{"id":422,"date":"2021-10-16T12:46:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T12:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/?page_id=422"},"modified":"2023-11-06T07:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T07:21:14","slug":"kaitlin-lawler-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/kaitlin-lawler-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerty Balbao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gerty-edited-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gerty-edited-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gerty-edited-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gerty-edited-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gerty-edited-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/gerty-edited-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Artist bio<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Gerty Balbao is a singer\/songwriter &amp; producer based in Wollongong. She started singing at a very young age and has continued to improve her musical abilities by having learnt to play the guitar, keys, and drums. Her melancholic lyrics are inspired from past experiences while her style is influenced by Lizzy McAlpine, Searows, and Adam Melchor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where&#039;s the Light? by Gerty Balbao\" width=\"1140\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1705778664&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1140\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Program notes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">My EP \u2018Where\u2019s the Light?\u2019, is a journey about getting hurt, losing hope, to then questioning what\u2019s next. I have been experimenting with alternate tunings and loved the tunings \u2018Open D\u2019 and \u2018DADGAD\u2019, so I wanted to use those for the 3 songs I have written. The EP starts with a simple guitar and vocal performance. \u2018Bruise\u2019 is the only track that is not heavily produced as I wanted the focus to be on the lyrics. \u2018Will I Drown?\u2019, is slow and builds into this dramatic bridge section. Finally, \u2018The Other Side\u2019 is a high energy song that sums up every emotion that is present in the EP. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">I performed all the vocals and some guitars, but the rest of the EP was only possible with the help of Ellie Thompson on drums, George Schweitzer on electric guitar, Annie O\u2019Reilly on keys, and JB Robbie on bass guitar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist bio Gerty Balbao is a singer\/songwriter &amp; producer based in Wollongong. She started singing at a very young age and has continued to improve her musical abilities by having learnt to play the guitar, keys, and drums. Her melancholic lyrics are inspired from past experiences while her style is influenced by Lizzy McAlpine, Searows,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":886,"href":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/422\/revisions\/886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uowcreative.com\/musicgradfest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}