Howdy! This weekend I performed at my second Leeuwin Estate Concert in Margaret River. The Leeuwin Concert's are put on by a Margaret River winery, and features a different international touring act each year. Last year was James Taylor, which was an awesome experience given that I adore his music. This year Jackson Browne played, a slight come-down as far as the musical experience goes but still good! The highlight of the performance were his guitarists, both of whom were particularly lyrical in their solo choices. One in particular, Greg Leisz, played on John Mayer's Born and Raised - a favourite album of mine. So it was nice to hear him live.

We went on immediately after Jackson Browne's performance, and despite the weather being quite cold, I'd say we played for somewhere around 4000 people. Maybe more. The crowd looked huge at least, and there was a sizeable contingent at the front of the show who made it feel like a legitimate concert. While there's something soul crushing about the thought that I'll only ever get that response playing music I haven't written, it's still nice in the moment to have some aspect of your art validated. In general my guitar playing was pretty good on the night too! Still need to work on my chops though :) 

In a couple of weeks I'll be playing in Grace Sander's band for a show at Jack Rabbit Slims. It'll probably be the biggest original show I've ever been part of in Perth, and coincidentally I am not playing it under my own name, nor performing any of my own music. I'll be functioning as something of a music director I suppose, though in actuality it'll just be me playing as a guitarist and helping out with the coordination of the other musos. At least it is an opportunity to gig though, for original gigs for my own music elude me. 

Started reading Dostoevesky's House of the Dead. Let's see how that goes.

No alarm set for tomorrow either.