Serrotone Live at MiTH

Doors open 6pm. Bring your own booze. Food and soft drinks are available for sale. Musicians who want to play at MiTH, please contact mithbookings@gmail.com, Charles Webster (082 331 7271), or Doug Borain (072 340 7034).

7pm – Shannon Chetty

Shannon Chetty is a 17-year-old musician from Howick, and attends Howick High. He is a guitar player and enjoys does mainly acoustic pop with the assistance of a loop station. Shannon’s biggest inspiration is his favorite artist – Ed Sheeran. This young performer began playing the guitar at the age of 13, has progressed steadily and is very passionate about music.

7.30pm – Kaiti Faul

Just back from Dallas, Texas, after a year of au pairing while studying through UNISA, Kaiti Faul is actually well-known to MiTH stalwarts. We welcome her back because she’s an awesome person, but also because she brings a strong vocal with a combination of originals and covers that exude honesty and deep musicality. Don’t miss her.

8.00pm – Duncan Park

Duncan Park is a psychedelic folk musician from Durban. His new album, “After the Earth Has Burned” is a musical collage built from stunning pastoral, finger-plucked folk on an acoustic guitar and harsh electric drones through synthesizers and amp stacks. Dunacn’s acoustic folk symbolizes the romanticised concept of the earth, the natural realm and tranquility, while the harsh electronic drones represent the industrialized, polluted and smog filled hellscape of modern urbanisation. He will be performing a stripped down solo set of acoustic guitar and vocals for the MiTH faithful.

9.00pm – Serrotone

MiTH also bids a warm welcome to main act, Serrotone. Peter Guthrie, vocalist and prolific songwriter with Spoonfeedas for 12 years, has teamed up with James Robertson and close friend, superb drummer Billy Kruger. Robertson who sang and wrote material for Spoonfeedas in 2001, also went on to form Cubic Inch. Between Guthrie and Robertson they have been part of writing and performing more than ten charting singles (including 2 no 1 singles and a handful of top 10’s) on South African radio.

With Spoonfeedas, Guthrie has opened for artists like Muse, Velvet Revolver, SImple Plan Marky Ramone (Ramones), Metallica and Ronan Keating. He has also performed the National anthem in Christchurch NZ before a Trinations rugby test. Robertson has opened for Bryan Adams on his SA tour with his band Cubic Inch, while Billy has played with a variety of established artists at some impressive events like the Youth Day concert in Amsterdam with group MIC where they performed after Delirious at Ajax Football Stadium in front of 140 000 people.

A hugely special feature on Wednesday will be what has become the regular inclusion of Nick Ames who is possibly one of the finest trumpet players in South Africa. Don’t miss this special night out! as you hear some new arrangements of old favourites and some brand-new material!

ABOUT MiTH:

MiTH is a semi-open mic music club. An opportunity for musicians to share the joy of their music with a friendly audience which includes fellow musicians – who have all “been there” too. (Non-musicians welcome too!) Whether you’re a newbie looking for your first opportunity to perform publicly, or a more experienced / mature musician simply looking for people who are as passionate about music as you are – come along and join us!

DIRECTIONS TO MiTH:

Take the N3 to Hilton, take the Hilton turnoff and go South into the Village (away from Hilton College). Travel 5,2km along Hilton Avenue (past two sets of traffic lights and Crossways Pub) and keep going straight as Hilton Avenue turns into Dennis Shepstone Drive. At the 5,2km mark, Knoll Drive will be on your right – the entrance to MiTH is the *second* entrance on your left into The Knoll Historic Guest Farm.