Lifeboat - live at the Ballan RSL August 2017
The Good Girl: A Song Project
You know these moments.
You'll be in front of a band or hear a song from a street-side busker. Or in the car and BANG! You pull up as quick as you can to get the title of THAT song.
So it was the case for all of us that were lucky enough to present The Good Girl: A Song Project at the Ballan RSL.
Sound check was...well...inspiring. Just small offerings to test the tracking and get some reference. Just enough to whet the appetite.
Helen and her artists unassumingly take their seats. The audience is in and chatting away.
The first note.
And then the audience becomes one and are immersed in the journey of women migrating from the British Isles in 1883 to Australia.
For the next hour the only sound we hear is this amazing group.
They put you in the boat that Lizzie [the main protagonist] endured.
You feel the heartbreak of a daughter leaving her father.
You taste the bitter tears that were wept when the streets of Sydney town reveal as oh so not friendly to these naive young women.
Full of hope. Of dreams.
In the belief that what lies ahead is far better that what they have known only to discover more hardship than they could ever imagine.
Here is one of the tracks presented.
Lifeboat.
We love it. And you will too.
Stay for the very end and you can let The Good Girl: A Song Project know how you feel. Order their CD. And order 20 more for your friends .
Thanks to Helen and her fellow artists for this performance.
Bec Peel on fire with the banjo
Black Nite Black Lite closing night bands
Here's a compile of the acts from the 2107 Ballan Black Nite Black Lite closing night event. Live multitrack recording and then studio mixed. Expect the same sound quality at the Montville Lane sessions in September. A big thanks to all the acts for letting us post this video. Check these bands out - sensational!
