Aabaraki, Emily King, & Rockwood

Rockwood 2 was jumping off tonight!

Got there for the tail end of Emily King's set. Always love seeing them play!

And then it was time for Aabaraki to jam!! They are amazing. And Lily O'Brien, my publicist, is also working with them. We love them! I danced with a bunch of my friends.

Chatted afterwards with Louis Cato, Emily's new drummer, who I went to school with - unreal musician, plays like every instrument and perfect pitch, and nice guy!

So excited for my set on Friday at the Duplex!!!

The Town

I've been getting behind on the blogging... OOPS.

Staying pretty busy.

Today I had a taping for my friend John-Andrew's web series. He is featuring me on the show, and coming to my gig on Friday with a few people to tape my performance.

They were all good peeps! I played and sang "Two Time" & did an interview with John-Andrew.

I watched "The Town" last night which was great!

And tonight, I went to a theater dance class, taught by my old friend Kyle Pleasant.

He's a wonderful teacher and I was so proud!!

Lovers & Dreamers

Show went well tonight in Boston at Milky Way.

I opened for Lee Wilson, who killed it with his band. The show was called "For Lovers & Dreamers" - Valentine's Day show. And yes, still single.

It was my first time playing with some backing tracks - it went ok... will keep practicing and getting more comfortable with that.

Should go to bed now so I can hang with the nephews tomorrow morning! :-)

Escape

I've been thinking a lot about escape - how we want to escape our lives sometimes - escape our feelings - I think everyone can relate to that...

You may know I'm a big fan of Keyshia Cole's music, and she has a song called "Sometimes" which I think really captures this....

New Design!!

Got a new design today -

I think it pops because I dyed my hair darker (brown)

Not sure how I feel about the mohawk in the back - since it's darker I'm hoping it doesn't look too "skunky" LOL

Live music & The Roommate

I was grateful to be in the audience at two awesome performances Thursday and Friday.

The first was THE RISE OF THE UNDERGROUND at Le Poisson Rouge this past Thursday - A show put on by Kimberly Nichole, featuring herself as well as Jaiden "The Cure", Rahbi, Sophia Urista, & Charles Perry.

On Friday I saw Emily King & Jesse Boykins III at Tribeca 92Y. 

Jesse (above) and Emily (below)

Jesse Boykins opened and he has such a cool artist vibe, and the greatest hair. (see above)

And if you know me, you know I'm a huge Emily King fan, and have seen her MANY times in NYC. Her sound is so tasteful. Just destined to be a musician - her voice is so controlled and passionate, and whether she is playing solo or with full band & tracks, she really brings the audience in - and her songs are fantastic.

I also recorded a hook for a rapper out in Brooklyn, went to a surprise party for my friend Andrea Setaro, helped out my friend Brooke Forman in the studio, and went and saw The Roommate twice - kind of a modernized Single White Female. I liked it, obviously, since I saw it twice.

HA!

Brian Green

This man is, like, the truth.

And I'm not talking about Brian Austin Green.

This is Brian "Footwork" Green, hip hop dancer and choreographer / master teacher. This is roots hip-hop, real deal stuff.

And he's an amazing teacher - very positive - I've had deep conversations with the guy. SO appreciative - and he shouted me out tonight for my musicality - good feelings... Thanks Brian!

Sleep Schedule

So...

I'm basically in between jobs and my sleep schedule is all sorts of messed up.

Trying to grow my piano and voice lesson studio & a couple other irons in the fire right now.

In any case,

I go to bed later and later, and sleep later and later, and that is a problem.

In some ways it's good, because I'm actually getting alot of SLEEP, which is so important.

But then I miss too much of the day.

So I'm hoping this improves!

I did make it to a class tonight at Broadway Dance Center. Good to be back in the mix there. So many people with awesome energy who I feel I connect with, who care about how I'm doing.

I took Luam.

Even though I don't get to her class on a regular basis,

she has been an inspiration over the years - the way she lives her life in creativity through dance,

and gets so many people interested in her movement.

Thanks for a good class! I love dancing. AAAHHH....