Jamie McCormick is a neurospicy, pansexual, non binary, trans masculine, singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, performer, poet & writer living in North East Scotland. Coming from a musical family & having been playing & performing since childhood, Jamie’s act is eclectic, & merges original music, comedy, choreography, drag artistry, burlesque & poetry. Over the years they have fronted rock ba
nds, played in covers bands, done musical theatre, opera, orchestral playing, choral singing, composition, studio recording & session work. Their poetry has been published in the anthology "Joined Up Writing" & used by the Glasgow Mission of the Order Of Perpetual Indulgence. With an emphasis on mental health awareness, gender issues & general queerness, their writing ranges from serious & soul searching to self-deprecating & satirical, but with a constant underlying theme of great hair. Pre & post plague they could be seen all over Scotland onstage at Pride & music festivals & Edinburgh drag clubs performing their eclectic mix of music in exciting shows employing elaborate costuming, not so elaborate choreography, & a healthy dose of humour. (During lurgy lockdown they could mostly be seen all over the world on Zoom in their jimmy jams & eyeliner being interrupted by a cat.) At age 7 won a competition to design a Christmas advertisement for Maitland’s stores. At age 10 was awarded a Burns Federation certificate for poetry recital for their reading of “Holy Willie's Prayer”. At age 12 won the World Wildlife Fund “illustrated children's poetry” award. At age 12 won a scholarship to receive vocal tuition at the North East of Scotland Music School in Aberdeen. Was youngest singing pupil ever accepted at that time.
2018 onward: collaborative creative work with Aberdeenshire Council Arts department. Aug 2019: first, & so far only, drag king to play Belladrum Music Festival. Aug 2019: played 2 shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Oct 2019: played 5 shows over 4 nights at the famous Banshee Labyrinth for Edinburgh Horror Festival. Jun 2020: named as one of Moray Firth Radio’s “5 Reasons To Be Proud To Live In The North Of Scotland”
Oct 2020: performed online alongside Space Cowboy & Misty Lotus for Edinburgh Horror Festival. Aug 2021: performed at Edinburgh College of Art in the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Dec 2021: Took part in the record breaking show "The Twelve Kings Of Xmas" at AXM in Glasgow. https://www.scotsman.com/.../scotland-to-host-biggest...
Apr 2022: performed in “Eat The Rich: Climate Change Cabaret” at The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen, in conjunction with Aberdeen Performing Arts & Sanctuary Queer Arts.
*add link to P&J article about Fruit Salad here*
Jul 2022: awarded the Edwin Morgan Trust second life bursary in conjunction with Moniack Mhor creative writers’ centre. https://edwinmorgantrust.com/2022/08/18/emt-x-moniack-mhor/ #
Sep 22: performed an hour long solo set at The Wonder Hoose pop-up venue at Marischall College for Aberdeen Performing Arts. Sep 22: performed in the Fabulous Cabaret at The Wonder Hoose for Aberdeen Performing Arts. June 23: performed at the first ever Fraserburgh Pride on the same bill as Nikki French. YouTube - https://youtube.com/channel/UCmdQgrToUriAEVavYzqChgg
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KingJamieMcCormick/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/guntotinhippies?r=nametag
PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jamiemmccormick
Links to work -
https://youtu.be/ZXsN21zXr9s
https://youtu.be/KdxT2dJsY6g
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3750036205077049&id=100002121203622&sfnsn=scwspmo
