Finlay Balfour

As you might have spotted on my socials, Finlay Gigs has had a rebrand! After a little over a year, I decided it was time for a refresh. And after a soft launch with clients last week, I'm thrilled to finally show it off properly. With this redesign, I wanted to communicate something about how I actually work. Musicians are often heard and not seen at weddings. Too often peripheral, and easy to overlook. They're part of the entertainment, not part of the day. And with that, musicians tend not...

Another month, slipped away! It’s hard to believe that we’re already into June: warm weather, sun-burn etc. It feels like just yesterday that the nights were long and summer felt a world away. Time flies! Maybe that’s why this month I’ve struggled to keep on top of my musical ‘archive’. May’s wrapped playlist seems rather scant compared with my previous more beefy offerings. The better weather, resulting increased will to go outside, as well as wedding season getting well underway has meant...

This month I’m turning back the clock… Throughout April I’ve been revisiting the music that started my love for listening to music. I’ve always been interested in performing, in being a part of dynamic shows and collaborating with others, but listening to music only became an important part of my life - as I suppose is often the case - during my early teenage years. During my earlier years, my listening habits were defined by the use of portable CD, and later USB MP3 players (what a...