Alice Pisano Performance @ Waitrose Managers Conference

Today was a great experience working with beautiful Italian singer-songwriter Alice Pisano. 

Alice and I met at the ACM@Metropolis Academy during her studies Artist Development and Songwriting at the renown Metropolis Studios, London. It's a beautiful institute and general creative hub that I've had the privilege of working in with such amazing talent and staff.

Alice was invited to perform, through one of our tutors Andrew Armour, at a Waitrose conference in Cookham. During the drive, Alice's calm and professionalism made me realise that this lady is going to be a big star one day. Working with Alice is truly like a driving down a straight road - no bumps, just going along! Not only does Alice's professionalism stand out, it's the way she holds herself on stage with dignity and class which in my opinion is rare these days to just be polite and well mannered.

We did have a momentum of anxiety as we realised after plugging everything in, we had forgotten a guitar lead!!! I instantly googled music shops in this small village praying they had one open and nearby at three in the afternoon. After driving like a loony Londoner in this poor innocent village, we managed to find 1 out of 3 shops we had stopped at that stocked a guitar lead. The first one wasn't much luck as we approached an industrial estate it was clear Mr Music (the shop) was no more...a local had kindly informed us he had actually passed away! 

Even during the panic, I realised Alice was super calm and controlled (on the verge of a panic but I offered her numerous Rowntree's fruit pastals to take the edge off!) and we made it back in time for Alice's set in front of a warm crowd of Waitrose Marketing Managers who were all nodding along to the music. After Alice's enlightening set we chin chinned with champagne!

What a great day, check out Alice's profile - she's genuinely one to watch out for and she's actively gigging so try to catch her at a local gig soon!

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Modern Weirdo!

#WeirdoThinking

It's come to my attention that recently in social media and viral threads that 'being comfortable in your own skin' is something that's being promoted on a global scale. It's great to see that the more eccentric of us individuals are getting some exposure in this too! For years we've been isolated and sometimes bullied for being slightly 'weird' by society which of course translates as just being happy in our own skin.

I was drawn to an article titled 'Why Weirdos Are The Best People to Fall in Love With' that I saw on viralthread.com because I was always described as weird, which as the article explains, it just means I was comfortable being me.

Regardless of weirdos in love, I think it's about promoting a new mindset and encouraging new generations to not be persuaded by the media everywhere to be a certain way. Being positive and outgoing shouldn't be considered odd or an unorthodox way of living life, but accepted and inspiring. 

Speaking as a true weirdo and not ashamed to admit it, I feel that each day is a fresh start in life almost. I can choose whether to eat too much or too little, who I meet, what I learn and so on - this makes life a little more exciting. Plus as a naturally positive person having seen the world in most of it's true colours, I realise just how lucky I am to be healthy and to have the things I have, not to mention the amazing people I have around me.

I hope people who are perhaps a little afraid to be themselves can read this and feel encouraged to start tomorrow new. It's ok to be approachable but of course, as with anything, there's always a fine line :) 

Check out the article I am referring to here:

http://www.viralthread.com/why-weirdos-are-the-best-people-to-fall-in-love-with/