Recording the Tonalita Album

G'day everyone! Goodness me, i feel like i've been reborn. I'd love to say I'm starting a new chapter but really, the saga continues. Having stepped out of the studio 2 days ago, I'm still feeling mentally, physically and psychologically exhausted.  The last 2 weeks was spent between my home studio, REC Studios (the old 301, now owned by Savage Garden), in my car and my bed. All i remember doing was looking at computer screens to finalise scores for  my 9 piece orchestra, practising piano, scoffing down the odd piece of gluten-free...

Recycled Fashion

Good morning! Are You OK? Yes, it's National ARE U OK DAY! And to be honest, yesterday, i wasn't. Nothing seemed to be going right. In essence, the ARE U OK day is on a much more serious note and please get out there and ask someone you know, or even a stranger, ARE U OK? because, it's really ok not to be.  I had a real downer of a day. I can't say it was writer's block but the sound i wanted for a particular song i was cleaning up wasn't quite right. I was struggling as my parents had just left for a one month holiday in Asia, my sister...

August in Adelaide

This post is much overdue but better late than never. For some, Adelaide is a sleepy town.. the city of churches they say. It is also named the Festival State. Churches they do have a-many. I did not have a chance to check out any of the festivals/gigs however was down for a whirlwind trip to be part of a fashion show as well as visit Penfolds and wander good old Rundle St. The Lyric Theatre show, Sydney (in the same dressing room that Stevie Wonder & Elton John was in!!!) the night before we head to Adelaide ... late night snacking...

Shu.... Sizzling Chic Szechuan meets imaginative Industrial.

Start with some quirky multi-colored light installations, add Kartell Ghost chairs, throw in the key ingredients to Szechuan cuisine, insert deep dark sound waves, set into an old-converted pizzeria then have a fashionista-turned-chef erect all of that up and what do you get? Shu.  industrial meets playful colorful = warm atmosphere to wine and dine in! Upon approaching Shu, my eyes gaze upon a jigsaw tower of perspex chairs in the window display,  colored lights shining through. Typical Melbourne style, the entrance is not...

Green Peppercorn Pre-Launch

For those who know me, I have a HUGE spot and lots of time for good food. Even more time for food than fashion at times (most notably and recently the occasion where I was meant to make my way to a particular store on Carnaby St in London but got distracted by a sign which said “$5.95 burger and chips …. Yes, I never made it to the dress store). The burger and chips in Kingly Court, off Carnaby St, London (totally worth the skip of the dress store eh? ;D) Coming back to Sydney, I’ve arrived back in time for the opening of Green Peppercorn (1...

The beauties of Venezia

Venice. Ah Venice. I reckon I've pinched myself more in 2 weeks than my entire life put together. Europe is so special in its European ways. The natural beauties of the Austrian alps. The 800 years + of buildings and magnificent architecture of Venice. To think that these buildings were built on many many hundreds of islands then to have the water rise to create what is Venice today!We took the overnight train from Salzburg to Venice, arriving nice and early to head to the Novotel.Two days were spent walking and getting lost in the heart of Venice...

From Verona to Vienna...

I love Verona. I love Vienna. I might love Verona a bit more right now, but no favoritism :-) the first day in Vienna has been perfect so far ... From eating at a traditional Viennese restaurant, listening to an argument between 2 germans who couldnt agree to agree to watching the eurocup in a biergarten drinking spritz with my old friend Chris (who I went to Macquarie University studying German with) and his friends of whom are from all parts of Europe, working and studying in Vienna. I've just finished my rehearsal for tonight's concert here...