Last rehearsal

Well well well..

That was an incredible night!! thanks so much for everyone who came to support us, we had the most amazing time! <3 look out for info on other performances! <3 you all xx

Big D and small d

Selfies!!

Its TIme!!!

The day has come! tonight we will be rocking out to this years fav tunes!! come down and enjoy the sweet sounds of Rising rain and the sweet taste of freshly made damper over the fire!!! <3 <3 so stocked on life! luv ya all xx

About Brodie Walsh

The name’s Walsh, Brodie Walsh. Currently 18 years of age and a student at Suncoast Christian College. I am a drummer and have been for the past 6 years. Growing up with musicians in the family, definitely influenced my decision to take up an instrument. I find that music is a key for me. It can change your day instantly, I guess thats why I love playing drums. There’s nothing better then having a good old jam on the drum kit alone or with a band. Playing in school/church bands has dramatically improved my musicianship and the ability to work with multiple people under stressful circumstances. I plan to enjoy and love music to the day I die. 

How the Baggins keeps his cool

The question I have been asked is how do I keep my nerves under control when performing.

In order for me to perform well, it is important to keep my nerves under control. From previous experience I have had performances wrecked by overwhelming nerves. Nervousness makes my heart race faster and increases my breathing rate which in turn make me tighten up my arms and legs. As a drummer this reduces my overall effectiveness as I need relaxed arms and legs to perform the required skills. 

To perform well,  you need to be confident and familiar with what you are playing like as if its on the back of your hand. One of the key ways I keep my nerves under control is to continue to practice until I don’t even have to think about what exactly you are doing. This increases my confidence and assists to reduce potential nerves during a performance. However, when about to perform, one key thing I say to myself is “fake it till you make it”. Also I remind myself that no ones going to remember if I make a small mistake after this day. This helps to see this performance as an opportunity to learn from, therefore I need to make the most of it. I have realized that if things go wrong in a performance, its not the end of the world. I just use this experience as a stepping stone and learn from the mistakes. This has made myself a better musician, with greater performance experience. Even the best musicians make mistakes. This attitude helps to reduce the onset of nerves in the first place. 

I also use Christian music to calm my nerves down, and just trying not to over think it. When performing, if nerves are to overpowering, I just play safe until I start feeling confident, and I stop holding back and play how I would if no one else was in the room.

2 days to go!!

Its so close we can almost taste the festival air! Hope you are all comming along!! Luv ya all x

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8 days left!

XOXO

Dysfunctional Relationship???

Lets face it, being in a band can be a wonderful experience but it can also be like hell on earth. You can’t always choose your band members which is truly irritating when personalities clash and you have no way out, which was the case here. However any situation can be turned into a great opportunity with the right attitude.

 In all honesty there was a lot of disagreement, a lot of “be quiet..”, “Do you know your stuff?”, “Yo guys I need to learn this first”, “Stop playing for a minute PLEASE..”, “Man I lost my voice”, “Is …….. away again today?”, , “Sorry guys can we change the key?” followed by a choir of sighs as the band re-learn their parts. Many times we would want to pull our hair out in frustration, but when we really nailed a song.. it felt good.

Let’s face it, being in a band is like being in a dysfunctional relationship. You fight all the time, you hardly ever agree on anything, you spend a lot of time crying, you talk a lot about how you want things to be but it never really turns out that way, but if you work at it long enough, this dysfunctional relationship soon changes into a loving long term commitment.

Bands have ups and downs, heart-breaks, fall outs and frustrations, but bands also have many amazing experiences together. Discovering music in themselves and in each other, laughing uncontrollably at nothing much at all, having deep and meaningful conversations after a long..very long day of rehearsals.

In the end I would not change one thing in these two amazing people, because they showed me a whole other world of music, and nothing can beat the feeling when we are making music together and there’s that moment when the music becomes second nature, the world blurs, and we make eye contact and we know we did it, we nailed it!

Being in a band comes with strings attached, and you need to step outside of yourself to accommodate other people. Personalities will clash, and especially in a group of people who all have alpha personalities if you will,  but in the end it’s the most rewarding experience in the world. 

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