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Dare To Sing And Play.

Writer's picture: Catherine GordonCatherine Gordon

When my son Colin and I were offered the chance to perform live music at Black Bomb Entertainment, I had only performed as a singer/musician at two open mic nights. In order to play a two hour set, we would need at least 25 songs, and 30 would be even better.


We started building our set list in mid November, and it was a journey of self discovery with plenty of ups and downs.

Songs that I thought were going to be a great fit for us like, "The Adults Are Talking," by The Strokes had to be cut because they were too difficult, while "Hang On To Your Love," by Sade turned out to be a delight to perform. It's no surprise that it was a highlight of our show last Saturday, as several guests got up to dance.

We will definitely add more dance numbers to the set, because it gives us so much good energy.


I learned so much from preparing for the show.

Singing a wide variety of songs, and helping Colin prepare to sing lead for the first time reminded me of my favorite vocal eases, and inspired me to learn new ones.

During the setup and performance, I learned that Colin's experience as a musician had given him valuable insights that I needed to listen to. The most important was to end our set on the high vibration we had created with Sheryl Crow's, "If It Makes You Happy," instead of putting in one more slow song. I'll know to always have one more uptempo finisher in case we need it.

I am so grateful for the warm-ups and cool downs I learned from Eric Vetro.

In the week before the show I spent hours in front of the microphone, but I went into the performance energized, not drained.


Colin and I want to thank Aden and Joslyne Wrede for the chance to perform at Black Bomb Entertainment, and to everyone who came to listen and dance. I took yesterday off, but I'll be looking for more groovy tunes to add to our list, and as always, learning to get a little better at piano and guitar every day.



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