Talented muso to play SOTA festival

Albany’s talented Jordan Welshman is on the rise in his musical career after his recent The Voice audition and he is now a confirmed finalist for the State of the Art Music Festival as part of the WA Day long weekend.

Welshman’s folk acoustic style has earned him a wide following on social media and at local gigs around Albany and the Great Southern.

Lately, the talented muso said he had been working on his first album and trying to make it the best he could, writing a lot of songs and trying to gig as much as possible.

“I basically accept any gig that I get offered because I believe that opportunity comes from opportunity — you never know who is listening,” he said

“I have been playing gigs and writing songs and my next gig is tomorrow at the White Star Hotel opening for a band named Like a Thief, and about five more gigs lined up after that.”

Welshman has recently been selected as a finalist to perform at the SOTA Music Festival in Perth on Monday, June 6 at Elizabeth Quay alongside the likes of Morgan Bain, San Cisco, Koi Child and many more.

Welshman said one of his mother’s friends had told him about the competition in which finalists got the opportunity to perform at the festival.

“I sent in an original song of mine and a cover to them and I got an email a few weeks later saying that I would be performing, which I am really excited for,” he said.

“I haven’t played at a festival before and this was the first time I’ve tried to play at this one, so it felt really nice to be accepted as one of the finalists to be able to play on the stage.”

Welshman told theAdvertiser he was keen for the festival and it would be an awesome experience.

“I’ve actually opened for one of the acts before, so it will be good to go and watch them again,” he said.

“The whole festival scene is quite new to me and the closest I’ve been to playing a festival would’ve been the Denmark arts markets, which I think I’ll be playing again in December.”

After his recent The Voice audition, Welshman said the festival performance would in a way be even bigger for him.

“The Voice was awesome, but I’m going to feel a lot more comfortable with my guitar, singing my own songs at a festival and I will feel a lot more at home than I was on the Voice stage,” he said.

Next for this talented Ed Sheeran-inspired musician is playing to more and more people as he is working on his album.

“I am putting a lot of myself into this album and all my songs are quite personal and all about real experiences,” he said.

“I’m just going to be working hard towards everything and hope that it works out for the best.”