My Drive Towards 2013

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Corey Stewart

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First of all, I want to say that I hope everyone has had a wonderful Xmas and that your New Years Eve preparations are going to plan.

What am I going to be doing for NYE? Well I’ll be playing at the Port Broughton Hotel as part of FIGJAM Duo which I’m really looking forward to. It’s been a while since I did a gig in the country and Port Broughton is apparently a beautiful place.

However, besides recovering from Xmas festivities and getting ready for NYE, this time of year is where I look back on what I’ve done and start working what I want to do for the year ahead.

I’ve got to say, 2012 was a confusing year for me. I was doing far too many things in my life to the point where every part of my life was suffering including my health and my sanity.

Thankfully moving into a new space and letting go of a few things have gone a long way to remedying this confusion however, I can’t help but think that 2013 is going to be a year of starting things over.

I’m now at a place in my life where I can truthfully say that I know exactly what I want to be doing with my life both musically and domestically. It’s very empowering knowing that I now have the drive, determination and the willingness to walk the path of my own design rather than the path that I was expected to walk on.

Big changes are afoot in 2013…

Musically, I’ll be concentrating my efforts in four areas:

1. Live Performance – In 2013 I’ll be making sure I create the right balance between my songwriting gigs and my covers gigs. I’ve given myself all of next year to sell-out all my copies of “Seeing Stars” by utilising gigs and open mic opportunities to showcase what I can do to the public.

2. Studio – I want to learn everything I can about creating great recordings from home so I can put out my own material in-house rather than use an external studio to record tracks. I’ll be writing a lot more songs and redefining my own sonic palette which I’m very excited about.

3. Online Marketing – I realise that as well as playing more gigs, the best way to let the world know who I am and what I do musically is via the internet. I’ll be expanding my web presence and at the same time streamlining it so it all works like a well oiled machine.

By doing this I’ll be creating opportunities for myself on a global scale rather than just a local and national one.

4. Tuition – I realise I have a lot to offer in terms of experience and knowledge in the areas of songwriting and music business so I’ll be setting up a coaching/consultancy revolving around those two areas and making myself available either on a one on one basis or via Skype.

Domestically, my health, my house and my spirit are the areas that I want to pursue in 2013. I believe that if I can get these domestic areas right then my relationships with others will greatly benefit and my musical endeavours will be greatly enhanced as well.

Everyone wins…

I’ll be posting more information on here as I work out what all of this means but in the meantime, I hope that you stay safe no matter what it is you’ll be doing so that we can reconnect again in 2013.

I, for one am really looking forward to it.

Peace,

Corey

CS Gigs: W/E Sunday June 3rd, 2012

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Corey Stewart

Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday June 3rd, 2012.

Make sure you mark these gigs in your diary in BOLD RED PEN.

Wed 30 – Open Mic @ The Dan (8pm – 12am)
Sat 02 – FJ @ Daniel O’Connell (9pm – 12am)
Sun 03 – FJ @ Mick O’Sheas (2pm – 6pm)

Hope to see you there,

Corey

CS Gigs: W/E Sunday May 27th, 2012

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Corey Stewart

Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday May 27th, 2012.

Make sure you mark these gigs in your diary in BOLD RED PEN.

Wed 23 – Open Mic @ The Dan (8pm – 12am)
Fri 25 – CS @ Kentish Arms (8pm – 11pm)
Sat 26 – FJ @ The Promethean (9pm – 1am)
Sun 27 – CS @ Duck Inn (3pm – 7pm)

Hope to see you there,

Corey

CS Gigs: W/E Sunday February 5th, 2012

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Corey Stewart

Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday February 5th, 2012.

Make sure you mark these gigs in your diary in BOLD RED PEN.

Wed 01 – Open Mic @ The Dan (8pm – 12am)
Thu 02 – Open Mic @ The Brunswick (8pm – 11pm)
Fri 03 – Daniel O’Connell Hotel (9pm – 12am)
Sun 05 – FIGJAM @ Mick O’Sheas (2pm – 6pm)

For more information please go to my gigs page.

Hope to see you there,

Corey

A Proposed New Format For My Cover Gigs

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Corey Stewart

For a while now I’ve been looking for ways in which I can do something a little different with my cover gigs.

The reason why I want to do this is so I can stand out from the crowd a bit more while at the same time, I’m keeping things fresh for myself and hopefully I create a point of difference between me and all of the other cover musicians out there.

With that in mind I’m going to trial a different approach to my performances.

In the past, what I’ve done is created a setlist of the songs to play before the gig and then deliver a show from that setlist. What I’m wanting to do for this year is develop a comprehensive list of songs that I can play and then allow the audience to request what they want to hear.

It’s “Corey Stewart/FIGJAM By Request” a concept that has been bouncing around in my mind for at least a couple of years now.

I’ve seen this done a few times by other musicians and I thought that it was a fantastic idea. I know a lot of songs and I’m learning more all of the time, I might as well put them all to good use.

The beauty about letting the audience pick the songs I play is that it takes the pressure off of me totally because it becomes the audiences job to program the nights entertainment. I then become an interactive human jukebox and it allows me to get on what I do best.

Which is playing the songs and entertaining the crowd.

Another idea that I want to develop in 2012 is “FIGJAM Live Karaoke.”

Instead of people singing to backing tracks they have the opportunity to sing with a live band which will make the overall singing experience for the punter closer to a real band rather than singing with the radio.

How cool would that be? Let me know what you think.

Both concepts are still in its very early stages of development but as soon as I’m closer to launching them, I’ll let you all know so you can all be part of the interactivity.

Onward and upward…

Peace,

Corey