Sylvia Stone and the Pandas!*

Good Afternoon!*

Sooo..the gigs have begun* yeyyy* Loving it..making my way round the Ldn open mic circuit..hoping they'll like us enough to have us back:)

So it started with me and the lovely James Cheeseman who is a guitarist..and producer from TheOptik. (who produced 3 of my tracks:) very very nice folk* Then afer jamming with beatboxer Pikey Esquire from IJH Music, funny little video soon to come of that.. He was happy to drum with his face* Firsttt gig,  jamboree east london cable street.. 10min slot..did 3 originals and a cover..'my baby just cares for me" Nina Simone*.. and it all went pretty well for our first gig together*

Now, rehearsals twice a week we did another gig at Jamboree, then Freedom Soho - Matt Lucas was there and gave us a thumbs up..nice* and covered 'I just wanna make love to you' Etta James. Also TheQueensHead Stockwell..covered 'Teardrop' Massive Attack..epic tune...Of course all of these with originals..just thought it would be nice for peeps to hear something they recognise:)

With the nights booked, we got other musicians involved, Andrew Benson on Brass, Kester Hynds on cello and now we have Joff Macey on Base guitar.. All seemed a bit odd calling ourselves Sylvia Stone and a the a hole lot of names...So whats friendly, cute, black and white so therefore matches everything? Yehh a panda* Soooo we now gig under the name Sylvia Stone and the Pandas! Its just a lovely way to get lots of musicians involved and gig under the same name...So come to our next gig! Normally advertised on the Facebook page 'Sylvia Stone' or twitter.. It could be two of us or five! But always a panda party*