Week in Review - 8 June 2015

The problem with having a 'marriage' anniversary and a 'wedding' anniversary is that inevitably, one of these dates will be forgotten ... and that's exactly what's happened. On 5 June 2010 Neal and I had a wedding the the States. However, we had already been married on 23 November 2009 and up until this year we have celebrated both dates. Does it mean that the honeymoon is over since we forgot our June anniversary? If my friend Andrea hadn't posted something on Facebook, I wouldn't have realized that 5 June had come and gone. So, happy belated wedding anniversary to the hubs.

Last week I started running again and I had such good intentions to get out for a long walk/run on Saturday since the weather is finally getting nice in England, but it just didn't happen. To be honest, after having had a late night performing with Mayfield on the Friday night, I was having difficulty wrapping my brain around the idea of exercising on Saturday, so it didn't take much to lead me to distraction. So I ended up spending the whole afternoon at Mayfield Studios working with a lovely Gospel singer from London called Keisha Cook.

My plan was to pop in for an hour or so and then head off for that walk; but once I got there I started coaching Keisha on vocals and then I arranged and recorded some backing vocal harmonies and before I knew it, 6pm had rolled around and I was still at the studio. Good thing, because I was just in time for a meeting with the band leader from Moonbomb who have asked me to do some backing vocals on their project. Watch this space.

Sunday I had a power rehearsal with Move On Up as we prep for our appearance at the Isle of Wight festival on Saturday. We will be performing our Simply, Tina Turner Tribute Show on the ElectroLove 80's Stage. Also on Sunday I picked up a last minute gig to cover vocals with Beau at The Phoenix in Copnor. There was a fantastic atmosphere in this venue and we had a great time singing and dancing together. That was a lot of singing for me this weekend so needless to say, I was quite tired when I finally got home Sunday night, but I was also invigorated because I remembered that as a young person just starting out with my musical dreams, my main dream was to do music full time. And now, music is all I do ... either booking it and/or performing it! Dreams do come true!

My weekly ExpressFM show, Glo's Music for the Soul, aired on Sunday night at 10pm and that show was all about 'Blue-Eyed Soul.' I featured Soul music from around the world from Artists who are not Black. I will post that show in next week's update. If you'd like to listen to previous shows, please click here.

Everyday Sunshine

Finally, a big shout out to Everyday Sunshine, one of GME's top Acts who were out doing me proud at a corporate event on Friday afternoon. This Duo is in great demand because of their high-energy performance, diverse repertoire and natural ability to make sure their audience is having a great time. They have some availability left this year, and we are also booking 2016. Please get in touch if you would like to book this or any GME Acts for your next event. We do private parties too.

That's it for this edition. If you're going to the Isle of Wight Festival, I hope to see you at the 80's stage. Otherwise, have a great week.