*drum roll*
Who would have thought a fourth grade poetry unit would foster enough inspiration to keep one going as a solo female artist , self managed, law student by day, musician between suits? And she has recently been awarded the Full Scholarship to attend the Fall Songwriter's getaway with the Toronto Songwriting School run by Murray Foster.
You can't spell heart without art. And you can't fully understand the "dichotomy of vulnerability and power" that is felt on stage as a performer.
"When you want to do music, you just do it and stop making excuses. As a performer you're in another sphere and it's exhausting because it takes everything you've got. When I cry at a show, then I know I'm having a good show because I'm getting to that place of being the most real and emotionally vulnerable I can me. "
Saffron and I met about three years ago at a Woman In Politics conference hosted by our mutual friend. Only recently did our lives reconnected, along Queen Street West , in Toronto. I went to see her play for her second time at Horseshoe Tavern!
She's come along way by the grace of God and network of strong musicians to guide her. Earlier this week talked about some of her struggles as a female artist, inspirations and being a law star versus a rock student..
"Some people ask me how I do it all... it's got to be God."
In the beginning , Saffron's musical career started among friends in various bands before putting all her faith in herself as a solo artist. Now some of her most admired musicians are her mentors and good friends.
"Booking your friend on your bill is better than any sleepover. Going from admiring these artists to being on rosters with them is an honour."
The likes of Brantfordian legend Missy Bauman , Guelph's very own The Lifer's and Toronto's Rathburns... to name just a few.
"I work with people who make me feel safe and comfortable." And it's important that the same connection is felt by her audience.
Saffron's music reflects her spirituality, passion for equality and vulnerability as an artist. Elements that took time of surrender, humility and grace too grow.
Song's like Circadian Rhythm connect to a "more apparent element of spirituality. A disconnect between society, nature and meditation. We need to be more connected with the beautiful natural world created for us."
There are at least two pivotal moments when she thought about giving up on music:
1."When I first started learning to play mandolin.. I had a temper fit.. it shocked my Mom when I stuck with it."
2. "After my first band broke up. It's hard when you put so much time, energy and love into something, it really makes you look inward when things fall apart. What could I have done differently, is this the right path for me.?"
Not to mention nearly falling off stage at her first ever BCI Coffee House performance..
Just over a year as a solo artist, 20 shows under her belt and her venue list is quite impressive; The Hart House, Two Doors Down, Junction City Music Hall, Free Times Cafe, The Cavern, Smiling Buddha, The Cat's Eye, The Coach House, Horseshoe Tavern, TO Lounge, Humber Lakeshore Campus annnddd
MY HOME!!
*cough cough. gon' and brush my shoulders off..*
2-83 Superior Street Brantford , November 10. Be there. Come share an evening of communicating with music, love and my home blended chai tea.. Let's get introspective.
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"For me the communication element of music is paramount. If I'm not communicating what am I doing? If art doesn't really communicate than is it art?
- Saffron
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