Originally Posted by Joice Marie
Originally Posted by Nelson
What R your musical aspirations for 2013?

What were your plans for progressing along your musical journey, this year?

We’re ¼ the way through the year, are you satisfied with your progression, thus far?


As for me, other then the obvious stuff, learning to play and sing better, I want to become comfortable performing live, alone and with others.
As of this moment, I've done nothing to progress to those ends. frown

But I am practicing more, in general.




Ah Mr Nelson

I'd Like to Encourage you to perform More live --Because you have the kind of vocal power to Move a room full of people : )

My Big plan for 2013-- after -- a year of building a Cover set list enough to fill a night of solo performance and doing some gigs in 2012 ---- was to perform out AT least once a month ---- I did that Jan& Feb -- but fell off March because a place closed--- but now April I have 2 gigs this weekend --- so Not a bust --- but Bumpy

Now slowly I am hoping to add originals to the set and of course continue to perform and I do highly recommend it... It's Not effortless for me at all --- But it has gotten a bit better and Hopefully that will continue.

Get out there my Friend !!

jm


Joice
That is just wonderful. I love to hear of artists making strides on their musical journey. Through them I tend to live, vicariously.

I've done 3 live performances(open mics), all with in a 2 week period, about 3 years ago. The responses were over whelming for a novice such as myself. Actually the last one was a bit too over-whelming. It ended with folks coming up to me afterwards in tears, which bought me to tears, it was quite a mess.

Now 2 strange things happened.

1st= That night of tears, though I had made up some CDs and business cards, when folks ask me if I had CDs, I said, No and didn't give out one business card... Go figure.

2nd= Last summer I attended a concert of the 9 singer songwriter series, at an art gallery, here in town. To make a short story shorter, the guy that hosted the before mentioned Open Mic, was one of the performers. I was alone so I watched from the back of the room, at the bar.
After his set, he made his way back to the bar, where I introduced myself and mentioned that I performed at one of his open mic nites and to my surprise he said, " I remember you, you had everyone in tears, my girl friend still talks about you." shocked Huh?

Now, I know we spoke for a bit longer but for the life of me, I couldn't tell you anything that was said after that.

Needless to say, that's a feather I keep in my hat, of few feathers, for those times when nothing I'm doing seems to work and I feel like a hack. smile

PS
Just stopped over to your myspace page and I must say you really have a unique sound and quality to your work. I love, "MILK".

Much respect to you and Calvin.
You 2 make a brilliant team.