Milli Moonstone

24th September @ Festival of Life 2.30pm

An exciting day packed full of talks, workshops and performances

Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL

6th October – Carbon Neutral Dance 6pm

Cuban Camden, The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8AH

To raise awareness and funds towards Worldview Impact’s beneficial project:

Entry – £15 – this is the actual cost of planting and maintaining a rubber tree for 35 years, with environmental, social and economical benefits in mitigating climate change but also in creating sustainable livelihoods for poor local communities in Worldview Impact’s Paradise Farm Project.

Thank you so much to everyone that voted for me at the UK Festival Awards.  It was lovely that so many of you supported the music  ;-)  Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to take on Eliza Carthy and Alabama 3, but just being on the nominations and being voted for gives inspiring motivation!

Things are also ticking over with planning for the Album Launch Parties!!  There are 3 events organised for mid-November around London:  

InSpiral Lounge on 19th is a very friendly canal-side cafe in Camden with delicious vegetarian food and performances by a selection of some of my favourite London-based artists.  

Tara Arts on 20th is an intimate venue that hosts Indian theatre shows amongst other performances.. sarangi will feature here on tracks with top-class musicians from around the world.

The 21st will be an exclusive guestlist only party at a secret warehouse location in London, the only party with the full band of Moonstones!  To be put on guestlist, please email milli@millimoonstone.com 

Sweet, flyer coming up soon..

Bless ya’s xxx

Just found out i’ve been nominated for CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD by the Festival Awards!! Am up against Lily Allen, Carl Cox, MGMT and more big acts so need all the help i can get.. please please please come vote for me  

BY CLICKING HERE

it will take 20 secs and will make me a very happy bunny! thank you

This morning I was interviewed by Nikki Bedi for her show on BBC Asian Network!

You can listen to it by clicking on the photo but it will only be available there until next tues 29th so go soon! (maybe on youtube after that, watch this space)

I am on at 1hr 10mins into the programme.

Must say i did rather enjoy being picked up from home, taken to BBC studios, interviewed, tracks from album played and then dropped off back home again.. could definitely get used to this life!

Nikki and the crew were very lovely, although we didn’t meet as they were all in Birmingham!  Thank you also to the people who texted in with appreciative comments, and for coming here to check out my page afterwards.  I hope you enjoy the other tunes. Be well xx

      Last week was a great week for inspiration and creativity.   The Summer has taken me to many festivals and shows around the UK and in Bahrain, which has of course been fantastic.. but there is a time and a place for everything and come the end of August each year, i’m ready to settle back down with a proper bed and some time to myself..

     And i’ve been enjoying that time to myself a lot hehe!  Time to get out the guitar and wander round the kitchen writing and playing and playing and writing.  And this time i’ve noticed a change in the way i write.  Up until recently, a song always formed from the melody and chords first, then certain words seem to fit in certain places and from that the meaning and other words develop.

     Last week was refreshing because i seemed to lose my judgement of the words i write.. i just let the pen skim over the paper and whatever wanted to come out came.  Their was no conciousness of rhyming or scanning, just feeling, just thoughts.  Later along came the guitar and i knew that somehow the words could fit into the musical idea i was playing with.. and with a bit of tweaking here and there, they did!

     It means that the 2 songs i completed, Deep Within and Live for Today, play a lot more on rhythm of words to create the melody rather than my old tendency to create melody within one syllable.  Hence i would describe Live for Today, for example, as a cross between punk, rap and dance music!

     Each song is a reflection of the mood or state of being i’m in when it comes out, and seeing as we’re all in various states of being at different times, so it makes sense that musical styles vary as well.

     The reason for dance music’s influence in these songs, is because i’m very excited to have just started making music with producer and DJ Chameleon.  The connection was evident the first time we met, so we spent one evening last week in his studio laying down beats, bass and synth lines then a variety of acoustic instruments on top.. and the connection definitely inspired the music.  We virtually finished the whole track, mix n all, that night!  Think psychedelic global beats.. a dub-by bassline, grooving beats, psychedelic synth sounds and ethnic and tribal sounds with traditional acoustic instruments for peppering on top!  I’m going to put it up on youtube or something, so you guys can have a listen and give some feedback.  Think it will be called Sufic Mist by Moonstone vs Chameleon.  While we write what we feel, we also want as many other people as possible to be feelin’ it as well!.. so please don’t hesitate to be in touch.

     Off to play the new tunes at a gig in Kilburn next week, so pop by if you’re around!

Wow, it took a while, but the 1st Milli Moonstone Newsletter has been sent!

It covers my recent trip to Bahrain, fantastic reviews of my gig at Glade festival, info about the upcoming release of my debut album and more!!

It can be viewed here

You can sign up by filling in your email on the Contacts page or following the link on the page.

Bless

Milli xx

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