I'm still buzzing after a very cool evening last night at the 21st annual Andy Kim Christmas Show in support of CAMH Toronto that I had the privilege of being a part of. It was an honour share the stage with talent such as Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene, REVE, Bif Naked and many others. Not to mention it was my very first time stepping onto the Massey Hall stage, and on top of that it was a sold out show. As a new artist, to have an opportunity like this means so much. A dream come true!
There have been some really amazing highlights this Fall on top of this one. I headlined my first sold out hometown show at the Aeolian Hall, I went on my 3rd UNESCO music cities exchange to South Korea, and I got news that a 3rd song produced by me was added to the Virgin Radio rotation across the country. It's kind of crazy because I can remember being a little kid listening to the radio in my mom's car and daydreaming that one day I'd be hearing my music on there. I didn't know how it would happen, but its surreal to see that dream coming to fruition.
The other cool thing that happened this Fall was we launched the first ever John Fellner merch for my hometown show, and we are now able to begin shipping it out! If you love the song "Broke Skin" you're gonna really love the merch!
Here's the link to the bandcamp store!! Makes a great Christmas present, just saying: https://johnfellner.bandcamp.com/merch
Finally, for all of those in London, ON, I'll be playing some holiday classics for the Lighting of the Lights at the Victoria Park Bandshell tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 5th) from 6-7pm with a 9-piece band. It'll be super festive and family friendly, plus I may even sprinkle in an original or two!
Once again, thank you to everyone for listening to my music, for coming to my shows, for buying merch, for commenting on my TikTok's - it doesn't go unnoticed. It takes a village and looking back on this year, it feels like things are beginning to click. I've never felt more supported in my artistic endeavours than I do right now, and I'm inspired and motivated to keep going! Right, left, baby steps... one at a time.
If you got to the bottom, thanks for reading!
As always, much love to you <3
John