It was a privilege and delight to play for Inga's birthday party last night. The room was full of love from her beautiful family and it was really quite a treat to be part of it and hear snippets of everyone's stories. I love it that they asked me to wear my big Versailles dress.
This is about the nicest thing anyone could ever say to me at a gig: "You brought joy into my day." Bringing joy is an enormous part of why I play music. And I find so much joy in meeting all kinds of people at my gigs.
My small person has been practising her banjo for hours. It's seeping through the walls at the perfect volume, providing the soundtrack to my evening. It's a lovely balance of bounce and repetitive groove with a hint of creepy darkness.
My goodness it is a nice feeling when you set up the ticketing page for an event and the very same day someone buys some tickets. Thank you, o wonderful early ticket purchaser, for booking to see Auld Alliance in July. You put a big smile on my dial!
I have a piano student on Thursday mornings who is an absolute joy to teach. He's interested and enthusiastic and we have really good discussions about how music works. And that dynamic makes me a better teacher. The photo below is a teaching idea I am thrilled to have come up with last week. It
I did another fun lunchtime gig in the Bendigo Mall today with the most excellent Robbie Melville. I've been trying to do some gigs with him for years, but Covid got in the way. This month I've managed to nab him for three gigs of Frenchy songs and it's loads of fun. One of the
It was quite annoying that my train to Melbourne was delayed at Footscray for an hour this afternoon, making me late to class. There was a trespasser on the tracks that stopped all trains in and out of the city on the west side for over an hour, causing a large embuggerance for many. However,
How delightful is it to get home late in the evening and find that someone has done your dirty dishes, unstacked the dishwasher and wiped the bench? Just the most lovely thing! Thank you, mysterious cleaning fairy, your efforts have not gone unnoticed.
I love seeing really good musicians who play with smiles. The members of Good Behavior are all top musicians and also really excellent humans who outwardly love what they do.
Silly hat hair will never not be funny. Especially on a man who likes cockatoos.
