Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday September 4th, 2011.
Make sure you mark these off in your diary with a BOLD RED PEN.
Wed 31 – Open Mic @ The Dan (8pm – 12am)
Thu 01 – SCALA @ Higher Ground (8pm – 11pm)
Fri 02 – Hotel Royal (7:30pm – 10:30pm)
Sat 03 – Hotel Royal (7:30pm – 10:30pm)
For more information please go to my gigs page.
Hope to see you there,
Corey 
Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday August 28th, 2011.
Make sure you mark these off in your diary with a BOLD RED PEN.
For more information please go to my gigs page.
Hope to see you there,
Corey
Today I’m preparing for my first originals gig in a couple of months.
It’s a gig I organise for SCALA (Songwriters, Composers and Lyricists Association) showcasing songwriters who perform through my Open Mic Network and it happens tonight. It’s a great way to keep my songwriting chops up to speed.
As a musician who makes a living playing other peoples music, playing my own music is a real breath of fresh air for me. Even though I always put my own individual spin on the covers that I play, the greatest artistic satisfaction I get as a musician is through performing my own songs in front of a crowd that want to be there.
If you’re in the area the gig is at the Higher Ground Arts Cafe located at Light Square in Adelaide and the night kicks off between 8pm and 8:30pm finishing at around 11pm.
I’ll be sharing the stage with 3 other talented songwriters Bryan Foley, Martin Mount and Steven Fotineas with entry being $5 waged, $4 concession and $3 for SCALA members.
It’s going to be a great night so wish me luck.
Peace,
Corey
Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday July 31st, 2011
Make sure you mark them in your diary in BOLD RED PEN
For more information please go to my gigs page.
Hope to see you there,
Corey
Hi everybody,
I’ll be playing a solo show at the newly created Fringe venue “Shimmering West” this Thursday, February 24th as part of SCALA @ The Fringe series of shows starting at 5pm and finishing at 7pm.
I’ll be performing with two other acts, singer/songwriter David Robinson plus the wonderful duo of Andy Armstrong and Marta Bayly.
The program is as follows:
David Robinson – 5:00pm
Corey Stewart – 5:40pm (the thorn between two roses)
Andy & Marta – 6:20pm
It’s going to be a great gig, I hope to see some familiar faces in the crowd so come along and say HI!
Peace,
Corey
I’ll be appearing tonight on the SongCatcher songwriting program on Radio Adelaide (101.5 on the FM dial) with Clayton Werner and Claire Thackeray.
Wooo Hooo!
I’ll be playing a couple of tunes live, talking about my song “Billboard Angel” which appears on the latest SCALA CD “A Guided Tour” plus, the SongCatcher crew will be playing a couple of songs from other artists that have influenced me over the years.
So tune into Radio Adelaide between 9 and 10pm to hear the program or, you can listen to the SongCatcher program online.
You’ll be glad you did…
Peace,
Corey
I have the pleasure of playing at the “SCALA – A Guided Tour” CD Launch this Thursday night, December 16th at the Higher Ground Arts Cafe starting at 8pm.
I’m going to be in fine company too, playing with the likes of Andy and Marta, Kenny Green, Adrian Miller, David Robinson and Mick Kidd.
I’ll be playing my SCALA exclusive song “Billboard Angel” on the night plus other tunes that will be on my upcoming CD “Out With The Old, In With The New” set for release in the first quarter of 2011.
Hope to see some familiar faces there, it’s going to be a fantastic night.
Peace,
Corey
I’m going to be one of the special guests along with good friend and songwriting partner Adrian Miller, for the last SCALA Songwriters Workshop for 2010 starting at 7:30pm sharp tonight at the Higher Ground Arts Cafe.
It runs for about 2 hours or so and in the first hour of the workshop, Adrian and I will talk about “The Joys Of Collaboration” in which we’ll feature two of our songs we’ve recently written together.
In the second hour all attendees will get a chance to play one of their original songs to the group for constructive feedback and encouragement and it’s all for a gold coin donation.
It happens tonight at Higher Ground Arts Cafe at 7:30pm sharp. If you’re in Adelaide I’d love to see you there.
Peace,
Corey
Mountain Top is the second song I played at the SCALA Open Mic Network Showcase last Thursday night (October 28th) that was put to video by Rob Childs of SCALA. This song is a few years old and I wrote soon after my band “FunkStar” broke up in 2001.
Mountain Top
©2001 C.Stewart
All the lessons that I’m learning
Are all lessons of the self?
A wise man once said “If you don’t love who you are
How the hell can you love anybody else”
I’m on a mountain top baby
Looking down on all I see
I’m on a mountain top baby
360 degrees
Some days I feel quite angry
And some day I feel quite sad
I can’t believe what has happened
To the best times a guy ever had
Chorus
It’s not a waste of time
Coz these times will come back again
But it’s up to me this time
And that means it’s gonna be right
If you believe that other people
Are for your happiness and how you’re perceived
Then when they let you down at the end of the day
There’s nothing left for you to believe
I’m on a mountain top baby
Looking down on all I see
I’m on a mountain top baby
360 degrees
I’m on a mountain top baby
With the sunlight over me
I’m on a mountain top baby
360 degrees
It’s always good to look at any situation from the perspective of being on top of a mountain, looking down on it all which is something I’ve been experiencing vividly of late.
This song tries to encapsulate that feeling.
Peace,
Corey
Last Thursday night I performed at the SCALA Open Mic Network Showcase and I was fortunate enough to have two of my songs put to video.
This first song “(When You Gonna) Stop Tearing Me Apart” is a C. Stewart/A. Miller collaboration which deals with a different way of approaching a relationship based song by the protagonist wishes a relationship to end rather than the cliched concept of wishing an unrequited relationship to begin.
Enjoy…
(When You Gonna) Stop Tearing Me Apart
©2010 C. Stewart / A. Miller
Why is it taking you so long to leave me?
Why have you let this thing drag on for years?
Why do you keep giving me this feeling
That I can’t wash away with my tears?
Instead of saying goodbye
When are you gonna stop tearing me apart?
When are you gonna stop breaking my heart?
All I want to know, are you going to let go?
When are you gonna stop tearing me apart?
When did you stop even wanting to love me?
Was there not something that I could have done?
And what makes you keep wanting to stay here
When you know that all meaning has gone?
Instead of saying goodbye
Chorus
When I look into your eyes I see nothing
I can’t even recognise who we were
As we walk down this road leading nowhere
Will you ever realise where we are?
Must I wait for another lifetime
To escape from all this misery?
Is there a chance that you might reconsider
And make up your mind to leave?
Is it time to say goodbye?
Chorus
Stop tearing me apart
Stop tearing me apart
This song was inspired by the title which suggested the overall story which then suggested the lyrical content.
I’ll put up the second video “Mountain Top” tomorrow.
Peace,
Corey
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