For the second episode in the woodshop, I've decided to play a song a wrote a while back but have never performed. It was supposed to be a simple love song but went a bit sideways on me. I also play one of...
Covid really threw a monkey wrench into my summer performance schedule as it did for most musicians. I've really been missing getting the opportunity to perform as even open mic nights aren't happening right now. Due to a recent move, I also find...
If you have been following along with my account of how I got the chance to perform in England and Iceland, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the story. I apologize that it went on for so many chapters, but from my...
Next: epilogue As the flight from London was making its final approach into Keflavík, Iceland, I had a lot on my mind. I was still riding high from my performances in Manchester, England. I was looking forward to my first trip to Iceland, and nervously wondering how the upcoming...
NEXT: chapter 15 (off to the land of the ice and snow) So, it’s September 7, 2019, and I have just performed for the first time ever in Europe, not just once but twice. I’m on cloud nine, and due to an appalling sleep deficit, I feel like...
NEXT: chapter 14 (The after after after after party) If you’re following along, you now know how I managed to get to Manchester, England to perform at the GeoCoinfest Europe event. Thanks to the previous 3 guest blogs from drummer Hans Dejonghe, you also know how...
Next: chapter 13 (I love it when a plan comes together) While we had been learning Steve’s songs and running down all our “old” songs with Nico; me and Ian and Jon-Paul also had to figure out how we would get the band in Manchester at...
Next: chapter 12 (bugsy travels indeed) Hans is back with the second chapter of his perspective on the GeoCoinfest 2019 event in Manchester, which is actually chapter 11 in the whole story. The loss of 9 numbers has to do with the timezone difference between...
NEXT: chapter 11 (Your mission should you choose to accept it) If you've been following along with this blog about my experience getting to perform in the UK and Iceland, you know that we're up to the point where I've arrived in Manchester, England with my...
NEXT: chapter 10 (meanwhile in belgium) How do you get to Manchester, England for your first ever European gig? Well, you take a car to a shuttle to an underground rail to an airplane to another airplane to an express train to a subway to a train to a...