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Dreaming it and then doing it. What's better than that? My solo music/solo performer side has evolved musically in all different directions the past few years with all the solo shows I've done and bits and pieces with the one nite stands, and also dancing with underthrust too---last night was really satisfying to have it all come together in one big whole. one big nan pie. like all my things fused together- music, acting, dancing...my songs being the framework.
Like I wrote my own musical.
My solo cd release party lived up to my dream and then some! Originally I just wanted to play the songs on the record with the people who had recorded them with me...two different groups of musicians- more indie pop songs with daoud and simon from a couple years ago and then the rap songs with the new crew of mark o., austin, yoko, julie...
but it ended up exceeding my expectations by a long shot. The energy, the dancing, the vocal layers of angela, yoko, dave end on iacocca. sam lazzara mc'ing. simon on trumpet! mark o' rockin' the bass and backup awesome girly singing. daoud's solidness on drums (jesus christ can he play). yoko's harmonies and drum beats. austin being able to play that krazy guitar on the raps. Dan Gower's piano. My Nick Cave dancers!
The Nick Cave song reached the potential I wanted it to. I'm even seeing more things happening with it live, but this is a nice moment in time documented. Maybe I couldn't foresee where exactly I wanted it to go 3 years ago....I just knew it was fun to do. But man, it developed into a monster. Too bad Nick didn't see it, and I'm kicking myself I didn't get someone to film it last night.
Recording that song at Mark's helped me define the arc of it...and figure out how to sing it. Which was kind of just improv'ed before at live shows. Nick's take on Action was pretty improv I think, in fact he probably made it up as he sang it (because he's Nick Cave). Once I had the singing down it was easy to do some choreography with it. I worked with julie d., dany and susan last week at a rehearsal just breaking down the song verse by verse and what happens dramatically & with the words.....
For Simon's trumpet solo, Dany lifted me around and upside down a couple times That was so exciting!
It's true I almost whacked someone in the head with my boot but an element of danger just increases the drama.
It was totally fun to have a backstage (the kitchen) at goodbye blue monday where we could change costumes and put on makeup. I loved the excitement of making entrances and rallying the team backstage and scurrying around yelling "shoes! where are lady t. shoes?!" right before we're supposed to go on.
shit, now that I've done a "big production".....I want more!
here's a couple that yoko took! yes that first one i'm in the air. i will try to get some more up here.
Like I wrote my own musical.
My solo cd release party lived up to my dream and then some! Originally I just wanted to play the songs on the record with the people who had recorded them with me...two different groups of musicians- more indie pop songs with daoud and simon from a couple years ago and then the rap songs with the new crew of mark o., austin, yoko, julie...
but it ended up exceeding my expectations by a long shot. The energy, the dancing, the vocal layers of angela, yoko, dave end on iacocca. sam lazzara mc'ing. simon on trumpet! mark o' rockin' the bass and backup awesome girly singing. daoud's solidness on drums (jesus christ can he play). yoko's harmonies and drum beats. austin being able to play that krazy guitar on the raps. Dan Gower's piano. My Nick Cave dancers!
The Nick Cave song reached the potential I wanted it to. I'm even seeing more things happening with it live, but this is a nice moment in time documented. Maybe I couldn't foresee where exactly I wanted it to go 3 years ago....I just knew it was fun to do. But man, it developed into a monster. Too bad Nick didn't see it, and I'm kicking myself I didn't get someone to film it last night.
Recording that song at Mark's helped me define the arc of it...and figure out how to sing it. Which was kind of just improv'ed before at live shows. Nick's take on Action was pretty improv I think, in fact he probably made it up as he sang it (because he's Nick Cave). Once I had the singing down it was easy to do some choreography with it. I worked with julie d., dany and susan last week at a rehearsal just breaking down the song verse by verse and what happens dramatically & with the words.....
For Simon's trumpet solo, Dany lifted me around and upside down a couple times That was so exciting!
It's true I almost whacked someone in the head with my boot but an element of danger just increases the drama.
It was totally fun to have a backstage (the kitchen) at goodbye blue monday where we could change costumes and put on makeup. I loved the excitement of making entrances and rallying the team backstage and scurrying around yelling "shoes! where are lady t. shoes?!" right before we're supposed to go on.
shit, now that I've done a "big production".....I want more!
here's a couple that yoko took! yes that first one i'm in the air. i will try to get some more up here.