Week in Review: 2 - 8 March 2015

On April 1st of this year I will be officially launching my Music Business & Performance Coaching Services at Mayfield Studios. I've been working with a few students from my home and on Wednesday I had my first session at the Studio with the incredibly talented Becky. Watch this space for more on the services I will be providing as well as Mayfield Academy that will also be launching the 1st of April!

I have said this many times before, but it warrants saying again ... there is so much amazing talent in Southsea and on Thursday I had the difficult task of judging seven emerging artists during the 2nd heat of Southsea's Got Talent held at The Jolly Sailor. This is my third year being involved with the competition and this year the bar seems to have been raised quite a bit by the level of talent we're seeing. This is possibly due to this year's sponsors of the event and the amazing prizes.

There will be several heats throughout the year with the semi-finals in September and the final in October. The first place winner will receive a 'Star Maker' package to include a professional release ready recording, sponsored by Mayfield Records. The winners of the heats will be featured on ExpressFm and receive vouchers from Nevada Music. Also, Rachael Hawnt, who is the host of the competition, will also be providing music business coaching.

The competition is open to all types of acts, so get in touch if your are interested in entering. Contact Ross by email: ross@thejollysailorsouthsea.co.uk or phone: 02392 295195.

Drummer Dom

On Saturday I was in the studio with Mayfield recording 'Whatcha Gonna Do' which is the third track for our next CD. In addition to Mayfield Studios and Mayfield Academy, we will also be launching Mayfield Media offering video production & animation and our videographer, Steve of Dark Skies Productions, popped in to capture some video footage for the website. We captured some footage of the song we were recording and jammed a little on our new Gospel-feel song, Walk In The Light, which is shaping up to be an EPIC tune. We'll be debuting this song in our shows in the coming weeks.

Upcoming Events:

Soul/Motown Night w/Gloria Miller
The Piranha Bar, Hayling Island
13 March @ 9:00pm
FREE ENTRY

Frankie & Glo Duo
Acoustic Soul
King Street Tavern, Southsea
14 March @ 8:30pm
FREE ENTRY

Mayfield
Soul / Funk
March of the Mods
Reading
15 March @ 12:00pm
Tickets


That's it for this edition. Have a fantastic week and maybe I'll see you over the weekend at one of these gigs!

Gloria xx