{"id":68925,"date":"2020-05-30T04:56:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=68925"},"modified":"2020-05-27T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T00:18:58","slug":"busker-gigs-on-digital-thoroughfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/busker-gigs-on-digital-thoroughfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Busker gigs on digital thoroughfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MUSIC is Milla Williams\u2019 outlet, as a composer, singer and instrumentalist, playing ukulele, guitar and piano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI use it to express my emotions. It\u2019s a release. I turn positive or negative energy into something that other people can enjoy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>While isolating and studying from home, the 15-year-old has missed regularly busking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the excitement, and joy it brings to other people. It\u2019s nice to see peoples\u2019 reactions walking past. It\u2019s very rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to contribute to an atmosphere and make everyone\u2019s lives, hopefully, a little better,\u201d Milla said.<\/p>\n<p>Although not able to perform in the more traditional ways she\u2019s used to, Milla was recently able to reach another public audience, but virtually, through Ballarat Youth Services\u2019 online <em>Fully Sick Fest<\/em>, coordinated by the Sonika committee to showcase and champion young local artists.<\/p>\n<p>Invited to share a 30-minute set which was broadcast on Facebook, Milla sang, playing covers and originals on ukulele and piano for her episode, with her musician dad, Geoffrey, tagging along with his guitar for a couple of songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a good break from school and the stress of everything. It was a great opportunity to have something different to do and give to the community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad doesn\u2019t accompany me a lot and it\u2019s nice to have someone else there, so I enjoyed that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feedback about the performance has reached the Williams household from across the world, and the video has been viewed 1000 times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been getting a lot of comments. My dad had a couple of producers from England comment on it, so it\u2019s really interesting how far it\u2019s gone,\u201d Milla said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m constantly performing to strangers when I busk, but it\u2019s completely different when they\u2019re in another country. It\u2019s mindboggling, but cool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to still have opportunities to perform. 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