –win situation for everyone involved. A lot of them are bright minds with talent and will work hard to grow your company and for them to gain experience. You might have to give them some training but it will definitely still save you a lot of money in the long term.

7. Less traveling:

Plenty of meetings now can be done on Skype or other online applications that provide quality video service. Taking unnecessary trips will do nothing but waste your company's time and cost a fortune for traveling expenses. Hotels and plane trips aren't cheap. You can save thousands and just conduct meeting from the comfort of your company and save all that money that may have a better place in the company.

8. Consider Letting Employees work remotely:

Try to allow your staff to work from home maybe once a week. This will have a lot of benefits on the company. You will be able to save a lot of money due to saved electricity.

Also in the future, you may move to a smaller office, saving a lot of rent money. This might also increase the productivity of your employees and make them feel more comfortable resulting in better work.

9. Hire freelancers:

There are thousands of experienced professionals that work from the comfort of their home to provide high-quality work. Hiring freelancers will give you access to international talents that have a lot of fresh ideas and creativity to show. You can hire freeelancers from marketplace like upwork.com 

10. Buy used equipment:

Instead of buying new laptops, computers, faxes, or any electronics in general, you can buy slightly used ones for way lower price to cut costs and expenses. You will notice no difference in performance.

If you do need help in executing any of these tips , feel free to contact Outsourcing Insight and our professional team will custom tailor a plan for you to reach maximum efficiency.

We all know that you have to spend money to gain money. It is a pretty simple concept. But what if most of the money we spend can be saved? Every company has the potential to reduce their expenses through saving money on tiny details no one bothers with. Not only some methods may reduce your expenses, but also drive up productivity of your employees.

11. Use online free tools:

Some companies spend thousands of dollars buying outdated licensed applications online because they might not trust specific free services. For example, you might spend thousands buying office applications and data base entry software when you can simple use google docs. It is just as good and is free to use online. there are tons of free software out there that could help your company and save you a lot of money.

Even if you don’t want free software, try negotiating deals with the software owners to buy them for a lower price for your company.

12. Save electricity:

Tired of seeing a large electricity bill every month? Well cutting down electricity costs is simple. All you need is applying some office policies and being strict about them.

Unplug unused electronics, close lights where rooms are unused.

Use sun light in rooms where it is possible, it will drive up your work force productivity and make them feel more natural. Besides unplugging electronics will extend their lifetime and reduce chances of it breaking down, which may save maintenance money​

13. Buy bulk office supplies:

Office supplies are necessary for every business. But suppliers often over price them. Try striking deals with your suppliers to buy it in bulk, there is no need to place some order every 2 weeks and buy so frequently when you can get them at a cheaper price for the bulk.

Additionally, you can recycle old paper equipment. for instance, if you write on a paper's side, why not use the other side too? or maybe any unneeded used paper can be sold to recycling companies. It may not bring in a lot of money but it will definitely reduce expenses that will add up at the end of the month.

14. Invest in energy efficient appliances:

Now you may be thinking that those have high initial cost. True but you have to think with a broader mind. If you buy an air conditioner that may cost more than the normal air conditioner because it saves energy, in 5 years you would have saved more money on electricity making the purchase in the first place worth it. Energy saving light bulbs, they work just as good but will save money on electricity.

15. Stop using the landline:

Take a second and think about how many times your business might have used the landline in the past year?

Exactly. Land line is an outdated method of communications. There are plenty of FREE business VoIP services that you may use for business purposes. 

These services provide good quality and will be convenient to use saving you the money you pay for unused services. Most of your employees will not be using the landline if they have another choice.

16. Outsource your HR department:

Tired of spending too much money on departments that don’t relate in any way to your core operations?

Well outsource them today then. There are companies abroad that specialize in doing the work for you for a lower cost. These companies reside in a country where cost of living is way lower.

Why hire a whole HR department when you can simply just send all the work abroad and never think about it. 

Don’t worry, outsourcing companies are professional, smart and quick. 

They will get all the work you need done in the time you want. You will be surprised with the prices of outsourcing, it's absolutely efficient and money/time saving.

17. Use free cloud storage services:

Tired of printing and wasting money on ink and paper and maintenance? Well don’t want to spend money on saving your data on hard disks?

Simple use cloud storage services online.

There are a lot of free services that you could use. Don’t worry those services are secure, safe and will never use your data. They take their users privacy very carefully and will never give or allow access of your data to anyone else.

18. Look for insurance discounts:

Don’t take the first deal you see, you might be able to get way better deals from other companies. there are a ton of deals for businesses out there, you just have to ask about it.

19. Use word of mouth marketing:

Printed media isn't the best advertisement method you could use today. It may be beneficial to create some sort of word of mouth marketing by promotions such as referral discounts or promocodes or coupons.

20. Outsource customer service jobs:

Instead of wasting your time hiring unmotivated customer service agents that may end up dissatisfying your customer, you could just outsource the department to companies that specialize in customer service operations. These companies have the skill and the expertise you will be looking for. Save yourself the fuss of the hiring process and outsource NOW.

These methods can be very beneficial if applied right. You just need to be patient and consult the right people. If you need any help applying any of the methods stated above please feel free to contact Outsourcing Insight and we will provide our top notch service based on your needs.

The general rule of business is to control expenses and costs, generate more revenue and maximize your profits. Sounds simple, right? Well it may sound simple but it definitely isn't easy to implement.

Especially in the tough economic times we are living in today. Growing your company may increase your profits, but it will also increase your expenses and will require you to buy more office space and hire more workers. this will all increase your expenses and cost you a fortune every month. But what if there are ways to reduce those expenses and minimize them as much as possible?

21. Freight and packaging:

Have you noticed that maybe you pay more than you are supposed to when shipping products to customers? Take a look at your small package or trucking competitive landscape for cost savings. Make sure the truck loaders are being fully efficient and organizing the business and packages for maximum efficiency.

22. Legal fees:

You might be, unfortunately, dealing with some legal issues or involved in some sort of basic patent work, litigation or IPO introduction. In those cases, you will need a legal specialist, a lawyer that is most likely based in a top law firm with a very high hourly rate.

However, don’t fall into the misconception that you have to pay those hourly rates for corporate counsel work. Legal fees are very negotiable. Many firms will adjust the fees for basic corporate work or accept a fixed monthly payment for basic legal services.

23. Four-day work week:

A four-day work week will not only save you a lot of supplies and utilities. It will also boost your employees' productivity and moral.

You may think that this will reduce the company's productivity, but it will actually reduce costs and bills while providing a healthy atmosphere and positive vibes between you and your employees that may end up boosting the company's overall productivity. 

How many times have you heard about an employee that finished his day's work but is sitting around doing nothing for the rest of the day because they have no choice? This all costs money. If they work 4 days a week they can get as much work done while cutting down costs.

24. Reconsider maintenance:

Regular maintenance and cleaning services around the office can lead up to an expensive bill. So, don’t use those services unless it's really necessary to.

For instance, instead of having the cleaning crew come once a week, consider making it twice a month. You will find out that most of the work they do can be done in half the time. This may save you a significant amount of money.

25. Outsource your IT operations:

Handling IT operations in-house can be extremely expensive. The average business doesn’t have the ability or knowledge to manage its IT operations itself. unless of course you are an it company, it isn't considered to be a core operation in your business. It will cost you a fortune to hire professionals that will maintain your IT operations.

It also may be hard to find the right people for the job. So why bother with all that? Instead of paying all that money operating a department you don’t need.

Outsource all that work to companies abroad that will work for a fraction of the money you will be paying locally. These companies cost way less because of the lower cost of living of the country they reside in (i.e. India).

26. Void or reduce perpetual payments:

Instead of renting the same equipment every month and paying an infinite stream of money to the owners. Purchase the equipment yourself. This may have a high initial cost but it will definitely be better in the long term as it will stop the infinite stream of money being paid every month. This will also give you tax benefits associated with depreciation of items owned.

27. Reevaluate complex expenses:

Complex expenses are payments for multi-tiered level of service. For example, your phone bill company. When you pay the bill you are paying for a bunch of services from the same provider such as airtime minutes per month or network calling or text messaging, data you may not be using etc.

Take a good look at what exactly you are paying for and what exactly you actually may need. Call your phone provider to cancel all the services you don’t use and ask for any existing offers or discounts for businesses.

28. Outsourcing Lead generation:

Plenty of companies in our economy rely completely on lead generation and lead to sale conversion. They end up paying fortunes to set up their own centers or pay for new lead generation methods that don't work.

Stop using recycled methods and leads and outsource all of that to companies abroad. Working with a foreign country will give you chances and access to new talents and minds that will have better ideas and methods to generate more leads for your company.

29. Sponsor your events:

If you are hosting any business events try to get sponsors to pay for it in return for advertisement or discounts to your service. You will save a fortune while developing good relationships with different companies.

30. Barter with businesses:

If your supplier or vendor can use the product or the service you provide, you both may be able to work with each other on a deal that will end up saving both of you money. resulting in a win-win situation.

These methods require skills and time to study, if you need help implementing any of these methods please contact Outsourcing Insight and we will do our best to help cut down your expenses.

You might think that all the expenses you pay for your company are necessary! Except, they aren't. Every business owner can cut down their expenses to some extent. If you pay enough attention to the small details you will find that most of your company's expenses could be reduced by doing one simple small change. But how? ​

31. Automate time-consuming tasks.

There are a lot of things that your staff may be doing that might be routine work or require no experience at all such as: posting updates to social media, redirecting calls etc. These operations are reducing your work force's productivity and putting unnecessary work load on them. These operations can be simply automated through a one-time payment.

32. Utilize working space:

You might be spending thousands every year renting a big office that may not be fully occupied. A good idea to utilize the working space is by sharing the work space with another company and sharing the rent. This will give you the ability to rent in a good place in the city while sharing the cost. If you are a small business you may just sign up for a co-working facility rather than renting an office for your business.

33. Keep track of tax write offs:

Keeping track of your tax write offs is necessary as it will prevent you from paying extra payments every at tax time every year.

34. Review expenses regularly:

In order to know if you are doing better or worse every year, you need to keep track and look at your expenses regularly. This will help in the expense cutting down operation.

It will also show you what is the biggest expense you have so you can work on reducing expenses in that department. it will give you a realistic image of where you can make cuts and save money.

35. Outsource administrative tasks:

Most administrative tasks can be done using virtual assistants. Outsourcing administrative tasks to foreign companies will save you a lot of money and effort.

Why would you go through the interviewing process and look for employees for high turnover jobs every month and waste your time? You can easily look for a company abroad and they will take all the work load from your shoulders. These companies provide high quality work that will suite your needs. They have really talented employees with fresh ideas and creativity.

This will also give you a chance to work on the core processes and operations of your company, keeping up with your competition.

36. Join trade associations:

Look up trade associations related to your industry or field in your local area. You will find plenty of opportunities that may save you money.

Research well first and find out what resources they may have that will benefit you. You might have to pay an entrance fee but it will be useful in the long term and will save you more money that what you will pay.

37. Cut superfluous expenses:

During running your business, you will be facing some expenses that aren't necessary to the course of your business such as hosting a pizza party for your workforce every once in a while.

As wholesome and motivating this might sound and be to the employees. Cutting those over the top expenses can help you save.

38. Hire temporary workforce:

Every once in a while, your company might have a specific task that isn't necessarily vital in the business operation.

Hiring a full-time employee for it will be wasting a lot of resources and you will be required to give them all their benefits as full time employees.

But that isn't necessary, you can hire part time workers for that specific job, and their job ends once you don't need this process anymore. It will help you save a lot of expenses while minimizing your workforce and keeping only the necessary employees that contribute daily to your company.

39. Outsource software development:

Every business needs its application on different platforms these days. But hiring software engineers is expensive and a very exhausting process. 

Not to mention how hard it is to find an engineer that is qualified and understands exactly what you need and gets the image you want. well there are companies abroad that will gladly take your work and do it for you for a way lower cost.

They will listen to your needs and provide exactly the work and quality you need.

40. Cut down on meetings:

Having unnecessary meetings every week contributes nothing. Maybe you can have a board where employees can hang post-it notes on whenever they get a new idea that might contribute to the business. If its worthy you might have a meeting to discuss it. But having unnecessary meetings every week or so is just time consuming and may bore and reduce the productivity of your employees.

We know you want to cut down your expenses and maximize profits. All these methods will help you do that, but we might be of huge aid to you.

These methods need professionals and experienced planners to be applied to every business. 

We at Outsourcing Insight will tailor the work you need to fit your business needs exactly.

When you run a business, every penny counts. You don’t want to be spending 1 penny more than you are supposed to.

But unfortunately, many business owners don’t pay enough attention and end up spending more money on expenses than they should. This may result in not having enough cash or funds to expand or develop your business more leading to stagnating your business or even losing money over the course of running the company.

Don’t worry there are a lot of things you could do that may reduce your spending.

41. Cut production costs:

As a business owner you should always be looking at ways to reduce your production costs and optimize your resources. Selling left over material may save a lot of money instead of sending it to the recycling centers.

Additionally, take a look at your company's waste and try to make a product out of it. This will increase the company's efficiency and improve company's productivity and profits. Make sure you are maximizing your real estate's potential.

Centralize the space you need for production and lease the unused left space to a business or an individual for private use. Set performance goals every month and look for different ways to how to improve the use of resources and get the best for the least amount of resources. This method will provide improvements and cutting costs every month.

42. Modernize your marketing methods:

Build a customer email list and update it every month, implement a referral program. A recommendation from a customer is more likely to result in a sale than traditional marketing methods. Reduce advertising and increase networking.

Customers like to buy something from a face they recognize, it makes your product more guaranteed. Get rid of your old marketing methods that you spend thousands on and start using modern methods such as internet. You may also consider to outsource your marketing.

43. Usage of efficient time strategies:

Optimize the productivity of your employees effectively. Wasted time is wasted money. Make sure your employees are not wasting their time during work hours.

You can do that by blocking out distractions such as social media and other time-wasting methods. provide a work encouraging atmosphere that is quite and friendly but at the same time competitive.

Maybe have an employee of the month competition that gives the winner more advantage than everyone for a period of time. This will make your employees motivated and ready to prove that they are the best. Therefore, increasing your profits and cutting down costs.

44. Outsource payroll processing:

In-house payroll might not be that problematic when you are still a small business with 10 employees, but once your business expands and starts growing you will start hiring more and more employees.

So why got through the time consuming and exhausting operation of payroll processing. You can hire companies abroad that will take care of that for you for a way less cost than you expect.

Outsourcing payroll is one of the best thing a company can do to reduce costs and cut time wasting. Outsourcing non-core operations like this will narrow down your focus to important tasks that grow the business and increases profits.

45. Focus on quality:

Never ever sacrifice quality to save money. Quality always sells in the form of service or products. Always try to improve quality, which may cost money but will increase sales through referrals and satisfied customers that are happy to do business with you again.

Also, the higher the quality, and the more you prove that the quality of what you have is better than every competitor. You will always be able to charge higher fees and dominate the market. This method may cost some money in the begging but you will notice the difference when your business starts getting a glorious reputation.

46. Make sensible health care changes:

Chances are your business spends a fortune on health care coverage for your employees. Always try to look for new plans or cut down as much as you can to lower plans without hurting your employee's coverage too much.

The health care insurance market is very competitive and if you look hard enough you will find the best cost-efficient coverage for your employees replacing the old traditional health coverage.

47. Invest in your employees:

Hiring an employee is very costly. So, make sure that who you hire is the right person for the job.

Firing and hiring another employee costs 20% of their annual salary.

 If you have high turnover employee rates then you are probably doing something wrong.

48. Avoid interest at all costs:

Debt is the enemy of any business. Some suppliers will overwhelm you with interest so always try to make interest free deals or very low interest deals that requires you to pay upfront. Remember every dollar of interest that you pay is a dollar that won't accrue to your bottom line.

49. Take advantage of travel reward credit cards:

I know, I know you might be thinking I am out of my mind mentioning credit cards and cutting costs in the same sentence but, there is a difference between responsible use and irresponsible use.

Tunneling all your business expenses and payments through one or two credit cards will farm you a lot of pints that you may use for hotels and air fare for your business travel needs.

50. Outsource whatever your company's weakness is:

Now every business has a weakness, it's sad but true. Through observing the books and the productivity of your employees you might be able to easily find which department is lacking in work or might be slower than other departments.

Well today you can easily outsource the work that this department does for lower cost and save yourself from going through troubleshooting problems to why this department might be doing bad.

At Outsourcing Insight, we will make sure you apply those methods accordingly, and efficiently. Feel free to contact us ​

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