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The event Music Fights Cancer, on May 10th at the Thunderbolt happened, and was such a success. So far now, we raised just over £500, which is amazing.

I really didn't expect as many people to be as bothered about this event as they did, so many people were so generous with all their donations and it was brilliant. So many people tried helping to get it trending on twitter too, it didn't, but just scrolling through and seeing how many people cared was touching. There were so many people that gave up their time to help out and so many people helped put in as much effort as they could to make it amazing. The thing that got to me the most, was that they all wanted to make it amazing for Dawn. Dawn did so well that day, she had no energy by the end of it. She came at around 8 and managed to stay right until the end. She got in and straight away said 'wine...?' which was a typical thing for Dawn to say. She sat and had her unfortunately, very diluted drink and then Freddi took her outside where it was quieter and she sat doing the few things she loved, smoking, drinking and talking with the people she loved. I left her to chill out for a while, then I went back inside and asked Trash and Turner if I could borrow them. This was one of the things I needed to make sure I did that night - introduce them to Dawn. Dawn has always done it, when she meets someone or talks to someone, she'll always give this look, at it's such a nice look that basically says 'right, I like you, you're mint' or 'cool, I agree with that'. So I wanted her to meet them both because they'd both been the best when everything really started to get shit. It was a pretty big thing for me to do (I hope they know) and I meant every single thing I'd said to her about them. I'd never introduced anyone to Dawn before with reason, which means they are definitely 2 very honoured people. She gave them that look, and after the event spoke very very highly of them, which was lovely. She also met Kieron, another person who I realised at that moment, is always brilliant to talk to. Maybe it hasn't been so much now, but I remember in like 2010 I used to tell him everything and know he wouldn't judge me based on what I'd said or done, and his opinion wouldn't change. It may not be a crazy close friendship, but I do really value his friendship. Dawn then made the joke of while rolling up a fag looking up and saying, 'ah well, it's not gonna kill me' - another typical Dawn thing.

All 4 acts were brilliant, 2 I hadn't even spoken to until the night before/on the day and they were both lovely, and very very talented people. Ryan Inglis was the first act on, I'm glad I picked him to go on first it was a nice way to open I think, what is a bit annoying is that alot of people missed him because they didn't turn up until a bit later on. He played so well, and was an interesting and very lovely person, more people should discover him! Emily Teague was up after this. I had a really nice chat with her before hand, and she was so excited to play. She was another really great act to open up with, this was when alot more people started to arrive. She was quite chatty and kept the crowd laughing and interested in the stories behind her music, again another artist people should discover. Johari were the first band to play, by this point even though it was starting to get late, so people might have started to get a bit tired or whatever, they were awake by this point, and I personally think Johari always play well, I'm always super proud of them whenever I watch them. Their gigs are always fun, and everyone is always so happy after, their sets never seem long enough. On this occasion Turner attempted to make a serious speech. I completely missed this speech because I'd zoned out, looked up at Trash, saw him smile and burst into tears. So, this was a rare occasion, and I'd missed it, sorry dude. They did however, as usual, play so well. Goodnight Lois ended the night, unfortunately, again people had started to leave and missed another amazing band. They get better and better every time I see them, another bunch of people I feel so proud of. Even if they mess up, they make it funny, and keep the crowd interested and entertained. I've never had a bad time watching Goodnight Lois. My favourite song by them is 'Pass Us By' and the week before that, Dawn had said something about her and Freddi and how it seemed that life has just passed them by. It sounded so similar to a lyric in their song, so I asked Dan if he would dedicate it to Dawn and Freddi. They did and amazing job of it, and it had meant alot to Dawn that they did that. Goodnight Lois had finished and I decided I needed to say something, so that meant it was speech time... Never again am I attempting a speech, I knew exactly what I wanted to say, but saw Dawn and couldn't. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who had donated not only their money, but also their time. Thank you to the Thunderbolt for giving up their venue free of charge for the night and being so caring. Thank you massive amounts to everyone that played, and didn't expect anything back. Thank you to Tom for doing the sound, because he was a massive reason it was actually made possible. Thank you to everyone for coming and showing an amazing woman how much people love, care about and support her. It was a night to give something back to a woman that has given so much her whole life. A night for me to show off the woman that is pretty much the other half of my mother, so everyone could get a glimpse of the beautiful lady that has such a massive impact on my life.

The highlight of the night for me was seeing Dawn after I'd stood on stage and failed at making a speech. She told me to sit on her lap, hugged me and said 'I can't tell you how much all of this has meant, think of those children and what you've done and the fact that you've done it in my name is an honour. I love you, flower'

It was a really good night, and in the next week I will go down and see those children that Dawn wanted the money to go to and tell them all about her and why she wanted it to go to them, her 'brave little warriors'

After sending an explanatory email to the 19 contacts we were provided with, I recived an email from Gary Allen, a representative of Talentwatch.net, saying he would be happy to help. In reply, I asked him several questions about his association with Ryan. Unfortunately, we cannot hold a filmed interview with him, due to accessibility, so if we decide to use this we will have someone else replacing his voice, and use it as a voice over rather than video footage.

1) How did you meet Ryan? I met Ryan via Facebook.  Since I'm located in California we have never met in person.  

2) What do you know about Ryan's career and experience?  I believe I caught Ryan at the beginning stages of his career.  I had not followed his career closely.  I know that the recent release of his song, "Secret" was quite successful as well as the professionally produced video.  I also know that he has secured some funding from the  'Slice The Pie' site. 

3) How were you involved in Ryan's music career?  I encouraged Ryan to join TalentWatch.net, a new site for aspiring music artists.  In order to get on TalentWatch Ryan had to create a music video AND a personal video (where he introduced himself to music fans).  He has done very well on our site and I believe this has given him more confidence in pursuing his music career. 

Slicethepie, the source of Ryan's funding. The way this works is music fans review and rate upcoming talent, the most popular artists then go on to raise money from those fans to record and release an E.P or album.

Ryan Inglis - Secret

Filmed and edited by Tony Hobton, a close friend and teacher of Ryan and Charlie, who we interviewed for our research this morning.

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