I took a roadtrip this past Friday out to Swift Current for the open stage at the Lyric Theatre. It's a long drive for a short set but I really wanted to start making connections out there, I had some time to take off and I had some adventures to try on the way out there.
Even with the kazoo being the focus instrument of this project, I don't necessarily think that buying a new kazoo is blog-worthy. But a new handmade kazoo I ordered just came in the mail this week and I'd like to share a bit about it!
The reality of my first show coming up in a few weeks is starting to hit me. The good news is that my practice regime has been very good and I think I'm fully equipped to get the job done.
My debut performance in Moose Jaw is one month away! I've been practicing hard and I've got a set I'm really proud of ready for the show. But, keeping motivated to practice has been challenging. To be honest, even understanding what I need pratice on has been a challenge. So, I took to the stage at Open Mic last night to get some reps on stage and get a feel for what I might need to work on.
I'm very excited for the debut performance of Jeremy and his Kazoo coming up on July 3 in Moose Jaw as part of the Moose Jaw Sidewalk Days Festival.
I watched a video this morning about learning to play guitar later in life. While I'm certainly not learning guitar from the ground up and I'm maybe a bit young for the audience he was trying to reach. But I'm in this phase where I'm looking for a bit of advice to bump things up a bit. One of his suggestions was to review what you're doing every 90 days. Well today's post is a bit of a review, but it hasn't been quite 90 days.
I've had a recent fascination with little acoustic guitars. My open-mic wingman, Dustin uses a really little guitar and it has the most interesting tone to it. It's not all big and bassy to be sure, but there's a purity to it that I really like.
I've got a couple of projects coming up and some philosophies I've been considering of late and it's led me down a path I hadn't planned on going down at this time - coming up with some covers to play.
I hinted at it in my last blog post, but it's now official: I'm on YouTube! I've had a few videos posted on the platform for a while but that was with my personal YouTube account. I took some time this week to convert an unused channel I had to this project and got my first video posted today. Again, it's a song I've had posted previously, but I went in the yard and did a new performance for your enjoyment:
I've spent the last week or so really struggling with the commitment to develop 5 polished minutes of my music that I made in a previous blog post.
It's March 1 and my first ever February Album Writing Month challenge is complete. I am already starting to feel a sense of emptiness, and I'm not really trying to be hyperbolic. I've spent most of my weekends and evenings over the last month with a guitar in hand and lyrics in front of me. I woke up this morning and didn't have that spot to immediately head to. So I guess I'll blog about it.
I've been making the rounds at open mics whenever I can and the most consistent feedback I'm getting is that my songs are funny and entertaining, the kazoo is great an I need to polish up what I'm doing.
