Multi Award Winning Female Saxophonist, Birmingham, UK, Jazz, Gospel, Reggae, Blues, Soul and Originals. 'Music for the soul'
Time For My Music is my online, private community group dedicated to support and guide female musicians in their music journey. It is open to new members from now until 9 October.
When Andrea Gill, who had worked as a DJ in the 80s and 90s, returned to music after a long break, she found software to be stiff and frustrating. Turning to modular synthesizers, she broke conventions and became The Tunegirl.
A few weeks ago, I posted this blog entry telling you about a petition to the Government, asking for a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI. Not too long after, the petition reached 10,000 signatures. This meant that the Government had to formally respond to it, with they did on 27 August. Works is being done, but we need to exert more pressure.
I have a really nice alto saxophone. It is the third I have used in my entire career, and the longest serving one so far. I love it dearly. It’s silver! It feels like a part of me when I play it, and that’s why I take care of it with the same carefulness I dedicate to my own hands.
Four phenomenal women, one song: the title of what these four have in common is ‘I Will Always Love You.’
Here is the first episode of the third season of the podcast Success Beyond The Score, in which I outlined the structure of the whole season, and talked about the seven stages every gigging musician goes through during their career.
To improve my songwriting skills, I enrolled in a course led by Keppie Coutts and Benny Romalis. They are fantastic teachers! We went beyond the basics of how to write lyrics and delved into how to make them memorable and impactful. The course allowed me to bring out a lot of ideas that were spinning in my mind for a while. I hope I can share some of the results with you soon.
This year at Time For My Music, my community group for emerging female musicians, I have taught series of workshops about amplifying devices, what they do, and how to use them. My goal with this was to get the women more comfortable with the tech elements involved in their performance. It has been a great success! So much, that I decided to make the information available for everybody.
The recent death of Dr. Jason Arday, the youngest black person to ever become a Cambridge professor has, yet again, highlighted the issues others have towards people of colour. Whilst this happened in the UK, you don’t have to be a British national to sign the petition being raised in order to prevent such a tragedy from repeating itself.
