Hello everyone!! I’m so happy to be in such a creative curve at the moment! I was worried that the quarantine lockdown might have stifled my creativity and slowed the normal processes right down, especially as all my plans for this year now won’t happen; no travel, no live music anywhere; no showcases! My 2020 plans are fully on hold at the moment […]
December certainly was a busy month! It began with the first of a number of rehearsals for ‘Manannan’s Winterfest’ a unique concert that celebrates Manx Christmas traditions through a collaboration of the Island’s finest exponents of music, dance and drama! I could tell from the very first run through that the concert was going to […]
The first ever song came about, purely from my Mum. She wrote a little jingle, to do with me not tidying my room. We decided to try another, and another, and there it was, the beginning of exciting times to come! I began, just doing the music. Every chord and melody was my own. Every […]
‘Soundcheck’ was a part of my journey in music at almost the very beginning and I remember it so well! I was just a shy girl with frizzy hair and no friends. Aside from singing ‘I’m a Believer’ at my primary school’s ‘Ashley Hill’s Got Talent’ contest and getting nowhere, I’d never performed in public […]
In the beginning . . . Hello there! I’m Mae Challis. A singing songwriting music maker! I always have been, and most definitely always will be. I’ve been playing guitar since I was 6 years old, piano from around the age of 9, drums came along around 13, and I’ve been singing for as long […]