Well this poster pretty much says it all! I know it's pretty much been a month later since the event itself, but school and work have just been too overwhelming in order to post up a blog about the course of the night the day after. I know what you're thinking, "She's just covering up for a being too hungover!" - honestly, as hard as this may be to believe, but I have never experienced being hungover before! I've heard all the stories that friends tell me and never felt any of those symptoms. Definitely something to feel grateful for haha!
The night was honestly one of the best experiences I have ever been blessed with! Being able to share the stage with some of the most talented performers and producers was just inspirational! Especially since they're both great friends! I was extremely fortunate to open up (and ironically close) for Andrew Simpson and Mikey (Loopsy Dazy). Although I'll admit that I cheated and only played other DJs works that night, I seriously encourage you all to check out both of their sites because they produce and compose their own works! Hopefully one of these days I'll get there :) it's all about the baby steps right now! First thing's first, gotta keep practicing the piano (played for 8 years but since school got too crazy for me to practice during the week, I slowly stopped) just for the sake of practicing. One of these days I'll be able to push myself and compose!
Andrew and I met Mikey back in March 2011 when Andrew had won third place in BT's "Stutterific" contest! And fortunate for me, he asked if I wanted to join him on his venture down to Miami for the Sea to Sun conference/gathering! This is were the start of a beautiful friendship began :) Obviously Mikey and Andrew kept contact through out the competition, but we only got to physically meet one another in MIA. Now, 8 months later, we are united to perform together for the first time; making the title of our event, Stutterriffic, that much more appropriate. A reunion that will not be forgotten, an experience to learn and gain from.
With the help of a lot of friends, social networks, and just simply telling everyone we knew about the event, we were able to get over a hundred people at our gig! For a first time (for all three of us together), this was a really great success! Not only that, it was also Andrew Simpson's EP release that night! His "Goodnight Ambleside EP" is up for a FREE download here at "www.andrewsimpsonmusic.com" Please feel free to download it and let him know what you think!
Vinyl was a very friendly and small venue which allowed us to be more "intimate" with our audience. We were so blessed to be supported by so many friends that night! I was so happy to see faces that I didn't expect to see that night too! It is truly amazing to know who your friends are! And so amazing to make new ones as well! I really do hope that the three of us will be able to do something like this soon again! Come to think about it, we were starting to think about doing something like this in the summer of 2012... if not, at least at some point in 2012... but in Toronto! Now THAT will be another experience of a life time!
Andrew and I were also thinking of joining forces with two good friends of ours, Alex Ferrier and Matt Craig. Style being very similar to Loopsy Dazy, I'm sure we'd have a ball! Fingers crossed for some more future collaborations such as these, life is further proving itself to being more and more exiting and full of adventures! But remember, in order to get to where you are, you need to work at it. It's not going to come to you on a silver platter, you need to start from the bottom and move your way up.
For more info on Loopsy Dazy, I strongly encourage you to check out his sites:
For Andrew Simpson:
Wishing you all the happiest, warmest, safest and most loving holidays with family and friends!
Cheers,
C.
xoxo
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