SONG SPIRIT & SOUL : Graduation!

Hello all,

I know, I have been away for quite some time but I have not been idle promise. So in July I graduated from University of Westminster with a 2.1 in Commercial Music, I was am so ecstatic.

Graduation day was 13th July 2015, at Royal Festival Hall, I was so happy to have my grandmother, aunt fly in all the way from New York and my lovely mother.

Before crossing the stage:

 After crossing the stage:

Hope the sheer number of photos makes up for lack of posts. This concludes my 'Year In The Life Of a Commercial Music Student' posts as I am now a graduate, here is to a new chapter. More compositions and piano coming!

Thanks so much for reading guys, posts coming ASAP!

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Song Spirit & Soul: Photoshoot in the city!

Hey guys, happy Friday!

As you know I will be releasing my first EP 'Heart Strings' very soon. I'm kind of nervous about it but looking forward to the feedback you all can share on the songs I have written.

Last weekend I went shopping with the shoot in mind. I didn't want my outfit to look too put together but just to reflect myself. I would say I dress quite feminine, classy/chic with a slight edge to it. Headed to Westfield- Shepherds Bush with an idea of what I was looking for, first stop was River Island (a change for me as Miss Selfridge is my love). I tried on a lot of different items but went for the Inverted Collar Blazer in pink;I figured this would ad a subtle dash of pink and feminism to my outfit. It fits so well and because of the cut and material feels a lot more expensive than it is. I also picked up a super cute T No 1 New York Boutique Paris in white, similar to another blogger's but hers said 'Chanel No.5', I could not resist! I then ventured around stores taking a look around and stumbled into H&M. It really has become a second Primark for me in my eyes! The sale rack was amazing I found so many bargains- right up my street! Next purchase of the night, yes night it was 9.45pm by now was Topshop. I was looking for some good jeans, and Topshop have great jeans for great prices. I went for the MOTO Hyper Blue Wash Joni Jeans, they are super comfortable being stretchy and they have a great fit overall. I'm really into high waisted trousers/jeans at the moment. So these were my finds, accessories wise I planned on gold. These items I had already, that I picked up in December from H&M: Chain Bracelet in gold, a Gold Torque Collar from Miss Selfridge and Heart Diamond Studs (cannot remember where from), and a gold ring a gift from my mum. Shoes to be decided on the day (London weather is so unpredictable).

So today I finally had a mini shoot around London, with a great photographer/visual artist called Mattish. We had planned the shoot and decided on the location and the overall vibe that we were going for. The weather was not as great today so I could not wear my Kurt Geiger heels as I wanted to; so went for my go-to flats at the moment from Top Shop! We took many shots around the London-South Bank area. I'll be uploading pictures soon. Cannot wait to see how they turn out as I haven't seen any of the shots yet!




Hope you all have a great weekend. What have you got planned? I plan to work out tomorrow, accidentally raided the sweets this evening lol.



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Life of a Year 2 Commercial Music Student: Spring Break....sorta!

Hi Guys,

So its the end of the year almost. With the thick of deadlines over, a few remain. Last week was manic with recording for the Songwriting module and writing essays and reports for The Released Recording module (Sharing and Culture pathways); often getting to bed at 6-7am! Now its just a question of composing, finishing touches and report as the EP looms and this May we are also putting on a mini London tour for uni band  XOEO; also part of The Released Recording.

As you can tell there is a blurred line between university work and our public lives as creatives. That is I feel the benefits of a practical course like studying a Commercial Music BA at Westminster.  When I studied Food Science & Nutrition at Surrey University it was the complete opposite- although interesting there was not much of the insight into our place in the industry itself.

I am trying to be efficient and plan out these weeks as much as possible. Its easy to be complacent and think that I've got loads of time on my hands. But the reality is three weeks and hand in date for EP and EPK are so close (a week) upon returning to university.


Next week is 'recording week'. I will be working with singer Sophie Ray on a song I wrote a few years back called 'In Retrospect', a song about a relationship and what I would do differently if I could, go back if I could, things that were not said, wishing I could undo etc etc. I love the word play I used in this song, and hope you the audience do too. Next week if my blocked nose and glands allow allergies I will record a song 'Thought I Could (Make it Better)'- but only time will tell. I wrote this song around the same time, a song I conjured up with Rihanna in mind strangely. Think 'Te Amo', for rhythm and vocal delivery.


The week after is....the mini photo-shoot! Finally as a songwriter I will have photos to promote and also act as artwork for the EP itself. A fellow songwriter friend I met years ago encouraged me to do this. So photos will be coming soon. It is scheduled after Easter Monday so that means not too much gorging on chocolates my White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies to be exact. I will have a recipe up for them soon!



Exciting times are coming- composing, writing and photos. I will make sure to be blogging. Let the count down begin to my debut EP 'Heart Strings'- a piece of my heart for the universe.




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