cancer fundraising
Cover versions… I don’t want to just play a set of cover versions by the artists that I like, but I also think slipping in one or two covers would be good fun and an interesting challenge. Once again I am taking my time thinking about potential songs to play live.
Performing in public has always terrified me and that’s just playing the guitar, so when you add singing into the mix, this really is a massive challenge for me.
June is bowel cancer awareness month in Australia and New Zealand. The Final Post is a very special release from my musical project Fields of Dawn and is closely connected to Australia by the Nicole song. Four very special and emotional songs raising awareness about bowel cancer and funds for three bowel cancer charities, Bowel Cancer Australia, Bowel Cancer UK and The Bowel Movement. The songs are written about and dedicated to the memory of two beautiful young ladies recently lost to bowel cancer, Nicole Cooper and Monique Buckingham.
Tomorrow I am hoping to record a new podcast. Having done three podcasts so far on the recent Fields of Dawn Final Post release, this next one will kind of wrap things up as far as Fields of Dawn goes for the time being. I’ll go back to how it all started, run through some of the highlights from the last three years, and also look ahead to the future. I may even share a snippet of what I am currently working on.
Fields of Dawn has come a long way as a musical entity since its inception at the start of 2020. The first three years have seen over £2500 raised for various cancer charities by the musical t-shirts and a few t-shirts along the way. I’ve pushed it pretty hard. No sooner has one release finished its natural course then a new idea and release comes to the fore. I’m ever so grateful for the continued support the releases have enjoyed.
The Final Post is a very special release from my musical project Fields of Dawn. Four very special and emotional songs raising awareness about bowel cancer and funds for three bowel cancer charities. Bowel Cancer UK, Bowel Cancer Australia and The Bowel Movement. The songs are written about and dedicated to the memories of two beautiful young ladies recently lost to bowel cancer, Nicole Cooper and Monique Buckingham. During bowel cancer awareness month in April over £300 has been raised for the three charities.
The debut fundraising album from my music project Fields of Dawn was released last September and so far has raised over £1300. A New Dawn is available on vinyl, CD and digital download. Two tracks were recorded with Steve Smiley Barnard of The Alarm at the helm and the other other 9 songs all self-produced. The songs were written by myself and have a punky, alternative, melodic perhaps power pop sound to them. The one track that is the exception to this is No Man’s Land, which is a piano ballad about that legendary football match during World War 1, which also featured on the Reflections EP that came out last Christmas.
I have been fundraising and raising awareness about bowel cancer since 2012, the year Mum was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer and had her first bowel operation. It all began with the Beating Bowel Cancer book. I had come across the Beating Bowel Cancer charity and and rather naively thought that after a successful operation Mum had indeed beaten the cancer. So I thought what a perfect title for a book. One thing that has never changed since that book was published has been the numerous friendships that I have made and continue to make. I began fundraising as a bit of a loner and the bowel cancer community and the support and friendship, if I am being totally honest, took me by surprise.
The Final Post 4-track EP is dedicated to the memory of Nicole Cooper and Monique Buckingham. Available on CD, Download and 7″ Vinyl, it’s released on April 1st for bowel cancer awareness month, but you can pre-order a copy right now. Every single order is greatly appreciated. Please feel to share the video and if you like it why not buy a copy x
All the profits raised from my Fields of Dawn album are donated to 3 cancer charities. I thought it would be a nice idea to write down a little more about these amazing organisations. As things stand over £1100 has been raised by a New Dawn and the Reflections EP so far. I still have
