The Story of Our July 2011 Meeting at Hillside, Day 1

Matt played a song called "Enough" on the Guelph Guitar.  The main stage was quite loud, so it was hard to hear all the lyrics clearly, but the message was moving, his voice was great and the groove on the guitar worked nicely too!  He's requested email about future meetings because he hopes to attend again.

Some celebrities even joined our acoustic song circle!  Here's Ryan, who presented the workshop just before and Aimee, who we mentioned would be playing with Shannon at the Island stage the very next day at 5pm!




Can you imagine standing up and sharing your original tune accapela?  That's what one brave songwriter pictured here did.

Another song circle attendee stood with the borrowed guitar and shared a country song she'd workshopped in many high profile arenas, including EMI staff, and yet she got feedback from us that she'd never heard before, from unique poetic interpretations to a surprising challenge to some strengthen so-called "filler lines."

Not EVERYone had an original they could perform for us...  but, they enjoyed sharing their feedback AND adding their powerful voices to many sing-a-long choruses!