I recently got asked to help out with RPW Records, an indie label just starting up. Pam Southwell has been kind enough to give me a shot. And I'm looking forward to it because I want to learn as much as I can whilst recording this album - getting the ins and outs of the business, and soak in what I can to help me move forward. I'm pretty stoked!! RPW Records started a compilation CD of women artists called Violet Femmes, Volume 1 has made a big impact in the indie scene... and Volume 2 is on its way!! (I'm trying to sneak in one of my tunes in this one. *snicker*)
When Pam got in touch with me, she mentioned that she got a new office at The Beaumont Studios which is a few blocks away from my place. The Beaumont Studios started a weekly Monday Night thing where they feature local artists and they share it on their YouTube Channel - Vancouver City Limits. It became a quick success, and they decided to throw an artist and music festival in September. Pam mentioned to the lovely staff there that she will be working with me and I used to do some event coordinating back in the day, and then I got a call from Bruce Gerrish asking me to lend a hand! I was really excited to get involved!
So I jumped in and helped out and I am proud to say that I was part of the Vancouver City Limits Festival!! We blocked off the parking lot of the studio, had 2 stages, one inside the studio at the Theatre, and one outside. We had 15 acts, some of them being Adaline, Chantel Upshaw, Adrian Glynn
, Orchid Highway, Mud Dog and Tea ... that's just scratching the surface of the amazing talent that performed that day. We had mural painters, face painters, balloon twisty-doers, a beer garden, food from the Red Square on Granville, and even tarot card readers. It was truly something else! While people were performing you could leisurely walk around the studio and look at the art and even buy a painting or two if you chose to... and the live music was being played through the speakers around the studio, so you didn't miss anything! It was a fantastic event, everyone was there to just enjoy what Vancouver Artists and Musicians had to offer. It was a huge success, and we will be doing another Festival in the spring! WOOHOO! :-) (Trying to sneak myself in there too... hehehe!)
Other than that, I'm awaiting the final product of a new song I recorded at FaderMaster Studios. Then afterwards going to go back in there and track for a new one.
The journey continues...
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