How do you take a person or band from “people who play music” to “people who play music for a living“?
That’s the goal of Fest Forward: to give people the information, networking and skills to go further, to emerge as working performers. The festival happens this weekend, and while a large part of the event is providing performers with the extra information and presentation that they need, there’s also a pair of great concerts you can go to and enjoy! My guest today is a local musician and one of the organizers for Fest Forward, Penelope. We chat about the background and goal of Fest Forward, the transformation necessary to emerge as working performers, and about the sessions associated with the festival.
Music today:
- One of the great bands that played for our fundraiser Shake’n’Bake on the weekend was Before the War. They played this wonderful song, Doom, which you can find on the awesome compilation It’s Always Sunny In New Brunswick.
- To give you a taste of what’s to come at Fest Forward, we played Jon McKiel‘s I Know, from his self-titled release.
- And to wrap up the hour we heard All You Sons and Daughters by Matthew Good, from his latest release Chaotic Neutral. (*)
(* By the way: if you’re a D&D gamer, the title “Chaotic Neutral” is a giveaway — and a D&D giveaway is one of the prizes you can win if you pay attention to his website. Matthew Good will be playing in Fredericton on December 10.)
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