What is going to happen in 2013?

The new year is coming. 2013 is going to prove to be a very exciting year for me. I am doing coverage of my school's opera theatre production, Princess Ida. Also, I am expected to attend many exciting concerts, some of them being my own. And most importantly, I am going to do more interesting stories on my blog, and many episodes of some of my series on YouTube. Opera in a Nutshell, That Music History Show, and even some interviews and concert clips. I also want to know what you, the public, wants. So tell me in the comments you want me to cover in the new year? or do you know anyone who wants to work with me. I have started working as a YouTube Partner, so I hopefully can make my videos more legitimate
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Why I Am I Doing This?

It is true that what I do does not reach a wide audience. However, that is never going to stop me. I have made my blog and youtube because I want to engage the public in the world of music history. I have nothing against other genres of music, I love them all. I just focus my energy on the classics. Although my videos are not produced at a professional level, I know that people watch them and they enjoy them. If they learn something, thats even better.

I may never be a great blogger or youtuber. But that is not what I want to do with my life. This is just a hobby. My main focus in lit is to become an expert on music and conducting and to become a person who is willing to share this expertise and enthusiasm with the world. So in short, I may not be the best at what I do, but at least I am trying.

G&S: The Telephone Code

The early days of the telephone were that of discovery. It was Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, who wanted people to say "Ahoy!" when they answered, but then decided to say "Hello" thanks to Thomas Edison. Besides making phone calls, people who subscribed to the phone company could listen to concerts and operas. But many were still suspicious of the operators who could possibly listen to their private conversations.

Such men were W.S. Gilbert, who shared conversations over the phone with Mr. Richard D'Oyly Carte. They discussed financial figures from their productions in a secret code. Each number 1-9 and 0 were replaced by a letter of the alphabet based on the word:

F = 1
A = 2
V = 3
O = 4
U = 5
R = 6
I = 7
T = 8
E = 9
S = 0

So 365 pounds would be VRU. Easy enough. Write out a math problem featuring this code and challenge your friends to decode it.