Gig-geddy Gig-geddy part 2: PROUD...

The next 'Camden Night' to remember came when Ashleigh Ashley did Proud Galleries on the 31st May!! Ok...so you know I've got this hit-list of venues that I REALLY want to play? - well Proud Galleries was one of them! As an internationally renowned music venue, and a place where everyone from Katy B - to Mark Ronson has played before making the big time, it's a must have on any artist musical CV!

I got a call from a young lady called Secretta from UPRISE while shopping for a job in town (thanx Greg ;). This charity organisation has stirred somewhat of a revolution with their cool brand of anti-racist fesitival!! I'm sure we've all attended local fete's for this cause when we were younger, but these guys do it bigger and better with their Finsbury Park festival of 2010 attracting thousands of people! When Secretta asked if I'd be up for performing at their next fund-raiser gig, dedicated to Gil Scott-Heron, I JUMPED at the chance!!

I was sooo excited to play PROUD that I made a new Metal Man chest piece especially for the occasion (above)! And as for the boys (JoelKeys, KieranBass, GibbiGuitar, TobiasDrums), well I had 4 little surprises up my sleeve for them, courtesy of FLY53 :D!

It was a manic soundcheck...but once we were finally free to chill me and the boys went for a good old pub dinner at the local Wetherspoons. It was nice to be able to chill with them outside a music setting...it really made me appreciate them all the more, and was a perfect opportunity to tell them how grateful I am for their massive support over the last 6months especially! It also gave them the opportunity to give me a reassuring kick up the ass lol - we didn't have time to rehearse for this gig either and with a new song in the set I was quaking in my hi-tops lol! Oh well...show must go ON!! And what a show it was:

GibbiGuitar and TobiasDrums fooling around.

JoelKeys getting some AA lurrrve lol

KieranBass looking all majestic n shniiz lol!

I had a craazy night! Massive shout out to my boys Cynikal and Random Impulse who also blessed the mic on the night! Thanx to Paul and Secretta from Uprise and to all that came down to support - Jukebox and Braver Darker especially hehe!!

And Jonathon Hockley...you're a G for taking all these amazing pictures (for more pics see HERE)

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QOH 1: Giving Up Acoustic (on a roof lol)

A couple of posts ago I was telling ya'll about a little project called Ashleigh Ashley Live-r Than Ever! It's been interesting juggling edit sessions with studio and the gigs I've had over the past few months but the times finally arrived to reveal the first (of 3) videos from my Queen of Hoxton Showdown lol! Here are some pictures to remind you:


Hope you enjoy the sentiment for the new year - here's an old Ashleigh Ashley favourite narrative:

GIVING UP - Rooftop Acoustic

Special thanks again to Gibbi for strumming for me! Tomo @ Random for bossing me around lol, Zee and Jon on camera, Jason. Sound, Amber. Photography my Mum for helping get dressed (even though I'm 24 now :D)!
Queen of Hoxton, Braver Darker...and of course Mr Jack for putting up with our edit marathons lol - Just one more to go my dear :D!!

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AshleighAshley meets FLY53 - May '10...

PARRTY HAARD!
This is a motto that most if not all of us understand! But if you work in media you'll further appreciate the benefits of keeping up with industry parties that seem to come and go EVERYday of the year!
It's important to keep a level head at these things though (ie. sober)...at least until you prove that your not a complete imbecile lol!! Anyway I attended the Random Magazine pre-issue party in May (not to be mistaken for the issue launch party which was in June)!

So there I was...smoozing around, keeping that 'level head' while trying not to gush at Lee Ryan (pictured below) and I was introduced to a lady who knows how to PARTY HARD despite a day of back to back marketing meetings all over London!! I was introduced to the Marketing Manager of FLY53, Clara D!!



Having formally greeting each other over what I think was a Vodka cocktail? (though it may have been a glass of champers) we got talking...
I'd just finished my demo cover shoot, she explained how the brand was expanding etc...you get the idea!!
On a whim I suggested that maybe I could wear a bit of Fly53 to perform, or 'party' in?! I didn't think anything of it really, but dropped her a mail a couple of days later and I was absolutely flabber-gasted when she agreed to set me up with some sexy FLY53 clothing!






Following a few months of successful nights gigging and putting my PARTY HARD skills to the test in FLY53 gear, Clara D's blogger got in touch with some rather unusual questions!! On the 15th July Ashleigh Ashley is officially welcomed into the FLY53 coup!! Click here to see the feature they put together!!

THANK YOU FLY53!!

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