I had a very pleasant evening yesterday immersing myself in the world of local music. Straight from my daytime life in Crown Court I dashed up to the Broadway Cinema bar to interview Georgie Rose about her upcoming headlining gig at Bodega. This will be her biggest Nottingham show to date and she certainly deserves it so I was pleased that my pitch to interview her was taken up by the Nottingham Post. I've even blown out a review gig in her favour. She was held up due to traffic so I sat outside with a beer and used their Wi-Fi while I waited, I'm not sure how much Wi-Fi costs per minute so I don't know if I have used enough to compensate for the theft of my idea.
Georgie brought along a couple of members of her band which threw me a little as I had prepared questions aimed at Georgie herself (yes, I prepared in advance) although this wasn't really a problem. We had a nice little chat upstairs in quieter surroundings using my phone for the first time as a recorder, luckily I managed okay in the face of modern technology.
I've known Georgie for a couple of years and have to say I am impressed with her climb to where she is. She has worked hard and focussed on her career while managing to not turn into a horrible person, something that can happen to musicians in this city. I could tell that she is excited and nervous about her big show but I'm sure she will handle it with ease. Given that she is only twenty years old it is weird to think that she is now one of the top people (at least as far as I am concerned) among Nottingham's musicians. Not turning into a horrible person will work in her favour because a fair amount of female artists (not exclusively female artists but more of them than male artists, just an observation) develop a sense of their own importance and turn into the most arrogant pieces of work imaginable, yet Georgie has remained as grounded and welcoming as she was when we first worked together.
Although I had cosily ensconced myself in front of the telly to watch the hour long episode of Eastenders, I tore myself away to go to a gig, not leaving the house until quarter past nine. I had wanted to watch Opie Deino performing at Jam Cafe because I had never actually seen her playing indoors. As a busker I have seen her around the city centre on a number of occasions but this was something I couldn't miss. We don't know each other but have 'spoken' online before and I have arranged to record a short interview with her for a project I am doing about buskers (I won't elaborate in case Leftlion jump in and steal it) and seemed very friendly last night. As for the gig she blew me away with a band giving her a much fuller rockier sound which went down really well with the Jam Cafe crowd. This won't be the last time I watch her playing I am sure, and although I turned up late I should mention Emily Martin who was on as I arrived and sounded as great as ever.
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