Once a year….

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It feels like lightyears away, since I last performed on a stage! A real stage…one that is well lit, has an ornamental curtain and comes with a great audio technician sitting across the room and working hard on keeping your voice in line! Literally!

Truth is, I have never had that kind of stage experience before! The last time I played a mid-sized gig, was last december at Trouve Bel store…and I was being the audio technician myself back then!

So, participating in a rather professional singer/songwriter open mic event last Wednesday was one of the things high up on my list in 2018! And I did it! And boy was I nervous! And man, was it fun!

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Going nuts before the show (fight-or-flight response…that´s what it looks like!)

As with many first times, this one was overly exciting…it wasn´t perfect…actually it was far from that…There was no time for a soundcheck, I didn´t hear myself well up there and the spotlight almost blinded me! But hell, who cares, when you get the chance to share 3 of your songs in a room packed with a hundred people at least!

We were 10 acts that night! Me being the only female solo artist! Fancy some extra pressure, anyone? Hanging out with the guys backstage was fun and I fell in love with some of their songs! Shoutout to Leon Frei who was my favorite! Great musician! Check him out!

I have not had a chance to record a quality video of the night, but you may like a little snippet recorded with my cell phone from across the room!

Note to self: Stock up on camera equipment!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqez43PBSff/

If you are a songwriter like me, and would like to get together and work on songs to perform at one of those open stages, please drop me a message!

Love as always,
Katie