Big plans for September!
Now that I'm home, I've got a lot going on..
I just finished a guest spot with Dal Richards(I've blogged about him in the past) and his Orchestra at the Pacific National Exhibition. It was really fun to play with a big dance band with horns and saxophones and the whole deal.
This weekend I'm playing a Charity benefit for the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation. This Foundation does great work for teenage suicide awareness, treatment and research. My song on my CD, My Beautiful Boy, was written for the Dennehy's when their son Kelty took his life at only age 17.
Labour Day long weekend, my base player Kaitie Sly and I are off to Powell River to play at the Sunshine Coast Music Festival.
Sept 5-10, I'm going to Toronto to play a reception at the Toronto International Film Festival. The reception is at the Drake Hotel on Queen St. West, one of my favourite places in Toronto. I'm also doing a set at the TIFF's Canadian Music Cafe which will be at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Sept 19, 20 I'm doing another Film Festival, this time in California, the Temecula Valley International Film Festival and Musicfest.
Sept 24, 25 I'm playing in the Okanogan at the 2nd Annual Rockanagan in Kelowna, where the sun always shines.
I've also got a lot of private parties and corporate gigs throughout the month, so I'm really going to have to pace myself. And mostly, I'm somehow going to have to carve some time out to write more music. I LOVE this business.
Ali Milner is home from Boston!
WELL. I just got home from quuiiiiite a trip! I have been away the last FIVE WEEKS at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. Impressive, I know. Gosh, it was daunting first arriving… Mostly because the registration line-up was wrapped around several blocks!
I guess one must expect that with a program that has about 900 kids all registering in one day. Whew, that was one hectic day, let me tell ya. Although, we did get to unwind at the end of the day; the Berklee folks were so kind as to throw us a Kick-Off Carnival! Can’t go wrong with cotton candy, giant jenga, spray-on tattoos, and caricatures.
Gosh, a carnival, and on the first day! A little preview into the program it seems. What a fun place to spend my summer. I wouldn’t trade these last 5 weeks for anything. I met some increeeeddddible people, who I plan on keeping in touch with for a long time; and who happen to live in some pretty cool places like Argentina, Italy, Chile, the Netherlands, Florida, California, Texas, and even the other side of Canada to name a few (a.k.a. I now have some sweet destinations with places to stayyyy!).
The Berklee Five Week Performance Program did some great things for me and I’ve taken home some real learning experiences. I actually practiced today!!! That rarely happens. Berklee gave me a new perspective on practicing though; a miracle!
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