I've been very busy with many things, including my other job as an artist and life model, as well as lots of sawing! I recently played guest saw for a wonderful artist known as Tigers Bride in Shoreditch at St Leonards Church (a beautiful church venue). You can hear her music here, and it really is wonderful. In non-playing news, in May I was lucky enough to catch a gig by the Tiger Lillies, with Adrian Stout- a musical saw hero of mine! I've always been a fan of creative saw players, and Stout in particular is very creative! Great to see and hear! Recently, I have been able to combine my life modelling and sawing, thanks to Jane Fordham at Fabrica gallery in Brighton. As a regular model for her incredibly inspiring drawing sessions at the gallery, I recently posed whilst playing my saw, allowing the artists to work whilst being carried along with the sound as it carried around the huge space. I will be playing saw at Fabrica next week with a violinist and her loop pedal, for a special gestural music-inspired drawing session. Click here for details. This weekend, I returned to east London to work with some of my favourite performers- the incredible Late Night Shop Cabaret. I love doing things with these four talented ladies- they truly have been the saviours of modern performance art and cabaret for me. What they do is both very 'Now' yet incredibly different to what everyone else is doing right now. They were performing at Wiltons Music Hall (the oldest working Music Hall in the world!) for the Edinburgh preview of a wonderful play called 'The Greatest Liar That Has Ever Lived'- a retelling of the story of Pinocchio, using mime, physical theatre, live music and puppetry. I was invited to play as part of he musical interlude with accordionist Tom Baker (of The Bohemianauts) and harmonica player Jez Hellard. It was a dream for us all to play in such a history-soaked venue, with its peeling wallpaper, crumbling brick walls, fairy lights and 100+ year old wooden stage floors. ...And the acoustics!! To die for. Sadly, I missed out on being one of Amanda Palmer's 'official' buskers this year, (I sawed for her last year with pianist Kevin) as I was at a wedding. (Albeit, a beautiful wedding of 2 good friends, one of whom is a local poet, Chris P, who I have had the pleasure of accompanying on the saw in the past!) But she did play a ninja gig on the beach post-show. Was wonderful. I'd love to play with her one day, as the punk cabaret scene was a strong catalyst in the performance element of my work as a musician. One day Amanda! ------------------------------------------ I've recently started messing around with loops on guitar and saw, and have recorded a sketch recently of my experiments. 'Burn down the Cabaret (a sketch)' can be listened to here. It's ambient and lo fi. Hope you like it. I also have a new saw! A BIGGER ONE. Hope to update again soon with more musical adventures! Am taking my saw to Secret Garden Party, so i hope to do lots of guest sawing! xo
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