Upcoming Gigs

Hello from Los Angeles!

Been here for two weeks now and I can tell you it has been a great couple of weeks! I've been meeting a lot of different people in all areas of the industry and have attended some fantastic gigs....First of all there was Jamie Cullum's gig with the Count Basie Orchestra at the fantastic Hollywood Bowl (which is now my new favourite venue), then Radiohead two nights in a row(!)- also at the bowl, which was the hottest ticket in town. Everyone was there from Flea to Dave Grohl to Timberlake. It was an excellent live show!

Not really a blog, but I think this tune, created by Will.I.Am around a Barack Obama speech, is fabulous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY&feature=related

What an amazing weekend. It isn’t really that often I get the pleasure of sitting on grass at festivals; there really was plenty of it at Latitude festival this year, Plenty to walk on too!! Flying flags and hog roasts fit for medieval kings, bbq, falafel, smoothies, and Pimms served in the woods, purple sheep and…purple sheep?! You’ll have to see what I mean, you really have to be there!!

My dad was honoured the BBC Jazz Awards on Monday night and I am so proud of him! He truly deserves this award and has dedicated his life to jazz music since the 1940's. Thank you to Jamie Cullum and Kyle Eastwood for being there and supporting my dad, and thanks to Jeff Beck for making the performance extra special. If you were not there and want to listen to the awards ceremony listen to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00cm6l6. I honestly think I have the best dad in the whole world!

American's may be used to seeing this image, but I haven't really seen it anywhere here (why should I?). I just love it. Disobey rule.

Whilst in LA the lovely Aya from Bill Silva's office took me to see this exhibition on Sunset. Though I'd never heard of him before, being a Banksy fan I thoroughly enjoyed Mr Brainwash. It's not often you leave an exhibition beaming. Check him out at www.mrbrainwash.com

Fresh off the plane from the United States, I had no idea what to expect from my internship experience at Air Management. I knew that the company represented an amazing list of clients, yet I never expected to be in the position that I found my in yesterday.
And where was that position?
Standing stage side at Jason Mraz’s sold out gig at Shepard’s Bush Empire after spending a day with my supervisor escorting Jason to interviews through out London. If you remember Patrick Fugit’s character in Almost Famous, then you will know exactly how I felt that day.

Having survived my first ever car crash (see Gary's previous post) shaken but unbruised, it was nice to get into work mode here in Los Angeles again.

Yesterday we spent most of the day with our colleagues at Direct Management mapping out plans for Jamie's career. Its a great time for Steve, Martin and the team - their client Katy Perry currently has the number one selling single in the US with 'I Kissed A Girl'. Great song and a great achievement for all involved. Check out the video on YouTube.

So we arrive in LA, feeling all fresh from our BA flight and collect our hire car, a nice convertible Pontiac G6 or something or other. Bit of a horrible colour but the absence of a roof was definately a necessity. Marc is driving, I am map reading. Actually that is a lie, we had sat-nav (which incidentally has a much sexier voice than the one's back home where the woman sounds like she would rather be anywhere other than stuck in the car with you!) I digress. Anyway, we are driving along, looking cool when suddenly we get rammed off the road by a pizza boy!