1995 // Project 366 / Day 15

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The Cure / Project 366 // Day 14

I try to talk
The sky goes red
I forget
So fill my head
With some of this
Some of that
Some of every word she said

KAWALA // Project 365 // Day 80

Kawala, pronounced like the animal, spelt like you shouldn't have been in charge of final decisions when we decided on what to call the band.

This banned dawned the stage before dodie, as one of her two support acts. They managed to successfully shut my pal up which says more for them than any kind of review you will read on them.

We took notice because they have a great sound, there songs have a good beat that you want to move to. They have a great sound that you will want to listen to.

I have there Counting the Miles EP on whilst I type this, and I do love it. It's only 4 tracks long so worth a listen if you have a spare 15 minutes.

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Barrowland // Project 365 // Day 79

From my first real concert at 15, for years I didn't count the concert my parents took me to when I was little, as I always prefer to tell people my first concert was My Chemical Romance and not S-Club 7. I spent a lot of my youth going to see different bands. this all kinda fell away in the last year or two. But I still truly believe there is nothing better than live music.

I discovered some of my favourite bands whilst going to gigs.  The Blackout whilst seeing Panic! at the Disco, Patent Pending at a Bowling for Soup gig, Lacey when we went to see Patent Pending on tour, Stephen Kellogg when at last minute we went to see Matt Nathanson. And that's just to name a few. There's a power to live music and I live near some rather good venues.

I managed to experience some great venues before they turned into drinking spots the arches in Glasgow and HMV Picture House now renamed the Caley Picturehouse the nicest wetherspoons I've ever been in. Both spots to experience as they are now if you get the chance.

I've even filmed Casey Shea at the Oran Mor, one of my favourite venues and then returned to a different part of the Oran Mor to photograph a Graduation Ball.

But amidst this all I never made it out to the Barrowland Ballroom, a venue I've always admired from a far because of that big glowing sign.

So last Friday when I ventured out for dodie's gig I was excited to finally experience the Barrowlands. The venue is lovely the acoustics are great, drinks not to pricy and you spend your night under the iconic starry sky.

I've still got many venues to tick of my list, but I don't need excuses to go back to gigs, friday was enough to remind me how much I missed that.

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I’ve Got A Secret For The Mad // Project 365 // Day 75

artist dodie graced the barrowlands stage on March 15th, to a sold out crowd, full of energy and sad songs.

I've been a longtime listener after hearing Carrie Hope Fletcher and Celinde Schoenmaker cover "adored by him" in 2014  I became interested in the songstress.

I didn't know what to expect from a dodie gig, they tend to sell out fast, the crowd seemed to have a good mix but the large amount of yellow t-shirt (is it tho?) flower crowned young fans left me feeling old, seriously when did everyone get so young and amongst them dutiful parents who deserve all the parental points.

We caught the end of Orla Gartland's set and having heard of her but never listened to her before she's someone I'm going to check out.

Kawala really impressed me though, they had a really good sound and a lot of energy. A natural stage presence and were quite funny. Definitely a band to give a moment too.

dodie's set was amazing, though softly spoken and can be hard to hear over the cheers of the crowd she seemed in her element, and though you could argue that there are one too many sad songs in her repertoire her fans don't seem to mind. 

There's a hopeful ambiguity to a lot of them. 

And the energetic finale left the crowd buzzing.  

I don't go to gigs as much as I used to and last night really left me wondering why, there is honestly no better feeling than being in a room with people who find comfort in the same lyrics you do.

separate but the same.

each experiencing the same moment differently.

"I've got a secret for the mad

in a little bit of time it won't

hurt so bad"

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