MUCH-adored local songstress Steph Bitter is positively jumping out of her skin in the lead up to the launch of her second EP and its debut performance at Handlebar on 1 April.<\/p>\n
The highly anticipated Playful Thoughts of a Sentimental Heart<\/em> is Bitter\u2019s first release in over five years, and she\u2019ll be bringing the whole kit and kaboodle to the showcase gig.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll be playing with my full band!\u201d she said. \u201cElectric, acoustic, all of the EP songs, songs from my old EP, the whole works. Big sounds.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll also bring in Trevor Petrie for some harmonies\/backing vocals. He\u2019ll be opening up for us because I just adore his music and song writing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll have the EP on good old-fashioned CDs at the gig, complete with digital download cards and a gorgeous lyric and art booklet.<\/p>\n Bitter credits a cast of plenty for helping build her career and keep releasing music in an industry that becomes increasingly competitive every year.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to make music, I won\u2019t lie,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s expensive. Gear is expensive, recording is expensive, printing is expensive, even digital release isn\u2019t free. Running live music venues is expensive, fuel to get to gigs is expensive.<\/p>\n \u201cWho even knows how to pitch music to the media or get your songs on radio and Spotify playlists? How do you stand out amongst the billions of other talented and creative artists around the world?<\/p>\n \u201cThe music industry changes so fast but I\u2019m grateful I\u2019ve got so many people in my life, people that understand my love and passion for it and just happen to know a thing or two about music. You can\u2019t do this kind of thing alone.\u201d<\/p>\n Catch Steph Bitter perform the full EP and more with her band at Handlebar on Friday, 1 April. Entry is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MUCH-adored local songstress Steph Bitter is positively jumping out of her skin in the lead up to the launch of her second EP and its debut performance at Handlebar on 1 April. The highly anticipated Playful Thoughts of a Sentimental Heart is Bitter\u2019s first release in over five years, and she\u2019ll be bringing the whole […]<\/p>\n