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          Janice:   Maggie, you have just released a new single, Holding Me.  I believe this song had interesting beginnings and a lovely collaboration.  Can you share with us how it came into being?  Maggie: I’d made friends with a Scots gal Yvonne Jay who now lives in Texas, USA. Yvonne sent me an unreleased demo of a song she’d been working on, a duo with a friend of her husband. I then re-wrote it as a solo and at the suggestion of the wonderful Sydney, Australian Saxophone player Andrew Oh I recreated the melody and lyrics keeping a couple of Yvonne’s original hook lines. Yvonne sent me what she had retained of the bed tracks, I don’t know who played. The next step was Scott French, Engineer/Producer at Lovestreet Studios on the Gold Coast created new Drum, Guitar and String tracks.    Janice:  Who are the musicians on the track Maggie and where was it produced? Holding Me is an international collaboration thanks...

L to R Wil Sargisson piano, Willy Qua Drums Sax Flute, Maggie, Col Atkinson Bass and Arranger, Al Cesario Drums.  Janice:  Maggie, you're new band is sounding hot, not to mention looking very cool. How did this lineup come about Maggie? Maggie:  About 3 years ago I heard Wil Sargisson and Willy Qua playing with Galapagus Duck and met them after the performance. Col Atkinson I got to know when he was playing at our local jazz club so next time I was offered a gig I contacted them and we have been working together and having a great time ever since. Janice: You have a new album coming out. Where did you record your new CD? Maggie: Lovestreet Studios on the Gold Coast, great studio and an exceptional engineer Scott French. Janice: Hey Maggie, that's great. What's next on the agenda for you and the band? Maggie: Making a video clip for the first single Indigo Eyes, promoting the album ‘Live at Lovestreet’ because we made it to share and we will b...