Tap Act (random)

so, i almost forgot..watching the Anni Rossi show last nite..she wears these low-heeled boots that serve as percussion (stomping). anyway, i got to thinking, if i had..like in my dream band where i'm drummer/sometimes singer, i'd wear tap shoes and choreograph a tap act like as part of the percussion section. i dont know ive never seen that before..they have a great timbre oh and my other geek in me would record keystrokes as some kind of rhythm. they have a great timbre too. i've always loved the sound of keystrokes. taps and keystrokes?? add that too my 'drum choir' haha!

p.s.
i was a former ballet dancer, did some tap..so, i guess my inner performer coming out here..i do love tap though. i'd love to see that form explored/explore music in this way.

Anni Rossi!

yay! so i just got back from her show a little while ago..funny how much it reminded me of Theresa Andersson (just her and her violin, no band..), except she doesn't loop. they play in a similar style, and i loved her Ace of Base 'Living In Danger' cover!!! haha awesome, totally unexpected. it was actually a really solid cover, she completely transformed the song. i wish she had done 'ecology' though. i talked to her after, she said she's doing it next time, something about a viola..she did do 'wheelpusher' though :) anyway i look forward to her next show w/camera obscura when she'll have the full band. good show nonetheless. i looooove her voice so much, it's somethin else.

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Producer --the 'U-Turn'

See the thing is, I see myself very much as a music producer. Like for example #14 in my 'dream label' list, Anni Rossi...I think she has sooo much potential, there's just that extra something missing. She needs to be pushed further. I don't think her music is where it could be, but it's close. It's like the majority of songs i like, i like oh maybe 70% of it. There's that other 30% or whatever that needs tweaking and I can hear exactly in my head what I would tweak, where I would take the song, what I would do to change it. It'll be going along and I'll be bopping my head along and then all of a sudden boom! it takes off in another direction and I'm like ??? It should go over here this way or whatever, but instead it takes this like U-turn that you don't always see coming. And in some instances that's ok. I love when songs surprise/unpredictability. but others, it's a transition too abrupt which is the case in Georgie James who have now disbanded but I noticed what it was bothering me most about them (i actually only liked one or two of their songs), and that was their transitions--too abrupt for me (except in 'Need Your Needs', the only song I really dig).

I've noticed my main problem w/songs I 'almost like' is this schizo factor; trying to fit too much into one song, like trying to make 3 different songs out of one. Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' would be an exception, anything off of Joanna Newsom's 'Ys' (one of my favorite albums of all time), basically these story-song structures...and I'm sure there's a plethora of others, but for the most part this is just my personal dilemma w/music. It's kind of hard trying to explain what I'm talking about, but if you listen to almost any Georgie James (besides 'Need..') I think you'll get what i mean. To me it's the difference between amateur and seasoned, these transitions. Ok i'm going way off on a tangent here, but that is my experience listening to music a lot of the time. i'm like wait what are you doing why are you going there, it needs to go over here. I'm constantly experimenting w/its direction in my head. I just bought a dictaphone actually for this very reason haha!

Then there are other songs to me that are just perfect; like there's nothing I'd change about them. They're completely gratifying. I'm not like trying to analyze from a technical standpoint or anything (I'm not a musician unfortunately). I just I'm judging from an emotional perspective..it's such a personal experience. What's perfect to me is rubbish to another so..I'm just saying to me, 'perfect' I dont even know what I mean by that. Just I'm using it to describe songs I enjoy 100%. through and through. This is a whole other entry, but some examples are..well the first that pops to mind is 'Think Long' by Mates of State. Now, the album itself is another story, but that song to me is perfect. It mapped out new (lush) musical territory...ok this is its own list! I'll have to compile later!

My Record Label (a continuing entry)

In a perfect world, I would run a label. and who knows maybe one day i will, but for now this will have to do.

This is a list of 'new' and upcoming artists I'd snag immediately, had I the means. Basically my dream label, artists I'm really excited about....

1. Theresa Andersson (of course)
2. Cortney Tidwell
3. Alex Gruenburg (a friend)
4. Betsy Wright (another friend)
5. Merkaba Bandits (Alex's old band..R.I.P, but I would bring them back to life!)
6. An Eartha Kitt cover singer who can sing just like her
7. Tom Vek (where the F*** are you!... fat chance he's major, but I include b/c he's only put out one album, a masterpiece)
8. Princessed (another R.I.P friend's band that I'd bring back to life)
9. Hmmm Poe!? where'd you go
10. Elastica!? you too
11. A Jeff Buckley cover singer...wait that isn't possible.
12. An Ace of Base cover band
13. An Alizee cover singer

wow, this is getting ridiculous..turning into a resurrection label of sorts...didn't mean for it to... i'm getting very nostalgic now. I don't know why all this cover stuff is coming up..didn't plan just happened.

14. oh yeah, Anni Rossi
15. Mirah
16. Soko
17.The Dismemberment Plan (again R.I.P..some of the best shows ive ever been to)