#facesareforfriends

#facesareforfriends Okay, so I’m not good at things like this, but here I go; beneath my hardened shell of impassive unaffected eyes, there is a gooey sentimental filling of complex emotions that I work hard to try and understand every single day. I’ve spent the past week or so reminiscing about the time it took, and the time I spent, putting together my EP, and all the memories of three years of my life that went into that, and it was such a joyous experience with some of the most amazing people I have ever met. So on this one I refuse to erase a four year relationship with a friend from my life, just because things aren’t always easy to explain or deal with, but here I am, writing this at some obscene time of the night (or morning) overthinking about it, needing to get it off my chest. I intend not to overshare, but if anyone’s going to kill the elephant in the room on this one, then it’s going to be me. I can’t erase the way this person has affected my life and the contribution they have made to it, and the contribution they made to the EP that you will hear tomorrow. The only thing I can say is that life is too long to throw away the people that brought you joy, and that silence never fixes anything, no matter how much I want it to, no matter how much they may want it to, it’s always better to say too much, than never to say what you need to say. These days, saying nothing, that’s enough for me. Peace #folk #singer #songwriter #ep #ifonlyforwords #release #single #indie #folkrock #alternative #indiefolk #adelademusic #adelaidemusicscene #launch #rock #originalmusic #music #singersongwriter #supportmusic #supportartists #art #black #white #band (at Adelaide, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrNKbeUl02D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10ui5ggjhmynv

#facesareforfriends A big thank you to my collaborator and the photographer behind the #facesareforfriends project, Christina Vagnoni! I feel like this project was a good opportunity to introduce and thank all the participants throughout the process of the creation of my debut EP (amazing people who I owe, and continue to owe a great debt to, and thanking them all was really the least I could do), but it was also just to make my social media feed just a little less narcissistic, at least in the short term. All of these things I’ve been able to achieve have never existed purely in a vacuum, and it’s been good to remind myself of that fact, and though with songwriting at the moment I largely go it alone, I’m always aware of my contributions to my friends in the local Adelaide music scene and the contributions other people have made to my work that goes much further than just songwriting. Thanks @christinavagnoni for taking on this project and diving in headfirst to make it a reality! 📷 by @carversoundstudio #folk #singer #songwriter #ep #ifonlyforwords #release #single #indie #folkrock #alternative #indiefolk #adelademusic #adelaidemusicscene #launch #rock #originalmusic #music #singersongwriter #supportmusic #supportartists #art #black #white #band (at Adelaide, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrMqBPxl7Fe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q7ksr84fk7kf

#facesareforfriends A huge thank you to Emma Grieger! I’ve been lucky enough to play a bunch of gigs with Emma in the few years we’ve known each other, in both her band and my band and in a duo on rare occasion! Emma’s been one of my favourite songwriters and a good friend and it’s been great to see her realising her songs in the band @emmajayne_music and just recently while recording her EP, which I feel so privileged to be a part of! Emma sang some great harmonies on my EP, something which you’ll hear very shortly! So thanks again Emma for all you’ve helped me out with, here’s to some more great times in the future, including this Thursday! 📷 by @christinavagnoni #folk #singer #songwriter #ep #ifonlyforwords #release #single #indie #folkrock #alternative #indiefolk #adelademusic #adelaidemusicscene #launch #rock #originalmusic #music #singersongwriter #supportmusic #supportartists #art #black #white #band (at Adelaide, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrMoeL2FiV6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ee809wuc39f6

#facesareforfriends I can’t thank this talented man enough for the work he’s done on helping bring the artwork design of my EP to life! Alex is one of the most brilliant photographers and graphic designers I know and have had the pleasure to have worked with in some capacity. Even though I took the photo for the cover art, I still have no idea how to format for CD covers and CD printing or anything. So having Alex being there to facilitate my artistic direction and bring it into reality what just the best thing! Thank you so much @undercoveralex_ for everything friend! 📷 by @christinavagnoni #folk #singer #songwriter #ep #ifonlyforwords #release #single #indie #folkrock #alternative #indiefolk #adelademusic #adelaidemusicscene #launch #rock #originalmusic #music #singersongwriter #supportmusic #supportartists #art #black #white #band @alexandermrobertson (at Adelaide, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrJp3b3FmUk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1afmnritcknx9

#facesareforfriends I seriously do not have enough words to say about how thankful I am to Georgy Rochow for all she has done for me, not just in the past couple of months, helping me get my EP out, but for everything she’s done since I met her. We can all thank Georgy for the reason this EP is actually out. After spending the last year and a half immersed in the recording and mixing of this EP I was super deep into it, too deep to have any kind of perspective or energy left to actually finish it. The process had worn me down, I spend a good month or two sitting on the final mixes and just doing nothing with it; it was all still just an idea. Georgy asked me what was up with it and really helped me get my shit together, with all the ideas I had, she organised the final steps of mastering and printing and organising my launch into action. Thank you so much Georgy for helping me make this real, for helping me get to where I am today. @georgy_delilah_music 📷 by @christinavagnoni #folk #singer #songwriter #ep #ifonlyforwords #release #single #indie #folkrock #alternative #indiefolk #adelademusic #adelaidemusicscene #launch #rock #originalmusic #music #singersongwriter #supportmusic #supportartists #art #black #white #band (at Adelaide, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrJnuoclNcD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i0ek2c97mno4

#facesareforfriends Huge thank you to my keys player and backing vocalist Olivia Bozzon! Olivia and I have been playing music together for over two years, in projects such as The Vulgars, as well as in my band. Liv also played in one of my favourite Adelaide bands Celestite! She did some killer work on my EP as you may have heard so far on the single ‘I Don’t See Myself in Pictures Anymore’, and she is most definitely one of the most talented and kind people that I know, always there to help out and contribute something great. You can catch Liv playing in my band this Thursday December 13th at the Exeter for my EP launch! Thanks @oliviabozzon for being so talented and awesome! 📷 by @christinavagnoni #folk #singer #songwriter #ep #ifonlyforwords #release #single #indie #folkrock #alternative #indiefolk #adelademusic #adelaidemusicscene #launch #rock #originalmusic #music #singersongwriter #supportmusic #supportartists #art #black #white #band (at Adelaide, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrIHTkSlWw6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pdskm4x5hu4w

#facesareforfriends Massive thank you to Bill Meegan! This legend has been my live drummer for over a year, and is one of my favourite musicians and people to work with! Bill’s been helping me bring these songs to life in the live setting as I’ve started to do more band gigs. As pictured, he’s genuinely one of the most hilarious people I’ve ever met and a seriously talented songwriter to boot. He’s front man and mad scientist genius of @sleepylizardband one of my favourite bands out in the local scene at the moment. Thank you heaps Bill for all the late night philosophical chats and doing all the rehearsals and all the gigs over the past year, and yes you still definitely have to stop playing the hi-hat so much haha. You can catch Bill playing in my band this Thursday December 13th at the Exeter for my EP launch! 📷 @christinavagnoni #folk #singer #songwriter #ep #ifonlyforwords #release #single #indie #folkrock #alternative #indiefolk #adelademusic #adelaidemusicscene #launch #rock #originalmusic #music #singersongwriter #supportmusic #supportartists #art #black #white #band (at Adelaide, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrIGCdxlQBi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w2ati4e9wvsi

#facesareforfriends Big shout out to this talented dude Emile Ryjoch! Seriously one of the most talented musicians I have had the pleasure to have worked with! During the course of my musical expedition over the past 5 years I’ve had a lot of different influences, including a love and better understanding of Jazz music, in particular Bebop, hard bop, post-bop and free jazz styles. I think of the Saxophone as some kind singular force of emotion and power, incredibly emotive and tactile, similar to the voice in quality. Obviously players such as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, and Ornette Coleman come to mind from the Jazz world but I was also interested in its power in Rock, Folk and Hip Hop music, through players like Clarence Clemons and more contemporary players like Kamasi Washington and Morgan Henderson. and that’s what I wanted to capture on this EP. There’s a tonne of Emile’s Tenor Saxophone playing all over my EP, sometimes in its purest form of single unedited takes, other times manipulated with modern software such as Stutter Edit by @izotopeinc but I think it serves a really special place on the EP, and I want to thank you @emileryjochmusic for contributing so much! 📷 by @christinavagnoni #folk #singer #songwriter #ep #ifonlyforwords #release #single #indie #folkrock #alternative #indiefolk #adelademusic #adelaidemusicscene #launch #rock #originalmusic #music #singersongwriter #supportmusic #supportartists #art #black #white #band (at Adelaide, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrEpaFHFWBV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gphcb3gd34oi