Greetings! It’s been quite a while since I posted last… things have been busy! What has been happening? Well, apart from school and all that sort of thing, I have moved house… twice… in the past month. That has been rather stressful but now I am happily settled into my new flat.
Moving and the such has caused me to fall a little behind in my studies and practice, but now that I have a comfy new place I feel confident that I can catch up without too much trouble. I am preparing for my technical exam in week 11 (uni semester 1) which involves jazz standards, modes, scales and the like, and my performance exam in week 14, which involves a 30 minute program which I chose. Plus there’s theory, aural, keyboard and audio work. I’m having fun though, and my teachers are great.
In March I attended a number of workshops/talks as a part of the Amplified music festival. I found it all very interesting and useful, and learnt a lot about the music and songwriting industry.
On the 23rd I attended the Southern Roots Festival, which was just amazing. I had such a great day, saw some local acts and friends of mine such as Unleash the Nugget and Dean Stevenson, found a Keith Urban pick that was thrown into the crowd, and rocked out to John Fogerty! He was simply amazing. An absolutely superb performer and the whole event was also organised really well. I attended the afterparty at the Republic Bar & Cafe, where I met a guy named Sam Duffy. He’s an American guy who came down with the Music Maker Foundation, a fantastic organisation which provides relief to aging and needy blues singers, as well as getting their amazing music recorded. He approached me and said he’d noticed me dancing and enjoying the Music Makers performance at the festival, and we had a chat about music and travel and that sort of stuff. He told me that should I ever find myself in New York (which I really hope to, someday soon) I can give him a call and he could show me around and whatnot. Quite an exciting day in general for me! And yes, I got a John Fogerty shirt – and was photographed in it whilst at a Southern Gospel Choir rehearsal, for a newspaper article about Andrew Legg’s PhD assessment concert…
…which was on the 29th of March and was a huge success. I was chosen for this concert as one of the 9 “disciples”, who each have their own microphone, in order to boost the sound and blend of the choir. This was incredibly fun and exciting for me, as the gospel choir is definitely one of my favourite endeavours, and I put everything I can into it. The concert went well, and hopefully soon Andrew Legg will have a rather official title! Also coming up is a gig for the disciples and the Very Righteous Gospel Band at the Environment Minister’s Dinner. I’m looking forward to that!
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