#EMILYGRANT #THEFULLSTORY #PARTTHREE Emily and Grants first Jam! Continued from Part two Well Em and Grant’s first jam confirmed that love at first sight is something people say to justify having lots of partners. It did not go well. Perhaps because Emily was kind, hospitable and showed an interest whilst Grant decided the outing was a perfect opportunity to get together with the boys and make a mess at someone else’s house, which he did, completely ignoring Emily whilst drinking all her beer. Dennis later convinced Emily to give Grant another chance and soon after all three had a most enjoyable jam. Although Emily was due to catch a plane to continue her classical music studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, somewhere deep inside she knew she wanted a change. It was time to ditch the sheet music and create some of her own! Deferring her studies, she gave Grant an ultimatum; one year to collaborate to see what they could come up with!In honour of the song which sparked the musical union, Emily and Grant anointed themselves Idle55 and got to work. THE TARDIS First things first, Emily, Grant a host of others all moved in to a spectacular share house in North Perth with a rehearsal room at the rear. Ok, it was actually just a laundry, but this tiny one-machine launderette that under normal circumstances could barely accommodate a single person with a load of whites, when occupied with musical instruments distorted the laws of time and space to accommodate several people and their instruments and an audience. It was remarkable and slightly freaky and was duly named “the Tardis”. SHARKS IN POOLS One night, at the local pool hall, the Hyde Park Hotel, Perth. Em met the infamous pool shark, Philomena. Legend had it that Phils skills on the bass were even more impressive than her ability with a cue and she already had a few bass lines up her sleeve. “Idle55 could do with a rhythm section” Emily mused and so, Phil was invited round for a cuppa in the laundry whereby she stunned Emily and Grant with a ready-made bass line (which was extraordinary given that Phils bass was in a hock shop). Even more amazing was that Phil liked the dodgy recordings the two had been making and wanted to be a part of the Idle55 story. The laundry now boasted a bass-less bass player leaving only one piece of the puzzle missing. ROCK STAR SUPA NOVA Not knowing where to find a drummer the trio did what trio’s do in such circumstances; go out and steal someone else’s. After numerous nights scouring the talent of Perth’s dwindling live music venues, they witnessed the draw dropping skills of drummer Jamie Harskamp of Verona Fame. Wasting no time, they invited Jamie to visit them in the laundry to hear some tunes. Perhaps overcome by the wonder of the “Tardis” Jamie signed up to become a card carrying member after listening to just one song and thus, Idle55 had secured a rhythm Section.A hasty photo shoot in the laundry and some dodgy demos were organised to get the gigs rolling! Stay tuned for Part 4 … or if you just can’t wait, get it here emilygrant.au/bio
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:56:12 +0000
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