December 15, 2014
Hello my dear Fans
Hope the last few months of 2014 have been going well for you.
As we close off this year with celebrations of all things good, I’d like to reflect and thank the people that have made 2014 such a significant year in my career. After moving countries, I think seven times now, songwriting and performing my heart out and building new client and fan bases, moving back to South Africa has been the most challenging, tough-yet-easy territory breaking ground and breaking through. It meant sleepless nights working non-stop on various projects to crack it…and I am finally a little closer to where I envision my future being. It’s a real good-feel-factor :>
David Gresham Records – Singer-Songwriter
BIG thanks to David, Andrew, Kyle, Ziggy, Lesley, Joe and Natalie – a million thank you’s for the incredible belief, persistence, endless time, fun and love you have put into our work. 2015 is going to be so brilliant, and am so excited at the prospects ahead. Signing with you is my Christmas present, thank you & best wishes over the festive season. To my fans…the long-wait is almost almost over…watch this space!
Goldin & The Guys – The Band
Oh my…the world should really know how incredible South African’s musicians are, it’s been an honour coming home to work with the finest and I am totally privileged to have worked with each of you. John Fresk, Alron Matthews, Rudo Pieterse, Colin Heaney, David Cousins, David Nilsson, Jason Green, Michael Bester, Doulton Robson, Dan Robson – thank you for all the hard work you put into my projects this year. You are each super-super talented and I wish you only the very best you deserve in your own projects too. Thank you for everything from the bottom of my heart :>
Special thanks to Lanser Fourie and Gary Du Toit of Cedar Lakes Clubhouse, Anthony Batistich and his team from Montecasino Southern Sun Hotel, Marius Botes and Michel from Thaba Eco Hotel, Celia Venter from Smashing Productions, Lebo from Katzy’s Rosebank for booking and rebooking us for your various special events. Also special mention and thanks for performances; Christo for Car Of The Year 2014, Trudy for Blackberry Passport Launch, and Lindsay for DABS kick-off.
In the last month, I jetted off to Seychelles for a private gig for three weeks and had such a phenomenal experience working with a full horn section; Dan Selsick, Tom Dancer and Neil Engel – it was mindblowing!!! The mainframe of the band with Loujean on drums, Denver on guitar, Donovan on bass and Domenico on keys put the band into rocking overdrive and I was very honoured to work with them. To top to it off I sang aside superstar Cara Frew and diva-belter Zami. Thank you to Reinard for the opportunity and your team for looking after me too. And to the one and only Lu Chase for putting me forward – IOU darling!
Next year we will take it to new heights with songwriting ventures with David Gresham Records, also performing at the wonderful Grand White events in Johannesburg and Pretoria, plus there might be some shows abroad…let’s see what happens!
Goldin & The Guys will be performing the party set on two dates at The Grand White, book tickets:
Pretoria, Saturday 28th March: https://www.facebook.com/events/357641147735893/
Johannesburg, Saturday 18th April: https://www.facebook.com/events/252567191602488/
GoldinDivas – The Show
To Shaky Russell for finding me and believing that I could put a theatrical production together and rock it :> GoldinDivas has been such a giveback to female artists, to the in’s and out’s of love and exploration of how timeless and current music can transform a room with voice, dance and sheer hard-working talent.
To Yolandi Olckers who choreographed the show, your positive it’s-a-piece-of-cake attitude is the star combination I needed and you absolutely are SA’s creme-de-la-creme of dancing – thank you for bringing us to life not just with your work, but your smile and unending love for the arts.
To Tracey Simmonds our specialist act in Pole, Silk & Lyra – if anybody was intrigued as to how much hard work, training, courage, grace and beauty there is in arial dance, I tell them to watch you :> thank you so much for your strength inside and out, such incredible dedication and professionalism.
To Denver Phookoo, OMG I can’t live without you! Thank you for creating the backstage detail and front of house glitz with such care with sound and lighting that noone ever acknowledges and notices – you always ensure the finishing touches are A+. Mostly thank you for bossing me around :> hahaha!!!
To Ryno, Ralph and Tania for stepping in as if you had been doing this show for years – MASSIVE-MASSIVE thanks.
Thank you to ovation-standing audiences, including the kind clients that hosted our show this year – especially Ida and Anne-Marie from Knuff ’n Gaffel Guesthouse, Experian and Plush. Let’s do it again :>
So much love for the GoldinDivas team and looking forward to our national tour with Schneider, weekend show at Carousel and many upcoming ventures.
GoldinDivas at Carousel
Dates: 29 & 30 May 2015
Time: 19:00
Reservations: +27 12 718 7777
Address: Cheyenne Saloon, Carousel Sun International Hotel, Old Warmbaths Rd, Hammanskraal, 0407, South Africa
Tickets available from Computicket: http://online.computicket.com/web/event/goldindivas/857186888/0/62250531
Barnyard Theatres – Performer
Duck Chowles, Ashleigh Bradford and Nantes Pieterse – thank you for the opportunity to work in your fantabulous productions, so much respect! Simply loved every minute working with superb talent and awesome people that are now close friends like my bestie Connie Friedmann :> Wishing you all a prosperous 2015 with your shows. I’ll never forget that you brought me home with a chance to perform here, thank you :>
Right Now…
To round off this year I took a residency at Sun City during their peak season, performing in Harlequins, a bustling casino. I don’t have my band with me for a change and I must say it’s like I have an arm is missing when the tracks are just playing. However, the magic I find is working so closely with the audience – I have to feel out every moment with every song choice, then give it everything and keep the interest of only one person on stage to watch and listen to. I absolutely love the challenge of starting with an empty room and slowing transforming it into a bustling crowd who attentively go crazy for music. It’s the best hard work! My sincere apologies for waking up the neighbours, hahaha, but I’ve gotta do what I gotta do… and that’s create magic with music :> you should really get out of your PJ’s and just join in the fun!!!
Goldin at Sun City
Reservations: +27 14 557 1556
Details: http://www.suninternational.com/sun-city/suncityhotel
To YOU
Not many people realise how hard musicians, dancers, sound engineers, producers, agencies, label executives and creatives work. We are entrepreneurs with our own client lists, yet we are also hired through agencies, by our own musicians, and via recommendations. It’s teamwork, the more you reach out, the more you do, the more you create, the more opportunities arise and then the process repeats. Thank you very, very much for the patience, passion, belief and love received and given whilst working with everyone, including the many audience members that take the time to say hi, bravo and continually support us. Every bit is noticed, to improve, grow and be better.
So here is to 2014 and here is to you for making it happen in all you did too. I wish you a beautiful Christmas Festive Season filled with love and peace, taking you into 2015 with blessings galore to achieve all you desire. Believe you can do it and then be everything to do it.
My Driving Force
Without my family and friends unending love and encouragement even through the craziness, I wouldn’t have half the gutso to live and accomplish this wonderful dream – I love you and thank you most of all. Merry Christmas and let’s just go all out in 2015 :>
With love, light and happiness
Goldilocks
xxx