Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday September 11th, 2011.
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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 September 4th, 2011.
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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 21st, 2011.
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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
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Hope to see you there,
Corey
Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday July 24th, 2011
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For more information please go to my gigs page.
Hope to see you there,
Corey
As promised here is the video presentation used at the CD launch of “The Second Time Around” a song written by myself, Heather Frahn and members of the Community Re-Entry Program at Flinders University as outlined in a previous post.
Here it is for you to enjoy.
Here is some more information about the Musical Brainwaves project from the YouTube page…
Musical Brainwaves was a group song-writing project with members from the Community Re-Entry Program at Flinders University in 2011. Collaborating with songwriters Heather Frahn and Corey Stewart the members contributed their own song lyrics, voices and artwork expressing positive viewpoints about their lives.
The creation of the song “The Second Time Around” brought much celebration of the things that inspire life and wellbeing.
CRP Members: Ben Howell, Cherrie Almond, Ron Brooks, Bernadette Circtzki, Joelene Schmerl, Adam Houston, Ralph Kloss, Zeke Langsford, Peter Coulter, Gary Irons, John Weston, Peter Guidera, Joanne King, Andrew King, Jayne Linke, Darryl Thompson, Cele Richardson, Meg Bartel, Luna Aboulhosn, Janma Gazmere, Jasmine Grace, Matthew Thomas, Karina Wight, Margaret Ellis, Christiana Wu, Louisa Schettini
Musical Brain Waves was facilitated by Corey Stewart and Heather Frahn, with visual art assistance from Jasmine Grace. Recording and Music Production by Corey Stewart and Heather Frahn © 2011.
With thanks to Charmaine Mahar, Jaime Gardner and Roger Rees for their support for this project.
Let me know what you think.
Peace,
Corey
Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday July 17th, 2011
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Hope to see you there,
Corey
In previous posts “My Involvement With Musical Brainwaves” and “Musical Brainwaves – Using The Home Recording Studio” you would’ve read about my involvement in this 6 week Songwriting Project held in conjunction with Flinder University and its Community Re-entry Program.
Well, last Friday was the CD launch party of the song “The Second Time Around” written by Heather Frahn, members of the Community Re-Entry Program and myself.
Held at Flinders Uni, it was a very simple affair with about 50 people ranging from members of the project, their carers and Flinders Uni staff and students in attendance.
After an introduction from the Co-ordinator of the Community Re-entry Program it was our turn to give an outline of what we had been doing for the last 6 weeks (well Heather did most of the talking).
Once we finished Heather put on a video collage she made out of all the photos and images taken during the project with the finished song as its soundtrack. Well, there was not a dry eye in the room, it was very powerful stuff. it went down so well Heather was asked to run the video again.
The launch was a great success.
Heather and I during one of our recording sessions
While I was watching the video I was feeling the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and cold shivers running down my spine. This hardly ever happens to me at all but last Friday I was deeply touched, moved and inspired by the event.
I realised that over the past 6 weeks I was provided with proof that music can still matter and that it can still make a profound difference in people’s lives.
I was immensely proud of what we had all achieved with the writing of the song and especially how the finished product sounds as it was totally recorded at home.
Here is the finished product for you to enjoy.
The Second Time Around
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Once I get hold of Heather’s video montage of the song I’ll post it up here.
You have to see it to believe it.
Peace,
Corey
Here are the gigs I’m doing for the week ending Sunday July 10th, 2011
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Hope to see you there,
Corey