🌻 I am a London-based musician, composer and writer.
📙 My book Not Quite White is published by Simon & Schuster (Worldwide, buy here) and IUP (US, buy here).
🎹 I sing, and play piano, bassoon, clarinet, guitar, plus several other instruments to varying degrees (ask me)
👑 I live score and accompany many different types of comedy (especially clowns and improv)
🎶 I direct The F*ckaround Five aka the “house band for hire” (previously of Hook Up Culture)
📝 I also read/edit/consult on book proposals and agent pitches, particularly for authors from marginalised communities
🌸 I share career musings/essays on Substack, shows/gigs instagram and artistic offerings on Patreon
🌙 Outside of music, I am a fifth generation card-reader and offer my services at Golden Echo
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🌴 Can we work together? Probably yes, get in touch at hello@lailawoozeer.com
Please note I do not accept any pitches that involve me paying you to promote my book. I actually don’t even reply to these ones anymore, thanks for understanding, godspeed
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MORE ABOUT ME
🌾 My compositions have been used by the BBC, Disney and SXSW among others. I have played (orchestrally and my own work) around the world including Kenya, Tokyo, New York, most major UK festivals and perhaps most memorably, the “It’s A Small World” stage (RIP) at Disneyland Paris. I’ve performed at/hosted events for Future Cinema, Secret Cinema, Olympics, Shunt, Vaults Corps, Pleasance, NESTA, Science Museum, Greenwich Council and numerous others.
✏️ My first viral article What It’s Like Not Being White was front page of Buzzfeed, won a “Best of the Internet” award and I have since written for The Guardian, Mashable, Metro, Stylist, gal-dem, Byline Times, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29 and many others. I’ve led workshops and lectures for Wikimania; AWP; PoetryFest; Green Man and more.
🎉 Other Places You Know Me From: Hook Up Culture, SUPER City Clowns, Clowns of Colour, WOLF PACK, TAPE PARADE, QuizCats, Beetles, Lungs, Kids With Crayons, Laila Rates, Tory Not Tory, Shit or Shed, LailaLectures, Pieces, collaborations with Stumble Trip, Rhum & Clay, Fine Chisel, Whole Hog, Goth Picnic London, Graham & Steen, A Night Of Drama, Fabled, etc etc etc
