Life is busy. Busy fun, but busy.
So what's been going on with you over the past wee while? Lots of good things, I hope.
It's actually been weird over the past few weeks, we've had some astounding weather for March. Today started off horribly, then was glorious over lunch, then shabby again. Ah well. Have been very busy, schoolwork, futureplans, life in general, gigging...
I went to see Snow Patrol on Monday night at the Odyssey. As much as I hate the way the Odyssey 'does'/runs their gigs, it was a fantastic night...Duke Special was amazing too, I love his style of music. Very flamboyant, quite macabre in a way. Then I stayed late on Tuesday after school to work on ICT coursework, late on Wednesday to work on Art, and late on Thursday to finish and submit my ICT coursework. It's such a relief to have it in though, we're winding up courses and getting revision materials started.
On Wednesday evening I went to the Ulster Hall to see Andy Cairns chatter about his experiences of the NI music scene + industry. Got there and felt a bit star-struck; Andy Cairns, Mike Edgar, Adam Turkington and Rigsy, notably. I asked a question (it was being recorded, golly!) and Andy was super nice about answering it, I felt like I was actually being taken seriously. :) There were 14 people in the audience, excluding bar staff...mostly industry types tbh.
My question was "I was interested to hear your own experiences of going to gigs as a teenager. Do you think there's enough made available to young people now, such as all-ages gigs, or even making their own music? Especially since the Oh Yeah centre opened."
I have my Art GCSE on Monday and Tuesday. Feeling pretty confident at the moment...but we'll see. I'm going to Swansea in about a week, then it's Easter, then my birthday, then GCSEs, then the rest of my life.
Told my parents that I was considering studying English at Uni instead of Medicine because I wanted to go into Journalism. At the moment I'm building up potential places to send reviews to, have got one placement working with promotions at the arts centre near me, answered a request for submissions to a local fanzine...I'm just writing, building it up. There'll be a slight problem because I'm underage and there's not that many all-ages gigs to review, so I'm mostly sticking to local bands' EPs and things.
Asked my English teacher if she thought I'd be capable and she said "Oh, without a doubt. You have a wonderful, distinctive style and I think you'd love it." I looked up QUB's course content and it's pretty amazing!
This summer, I'm doing a course on Gig Promotion at the Urban Arts Academy, which is an awesome arts festival in Belfast. I'm hoping to go to Glasgowbury (local music festival), keep going to as many gigs as possible, try and score a few interviews with local bands...busy busy busy. I genuinely think I can do it, though.
So tonight will be the first night in a while that I'm going to go to sleep without feeling under pressure to get things done IMMEDIATELY LIEK NAO.
P.S. spent too much money in Backbeat Records the other week, but on the upside Red Sirus are amazing. Apologies for the slightly breakneck pace of this entry, but I'm feeling quite restless at the moment. :) I love adolescence, especially when I know that I can do this.
It's actually been weird over the past few weeks, we've had some astounding weather for March. Today started off horribly, then was glorious over lunch, then shabby again. Ah well. Have been very busy, schoolwork, futureplans, life in general, gigging...
I went to see Snow Patrol on Monday night at the Odyssey. As much as I hate the way the Odyssey 'does'/runs their gigs, it was a fantastic night...Duke Special was amazing too, I love his style of music. Very flamboyant, quite macabre in a way. Then I stayed late on Tuesday after school to work on ICT coursework, late on Wednesday to work on Art, and late on Thursday to finish and submit my ICT coursework. It's such a relief to have it in though, we're winding up courses and getting revision materials started.
On Wednesday evening I went to the Ulster Hall to see Andy Cairns chatter about his experiences of the NI music scene + industry. Got there and felt a bit star-struck; Andy Cairns, Mike Edgar, Adam Turkington and Rigsy, notably. I asked a question (it was being recorded, golly!) and Andy was super nice about answering it, I felt like I was actually being taken seriously. :) There were 14 people in the audience, excluding bar staff...mostly industry types tbh.
My question was "I was interested to hear your own experiences of going to gigs as a teenager. Do you think there's enough made available to young people now, such as all-ages gigs, or even making their own music? Especially since the Oh Yeah centre opened."
I have my Art GCSE on Monday and Tuesday. Feeling pretty confident at the moment...but we'll see. I'm going to Swansea in about a week, then it's Easter, then my birthday, then GCSEs, then the rest of my life.
Told my parents that I was considering studying English at Uni instead of Medicine because I wanted to go into Journalism. At the moment I'm building up potential places to send reviews to, have got one placement working with promotions at the arts centre near me, answered a request for submissions to a local fanzine...I'm just writing, building it up. There'll be a slight problem because I'm underage and there's not that many all-ages gigs to review, so I'm mostly sticking to local bands' EPs and things.
Asked my English teacher if she thought I'd be capable and she said "Oh, without a doubt. You have a wonderful, distinctive style and I think you'd love it." I looked up QUB's course content and it's pretty amazing!
This summer, I'm doing a course on Gig Promotion at the Urban Arts Academy, which is an awesome arts festival in Belfast. I'm hoping to go to Glasgowbury (local music festival), keep going to as many gigs as possible, try and score a few interviews with local bands...busy busy busy. I genuinely think I can do it, though.
So tonight will be the first night in a while that I'm going to go to sleep without feeling under pressure to get things done IMMEDIATELY LIEK NAO.
P.S. spent too much money in Backbeat Records the other week, but on the upside Red Sirus are amazing. Apologies for the slightly breakneck pace of this entry, but I'm feeling quite restless at the moment. :) I love adolescence, especially when I know that I can do this.