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Sync Stories

American Psycho, Hip To Be Square, Huey Lewis and the News 

I think the song was chosen as they were able to work within the writing of the script to make comments about the bands music and then directly after use this song as its upbeat catchy feel that gets you tapping your foot works completely against the imagery of the scene yet it works so perfectly as we sit in shock of whats taking place. The song is rock but I would say the pop side of rock. The song was written by Huey Lewis, Bill Gibson and Sean Hopper and is performed by Huey Lewis and the News. The master rights are owned by Capitol Records Inc. 

Drive, Nightcall, Kavinsky

This songs synthwave sound matches beautiful to the films dark shots of LA at night as well the shots following from within and outside the car. The song has a very 80s feel due tot he synth sounds used and the font used in these opening credits is also very 80s which pairs the two nicely. The song has a mysterious feel about as well just tonally as well as due to the vocal effects used on the male voice and as this is right at the start of the film after only a few scenes we know very little about the main character and even by the end of the film we don't even know his name. The song was composed by Kavinsky and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. And performed by Kavinsky. The master rights are owned by Record Makers. 

GTA V, Crack Rock, Frank Ocean 

GTA V has 18 in game radio stations that become available when in vehicles. Each radio station has its own pre recorded show and playlist of songs. Blonded Los Santos 97.8FM was added within an update for the game. The station is based upon Frank Oceans Beats 1 Radio show which was called Blonded RADIO. This station mainly consists of R&B music which is why Frank Oceans tracks works so as they fit the genre but also specifically with the track Crack Rock fit some of the themes scene throughout the game. And also why not play your own music on your station? The song was written by Frank Ocean and also samples the drums from the Jimi Hendrix track Little Miss Lover. The Master rights are owned byThe Island Def Jam Music Group.

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Screen shots from my two Logic sessions, The top screen shot is from my Restrict score and the second two are from my Audio Visual piece. The last photo shows the volume automation used throughout on the cellos and the violins. 

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Market Research For Callum Cutler -  New Beginnings EP

The First consideration when carrying out this market research was who is the audience for this music. To get the answer I thought through a few questions, one being who is already listening to Callum (both at gigs and online with his current releases) and the other being what is the main genre of this EP. I would label the music on the EP as Indie Rock, The music is slightly heavier than it originally was when I was first shown the songs due to the ways we used guitars and the drummer we've used for this EP. 

Callum has already released a single on all major streaming platforms and thanks to this we can use the analytical data from his account to view his audience and learn more about them. Callum main current audience is other students at the uni, as this is where all his previous gigs have been. However being a popular genre of music that Cal is working within it is possible that calms could branch outside of his local area to play gigs all over the UK especially in places like Bristol, Birmingham, London, Manchester and Liverpool where there are large scenes and well known venues for smaller bands to play and grow in size. Playing gigs is going to be one of the best way of getting the EP out there to new people especially if booking support slots for larger bands that are guaranteed a good turnout for the venues your playing.  This immediately increase exposure to potential new fans. This also provides an opportunity to sell physical copies of the EP that can be done quite easily in a DIY fashion on a small scale. 

Youtube channels will also provide a great platform for the EP or even just individual tracks on it. There are a number of indie and rock youtube channels that share content of smaller artists as well as create their own playlists and compilations of new music to help get it heard by thousands of people. A great example of this is AlexrainbirdMusic. Posting regular content and getting an average of at least 5K views in the first day. It is unlikely that Cals music may get its own featured video however what is more likely is that it could get put in one of the channels indie/rock playlists which are getting around 285k views in just a few months of being uploaded onto youtube. On top of this the playlists are shared onto Spotify where they will have even more potential viewers. There are a number of other channels that have playlists similar to this one being A Wave Of Good Music and many more that are based all over the world in a number of countries getting into channels from different countries may help break into other countries, assuming that most of each channels audience is based in the same country. 

It would also be good if using our local contacts we could be featured in Spiltmilk which is a local online zine for rock, indie and alternative music. Getting in this would help us target our audience as the bands often featured have a similar sound and a similar fanbase as that of our target audience. Being in a publication such as this also helps develop the professional image of an artist and will help when it comes to booking gigs and in a sense may help the artist look more serious than just another local band who is not in publications such as this. Getting in a publication of this size is also a lot more achievable than getting straight into another nationwide/multinational magazine such as Kerrang. 

A step above spilt milk would lead to getting onto a blog such as Indie Shuffle, despite being a step up it would still be achievable as they often feature unsigned artists and review albums and EPs. You are able to submit your own music meaning you don't have to rely on being discovered by one of the many music worlds tastemakers or gatekeepers. There are also a number of other similar sights where you are able to submit music for review these include Drowned In Sound who publish 15 reviews a week from unsigned bands and many more. Despite the fact blogs may seem a little out of date, to the people that are dedicated and those who work to find up and coming artists they provide a great platform for talent scouting meaning landing yourself a good review on one of these blogs may act as a key stepping stone to less accessible platforms and channels of artists development and growth.  

Radio is another area in which we can look for promotion to help expand the reach of the EP and to help again create potential new fans to the music. However it can be extremely difficult to get played especially on the big stations such as BBC Radio 1. We could quite easily get involved and get the music onto Tone Radio at the uni however this is extremely limited due to the small listener base that more than likely has a few Callum Cutler fans already. Despite this getting airplay on some localised radio stations may be more achievable, whether this be the local BBC station (Gloucester) or on more indecent stations such as Brum Radio. And this doesn't necessarily mean the music has to be restricted to the UK as with the youtube channels many radio stations are based in the US and many solely operate using the internet for their broadcasts and there is no reason the music couldn't be sent and played on a station in america where we can engage with a new audience and work to create a new demographic within the audience of this music. 

Utilising social medias budget friendly advertisements will also help us lead new listeners to Spotify and apple music where they can stream the song and help get more plays and hopefully more people to follow Callum for further releases. This would be possible of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram where adverts can be very cheap whilst looking very professional. On top of this you can refine the audience in which the post will reach including the geographic location the gender and age. This would help us make sure that we are directly marketing to our target audience of students and we could market the music in the cities with the largest universities and the largest populations of students. 

In conclusion there are many platforms and channels through which we can look to further develop and artists identity and promote the EP through. Some helping us breach larger audiences than others but all being critical in developing a successful artist image and profile that can be seen and bought into by listeners and promotors. Building a good artist profile will make the music more desirable as a whole and will help to expand the core listening group on streaming services which will then help to further progress into achieving a place in popular Spotify playlist for example. All this then helps the potential outreach of the EP and the potential fanbase for playing gigs outside of Cheltenham. And getting more gigs then leads to a potential increase in march sales which consequently can mean we have a bigger budget to work with for promoting and running a marketing campaign for the next release from Callum. 

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Events Overview

The Live Event 

Over the 2 semesters we have learnt many key skills and ideas to include into the planning and management of both our live and broadcast event. The main concept from our event came from the battle of the bands concept that has been around for a while. We had played one the year previously which had themed rounds this was fun and was a good gig with a decent turnout however we didn't want to imitate the same idea and really wanted our event to have its own USP. The boys came up with the concept whilst I was absent despite this they contacted me straight away so I could have my say and give an opinion. Once we had discussed this idea further we aimed to identify the artists we would want to play as this would be the main attraction to the event we wanted to make sure we chose to book artists that would bring people in. The main concept from our event came from the battle of the bands concept that has been around for a while. We had played one the year previously which had themed rounds. We knew we wanted something similar Being a uni based event with a primarily based student audience it was also important to choose artists from different circles of friends to help maximise the potential audience that would come just because of the artists. We made a list and immediately contacted the three alumni we  wanted to play our gig as we knew these would be harder to work with availability than the current students. Once we had contacted our three alumni artists we then contacted the three current students we wanted to play our event. We've the artists contacted we started discussing venue and dates. We all said from the start that we had no interest in using the Frog & Fiddle as it is an overused venue that many of our target audience are bored of visiting. We decided that we wanted to hold our event at The Stable as it was somewhere a little different and has only been used for a couple of gigs before, as well as this the gigs that we knew had been held at the venue had all been very popular. 

We struggled choosing a date for the event but we initially wanted it to be held on a Thursday night so we could try and incorporate a deal with Propaganda we felt this would be a key aspect of drawing a crowd as Propaganda is so popular with students who are our primary audience. We needed to make sure our gig did not class with another groups events and didn't clash with another cheltenham based events such as big uni gigs like the 200 Trees showcase as well as non uni based events. We chose our date after checking for clashes and then Callum proceeded to contact the stable. With the date chosen I set out about creating a GANTT chart we could use to work by to ensure we did not forgot to complete any tasks and to make sure we were not leaving everything until the last minute. The GANNT chart included tasks such as agree terms and signing a venue contract, contacting and booking the artists as well as signing contracts with them as well and a marketing timeline informing us of what promotion we needed to do and when. 

From this point we met on a weekly basis solely to discuss and work on the organising of our event. As artists ourselves we had played good gigs and we have played bad gigs and from this we were able to identify were the differences were. Not only did we want the gig to be good for the crowd we wanted it to be good for the artists to ensure we developed a good relationship with them which would help keep them happy and would make them want to work with us again in the future. We felt this to be of key importance as we knew we wanted to create something that wasn't just one off we wanted to create something that could return on a yearly basis, as well as this we knew from the start that we would like to host multiple other events throughout the future. 

The Stables communication was very poor and slowed us down when it came to planning as we were unable to tell artists a specific date and therefore we couldn't confirm with them. We then found out that if we hosted the gig at The Stable that we would not be able to charge entry for the gig. We knew that because of this the stable was no longer an option as we had no other way of generating income due to the fact that the only thing we had planned on selling was the entry to the gig. We had to rethink our options and after more group discussion we settled on the idea of hosting the gig at Smokey Joes. Callum booked a meeting with the manager so we could go in and book the venue as well as agreeing on drinks deals and working out a rider for the artists. 

Throughout the planning period Tom and myself had discussed started up our own business and discussed running the idea under the business that were planning to set up. I knew that the event would need to be hosted on a  Facebook page and I thought this would be a good opportunity to bring the business out for the first time. After looking through the universities other courses I found the graphic design course and found the contact details for their course leader. I emailed him with a message to forward on to all his students about create a logo for our business. We received a few responses and after looking through all the candidates works we contact our favourite to arrange a meeting to discuss logo design and how much they would charge us. Tom and I met the graphic designer and discussed all ideas and agreed to pay a fee for the work he would complete up to £25. Directly after this meeting we had to proceed to Smokey Joes where we met with the manger as a full group. Unfortunately the venue was quite booked and the Thursday night we had hoped to host the gig was unavailable. We had to quickly think of what other nights and dates would be suitable we eventually chose Monday the 23rd of April. At this meeting we also agreed to pay a £50 deposit for the venue and that we would get this back as long as we drew a crowed of around 20 or 30 people. We went through a list of questions we had written before the meeting as well to ensure we had all the information we needed about the venue before we put on the gig. 

The venue had a PA and as well as mics and stands so for the technical aspect we knew that we wouldn't have to bring any equipment ourselves. Any other equipment such as instruments and guitar amps had to be provided by the artists themselves. This was helpful for us as it meant we had more time on the day to set up as we would not have to take a trip to the uni to hire a PA. 

The change of date meant we codlin work out a Propaganda promotion as they only operated on thursday nights however. Monday was still a night with student deals. Callum contacted Glamourpuss who run Moo Moo Clubrooms on a monday night and worked out a promotion with them where are customers would gain entry for £3 with a queue jump and a cocktail before midnight. This was great as we knew that this would defiantly help draw people in. 

In one of our meetings we spoke about how much we would want to charge for our gig. It was very important that it wasn't too expensive and also wasn't too cheap. We had looked at other events and what they had been charging and spoke to a few friends to see how much they would pay to come to our event. From this information we worked out that £3 but be a good price to charge as it was not too cheap or expensive and also meant that for only £1 more than standard entry to Moos you could come to our gig and still get queue jump and a cocktail for the club. 

With the date confirmed and the venue booked we started to ensure we had contacted and started to agree terms with the artists who we wanted to play our event. Callum was primarily in charge of contacting the artists however Matt did contact one of the 6 as he had a better personal relationship with them. We simply contacted artists over Facebook Messenger and spoke to them as often as possible when we would see them in person around uni etc. Before we were able to complete and send contracts out one of our artists had to pull out due to double bookings us with another event. Immediately we all spot to try and think f who we should contact as a replacement. After sending a few messages we managed to book another artist who we were happy with. We later had another change of artists due one pulling out as he would no longer be available for our gig. 

I created a SWOT analysis for the entire event and got the rest of the group to put forward any ideas they would have to fit the SWOT so we could analyse the key strengths we had to exploit and the key weaknesses we had to minimise to unsure our event was as desirable as possible. 

With the Venue and artists booked and knowing the times we could work between at the venue before the noise curfew Tom and I worked out a running order and set times for the artists as well as an individual load in,soundcheck and set times time that meant they didn't all have to turn up at the same time and wait around for one another to finish before they could soundcheck. I created the artist information document to ensure all artists had all the information they needed in one clear and easy to read document. 

With everything coming together I started to set up a social media page for the business (Big Pappi Records). I was able to use the logo we had designed as the image for the business making the page look somewhat professional from the start. I forwarded the logos onto Callum as well so he could create an Instagram for the company. I had come up with an initial poster design for the event and so had Callum, we chose to use Cals as it fit our image a bit better than the designs I had created. Once we had uploaded the first promotional poster for the event onto our social media pages, I made sure I invited all my friends to like the page as this would get us more cover over social media. 

We discussed the idea of gaining promotions from other business and looked out to find business suitable to try and gain a partnership for them to sponsor our event. We visited a few local business however didn't have any success due to the owners not being on site, and not getting replies when we did email the owners of businesses such as Badlands Records. I also contacted local press to help try and promote the event. I emailed the Gloucestershire Echo to try and get featured either in their paper or on their website to help reach out to people that weren't directly in our target audience yet may still be interested in the event. Sadly we didn’t get any response from these requests either. 

Once we had announced our full lineup on social media as well as our drinks deal it was time do some physical marketing and get some posters around the uni campus and around as many shops in town as possible. We Callum and myself worked together to create the final poster than displayed all the information including location, price, date, lineup and the deals for the event. We then used the universities printing facilities to print off our final posters. The first poster I printed I accidentally printed the wrong size and did a full size poster. After this I printed some A4 size posters as well as some A5 sized ones to use as flyers. We gave some posters to the uni techs to put up around the media school I also sent them a digital copy to put up on the media school. We wanted to have our posters around the rest of the university however, we arrived to the SU after they had shut and being the Thursday before the event we were unable to get any around the rest of the uni. After this the four us headed into town to give some of our posters to the venue and whilst were in town we went into Badlands records and the four of us put posters around the shop as the coming weekend was record store day and therefore the store would be as busy as it would ever be all year. After this Callum and myself went into a few shops and restaurants to see if we could get some posters up in their windows. We managed to get posters into Valentinos, Paparitos and The libertine that are popular places for students meaning the posters were in the perfect locations to be seen by our target audience. On the saturday before the gig Tom, Callum and myself went into town again with the A5 flyers to hand out at the record store street party. we figured that people at this event despite likely not being student (our main target audience) would be music lovers and likely to go to local gigs. I spoke to a member of staff to leave some of the A5 flyers on the check out counter and I was even to have some put into peoples shopping bags. Cal and Tom handed flyers to customers in the store whilst I handed out flyers and spoke to people listening to the music outside the store. After this We went around a few more shops in town I managed to get a poster into Go Peri as well as Roosters Peri which again are very popular student hot spots and being a saturday night would more than likely be very busy on that night. As well as this I was  able to have posters put in the staff rooms of a few shops including HMV and Olive. 

We didn't need much in the way of staffing due to the fact between the four of us we could handle most of the jobs at the event itself. Outside of the four of us we had girlfriends Tilly and Katie working the door which kept the costs down but freed us up for other jobs. We also had two photographers that Callum had organised and a videographer that I had organised to capture and edit together a video showcasing the whole night. All of these extra staff worked for free which helped keep our costs as low as possible. We all helped one another to set up the PA once we arrived we arrived at the venue, this took slightly longer on the day than expected due to the fact the venues PA was poorly stored and organised, we made sure everything was set up in a proper and safe fashion. Ensuring that all loose cables were taped to the floor to minimise the risk of trips and falls. Once the first artist had arrived Matt and myself took main control of the soundchecks with Matt working the desk and me advising on the levels and helping apply effects like reverb. Cal and Tom moved the tables and chairs from the venue to create the layout we wanted for the night. Some of our artists were unable to reach their soundcheck times so had to do line checks on the night. 

We managed to keep all of the gigs costs quite low with only having to spend money on the artists rider and wristbands (assuming we had a good turnout meaning we got our deposit back). Our total costs were only £62 and we managed to generate a total revenue of £120 from our ticket sales. Due to the fact we had income in the form of uni funding of £30 on top of the revenue generated from our ticket sales we ended up with a profit of £88.  This is a fantastic outcome from a first event as many first time business ventures struggle to breakeven. Generating this much profit has meant that we are able to start discussing new gig ideas and other ways we can invest the money into further projects to generate further income streams. Using a venue that was free is what I believe has lead us to achieving such great profit margins as the £88 we made could have easily been spent if we went for an alternate venue such as Frog & Fiddle. This would remain a core focus when organising other gigs in the future as venue costs are likely to be the difference in an event making a loss, breaking even or making a profit. If we were able to find a free venue where we were able to bring in our own alcohol for the artist rider we would have seen an even greater profit of what would have likely been over £100. This will be kept in mind for future gigs as the more profit we make on a gig the more we can reinvest into to future gigs to help expand even further. 

Upon reflection I feel we successfully planned and carried out the crucial elements involved in planning and holding a live event however there a lot of things that I would change. I would move all of the marketing a week further from the event so posters and Facebook posts would have more time to be noticed and therefore have had an even greater turnout to the event. As well as this I would make sure the planning and booking of the venue was far enough in advance that we could have a wider choice on dates as by the time we booked the venue we ended up being quite restricted by the dates that were available to us. This would have helped with securing our artists as well as could have had more flexibility to work the dates around them as well. I would also be more persistent with trying to gain sponsorship deals with local business and try and gain sponsors with a larger range of businesses. I would also try and engage more within the local media and try to get noticed but the local press and potentially the local radio to boost our events outreach. I feel that we could gain even more success by just being more forward and almost taking not taking no for an answer e.g when we don't hear back from someone email again and then again if required and try different ways of communicated with people we need to speak to.

The Broast event

The main I thought of the original idea of our broadcast event involving an interview whilst playing video games as I just felt this would be fun and interesting and although I have scene similar style content where bands play one anther, as seen on Lock In Live, however I have never seen it be used in the form of an interview. It also fit  perfectly with the theme of alumni's current students. 

We knew that the primary purpose of our broadcast event would be to promote and generate interest for our live event. It was always going to be harder to gain a high count of viewers on the first video as it takes a lot of time to build up a popularity when it comes to web content. 

Our audience for the broadcast was the same as our primary audience for the live event as we were using it as a promotional tool. 

I tried to work so I was able to carry out the live stream using my DSLR camera to make the video as high quality as possible, as I felt video quality is something that is important for viewers especially as we living in a world everything is in 4K resolution. Sadly I did not have all the equipment required to use the camera nor the budget to purchase the necessary  equipment. Because of this we skimpy used an iPhone 7 Plus. We also used my personal PA for the sound of the event which we held in Matts basement. 

As with the live event we produced a GANTT chart with a timeline of all the task that we needed to complete leading put to and after the event. 

Sadly we had to change from the original idea of artist vs artist due to the poor communication of the artists we therefore adapted the concept so it was the four of us hosting a night of music games and challenges with the artist. On the day we didn't have that many ideas planned and made up a lot as we went a long. I think we pulled this off quite well however when doing a similar broadcast in the future I would have a clear planed structure or what is happening and what would be expected to help the video run as smoothly as possible. I would also purchase a tripod suitable to hold a phone for streaming to help improve the general production quality of the video. I feel also that this style of video under the Big Pappi Records Presents has a lot of potential for further development and would even have cobranding opportunities.  

Overall I feel both events were run well and were successful despite the obvious improvements that can be made. I feel that I have learnt a lot from the experience and in the future the events I run or co run will be even better due to the important skills and lessons that I have learnt. 

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An overview from our gig with some highlights (tattoo raffle)

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My Specialist Festival - ST7

My festival would aim to put on lots of local bands as well as a slightly larger headliner which would help bring in a wider audience. I would be putting on both uni and non uni bands as I wouldn't want to only attract other people from the uni. The audience would be mainly younger people but more than likely 18+ due to venue restrictions. There wouldn't be a specific culture or place I would be embracing the focus would mainly be on the music itself. I would more than likely hold the even in cheltenham in either Frog or 2 Pigs or maybe even somewhere slightly large potentially the Guildhall.  

The line up would contain the best of the bands from local scenes including Ten Tombs, Watercolours, Jack Cooper and the Offshore, Fawner, Floorboards, Future Kings, Lightblue, Beachside Cafe, Pushing Daises as well as many more slightly smaller bands. I would then also aim to have a larger main support and headline band. A band such as Moose Blood could play the main support with a band such as Don Broco playing the headline slot of the festival. Not only would having these two bands alone guarantee good ticket sales it would also help bring in a new audience too see the smaller bands help them grow which is what my festival is all about getting the bands that are smaller growing.

I would more than likely only contain musical acts and would run the festival over one day. 

The audience would primarily be that of the main support and the headline band however, the music of the smaller localised bands is similar to the larger bands so the Broco fans should still be able to watch and enjoy all the bands that would be on throughout the festival. 

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UK Tour Plan for Indigo Haze

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Dolman Days District Poster

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My Initial Events Ideas - ST2

When choosing this module and thinking ahead to putting on a live event I struggled to think of an idea that was new and exciting. I didn't just want to put on a gig that was boring and the same as the other gigs that happen from week to week. My first serious initial idea was to have a house/garden gig or festival. I liked the idea of hosting a gig at my house with either some chill acoustic music set in the garden surrounded by the plants and the water feature, this would have been small and would have been extremely weather dependent though and with the time of year the event would have to of been planned for meant that it was probably not worth the risk. The idea from the same chain of thought was hosting a small gig inside the house with full bands playing their sets. I liked the idea of how exclusive this might feel as well as this the potential to generate revenue streams from selling food and drink was extremely appealing however I felt that my house was located to far from town and from where the majority of the other students are based meaning it would be hard to get a good turnout due to the small trek to and from the gig. 

I still like these ideas and would want to re-consider them in the future as I think they have a lot of potential to be developed even further. 

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Indigo Haze European Tour Plan - ST5

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My second score to the same scene from Twin Peaks

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One of my two scores to this Twin Peak scenes

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My attempt at at casting a scene from castaway.

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Sound design task using recorded sounds.

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Gig Review The Best gig I Have Ever Been To

John Mayer The Search For Everything World Tour Gig Review

Over the last few years I have been to absolutely loads of gigs by justifying myself or family buying tickets by saying that its educational as I want to be a musician. I haven't left many gigs disappointed either and usually I am overly impressed by what I see whether it be the support band or the main headline act. Over the last 4 years its been easy to say that John Mayer has been one of my favourite artists who I have spent hours listening to and trying to imitate in my own songwriting and guitar playing. And after taking the time to listen through his entire discography over and over again all I wanted was the opportunity to experience the music live. So when I saw a social media post announcing the tour I was unbelievably excited. I was concerned of two things however one being that I wouldn't get tickets or two that I couldn't afford them. Despite my worries my dreams seemed all too good to be real. as one day my dad messaged me in the middle of a uni lecture saying he had got 4 John Mayer tickets. This was some of the best news I had ever received in my life.

After months of waiting the day came and we made our way to the London O2 Arena. We had a stressful journey there navigating through the busy rush our traffic and with one random person trying to get into our car but thats another story. We eventually made it to the venue where we had a Tesco meal deal for dinner before heading into the main arena. As soon as we walked through the doors of the O2 I couldn't believe the sea of people I was seeing and the quest to get your tickets checked to go through to the stadium. Luckily we got to enjoy the privilege of the Priority lounge being as we have O2 phone contracts. After emptying our pockets and walking through a metal detector we made our way into the Priority lounge walking through an inflated tunnel full of lights and sound, that lead through to a bar with seating and a live performer playing before the main gig. We spent some time in this area enjoying a few drinks (I had to make the most out of not having to drive after all) before we went to take our main seats for the show.

After a few pints we made our way to our seats. Despite the price we had to pay for our tickets we were sat right at the back about as far as we could possibly be away from the stage. This disheartened me quite a bit as I usually like to buy standing tickets and get myself to the front at gigs. However after a strong opening performance from the support (Andreas Moe) my confidence in the night was building back up. The change over between the sets left me and my cousin with enough time to run off and buy another couple of drinks before the show began. We got back to ours sits and before I knew the John was walking out on stage with his band. From the minute I heard the opening dream beat for “Waiting On The World To Change” I knew that this was going to be the best gig I had ever been to. The set that was split up into five sections ranging from full band, Trio and solo met every one of my expectations throughout the 21 song set. The different sections included different lighting and scenery changes throughout as well just adding to the entire experience. Nothing at this point could have been better, and I just couldn't believe how lucky I was to be able to experience something that I had been waiting so long for. 

Overall out of every gig I have been to I believe this one will always stay with me the most just because of my excitement and joy that I could actually be there. As well as that the music was by far the best I have heard any live music performance before. And the added excitement of experiencing perks like the priority lounge where the icing on the cake for make this my best ever gig experience.

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Theme Tune Task

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Frogger