Jesse McCormack

Eccentric Tasmanian Troubadour

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VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER - KING BILLY IS ABLAZE

It's good to be home again. I'm going to miss this place.

Velvet Sledgehammer's new studio recording is finally completed, and we are SO keen to launch it! More details on the tour coming in the near future, but for now, some info on the album itself: it is made up of songs from the shows 'Fire Underground' and 'The Power', originally performed by the West Coast Singers, under the leadership of our very own Kerrie Maguire (who also composed most of the songs), at the 2012 and 2014 (respectively) Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festivals (which has since been renamed @theunconformity from 2016 onwards, I believe).

Ingrid and I were channelling our inner #trolls this weekend.

What a great start to the year it's been so far! I flew to Adelaide on the 1st, went on a CouchSurfing roadtrip to Wallaroo and Port Pirie (where the busking was excellent, especially the former!), finally met @lawsondaly in person for a quick gym sesh, binge-watched a FANTASTIC series that I can't believe I hadn't seen before, and cooked one of the best stirfries I've thrown together in a loooong time. I hope 2021 has more of this sort of thing!

I often wonder; why is it that all the attractive people on Instagram are always at the BEACH? 😖 Why not in a field? Or down by a river? Or up a tree?! WHERE ARE ALL MY BEAUTIFUL (HALF-)NAKED FOREST PEOPLE AT?!

What a wonderful afternoon of music and merry-making we had at @seven_sheds yesterday. Thanks Willie and Catherine for having us over to sing again, and for all our friends and rellies who came to listen.

I daresay this'll be Tassie's most relaxing public event on Christmas Eve. Come along to @seven_sheds for some exotic cold beverages and festively warm music.

I meant to post this last night because yesterday would have been Beethoven's 250th birthday!! I think there's still three-and-a-half hours of the 16th left in Europe at the time of posting, though.

Something special happened last weekend. The final song of the New Sydney Hotel's folk session that afternoon was a team-up of #TheRollingWaves and #VelvetSledgehammer singing 'Giuseppe's Lament', the most well-known song composed by Kerrie Maguire, the only member of the latter band not physically present on the day...though we feel like she was with us through her song.

I have not played a solo gig in about a year! And this weekend I got to break that streak playing in one of my favourite Tassie venues supporting one of my favourite Tassie artists. Thank you @liveatthewharfinc for having @emsanzaro and myself over to play for you. What a fun night!

I've been wanting to know, dear followers, what kind of posts do you want to see me sharing with you all in the coming months? What do you most enjoy popping up in your feed from me? What sort of posts have most enticed you to hit that like button? I want to make more of what you want to see, especially in the lead up, to the #ShiningBranches music video, so comment with your desires!

I'm looking forward to releasing this music video with great anticipation and excitement! There will be more updates on this in the hopefully not-too-distant future, but for now, please help me spread the word! Like and save; tag some friends who would like this in the comments; share it to your story so all your followers can see. I'd be most grateful!

Excitement in the air...something is about to drop!

Today was my birthday!

Air from my lungs powering a low whistle.

Normally she's a bit nervous around me or throws me a look FULL of attitude that screams "ain't nodoby got time for dat!" But on the weekend, my little niece and I actually had a little bonding moment. While sitting in-between @rjmacka and I, she started hitting the bench with her hands, so I started copying her hand movements, then copying her little seat wiggles...and she thought it was wonderful fun! Luckily, @befoundinhim caught some of it on video.

It feels like I'm about to shed some things that have needed shedding for a long time. It's going to be rough, it's going to be painful, even, but I'm about to start building a new-and-improved Jesse. When I changed my username to @jdtm2.0 after I turned 28 last year, I thought I knew what that "2.0" was going to mean. I was right in some ways. I may have been TOTALLY wrong in others. In the last few weeks I've felt like I don't know myself anymore. That was frightening. Now, it's starting to feel exciting.

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