I love hamburgers, and when the head office restaurant of Kelsey’s asked me to perform for their 2017 Burgerfest, I could only say “please compensate me with 5 gourmet burgers”. That’s fake news (they paid me in cash), but I did have the pleasure of sampling 3 different burgers (see below and guess which ones), while performing feel good summer songs such as “Summer of 69”, and “Me and Julio down by the Schoolyard” and “Shake it Off” (yes Taylor Swift). I also had the pleasure of announcing to all patrons that “Free” samples were being passed around, and to grab one before I do. 
By the end of this show, I felt like Elvis in 1977 – bloated with weird digestive issues, yet still able to sing at 100%. My last songs was a medley of song requests from patrons who might have ate too many burgers, but had a great time – Try (Blue Rodeo) – Piano Man (Billy Joel) – Time After Time (Cyndy Lauper) – Shut Up and Dance with me (Sorry forgot who sang that) and last Band on the Run (Paul McCartney). A great night by all, thanks Kelsey’s for the take away meal!
The Burgerfest Show
28 JunInstagram Audience Shows
17 May
Always great to get random people snap a pic with their smart phone, then magically vanish from existence. Then like a person on TMZ, magically see your face on someones Instagram page being hash-tagged (#toronto, #oakville, #GTA, #905, #416) with a cool 1970’s filter attached to it. It promotes you, and it promotes the establishment you play at – free PR!
Does it fulfill your ego? Not really. Does it make you feel good? Yes, because the music must be doing something right, that someone needs to take a pic to post it.
Its been a while, but I’ll need to start re-thinking what it all means – by taking a pic, your essentially like a PR agent now, and that helps! At the same time, you could be psycho too. But it’s really not worth the time the figure that out. What matters is that i like to think of everyone as ‘anyone’, and anyone is my friend.
Cheers’ to the people who’ve taken shots over the course of the last 10 shows I did. With the development of the Instagram stories, it’s only a matter of time that the videos will follow. Follow me on instgram at:
…and a last cheers to the person who actually took a photo with a digital camera the good old fashioned way.
Periscope Live World Broadcasts
16 May
The 1st half of 2017 has been one of reaching more audiences far and wide. That means, not only performing but broadcasting performances to as many people ‘online’ as found via the great programs and apps that our technology allows. After experimenting with Facebook live I have also experimented with Twitters Live Broadcast tool – Periscope.
This allows me to broadcast shows to more people I don’t know – around the world. So far the feedback has been fantastic, people in the U.S, UK, Europe, even South Korea (not North) have watched a show and commented. As the summer season approaches I’ll look forward to broadcasting more shows.
Here’s a link to recent show using Periscope (where you can’t see me, only hear me)
(How to multitask in 2017 – singing while Facetiming someone while on Periscope)
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