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....

The Asshole in my Head

The weekend has come to a close.

I spent time performing with Wobble Dance Company in Winter Follies at Spoke the Hub in Brooklyn.

The piece was great -

I also went and saw the movie The Rite, which I actually did not enjoy. But I do love going to the movies. I had some pretzel bites with cheese. YUM haha.... Too bad January is known for its BAD movies.... sigh....

Tonight I went to a show at The Duplex to check out the space for my upcoming show February 25. The show I went to was called "The Asshole in my Head," which was actually an awesome concept. One woman cabaret, but with an offstage voice that kept interrupting and singing - the voice in her head.

Looking forward to a productive week :-)

The Art of Singing (in the snow)

Had a wonderful lesson today with Jennifer Hamady.

She is so wonderful - great soul and awwweesome teacher - wow, I learned alot in our session.

She has sung with Stevie Wonder, Def Leppard, Patti LaBelle, Christina Aguilera, Wyclef Jean, Babyface, Jessica Simpson, Smokey Robinson, Lee Ann Womack, Kid Rock, Usher, Cirque du Soleil, Disney, and American Idol.

I mean, really????

I was walking along today (to my lesson) 

and all of a sudden

my Ipod

just

paused

------ and I realized I was singing really loudly

projecting

down 

the

street

HAHAHAH

Today's snow was CRAZY - - -

I went deep down into BK to record some hooks for this producer

and the trains were running slow

and by the time I got there

he had left

AAAAHHHH and this snow is crazy - like blowing everywhere

He was already on the bus going home.

And then it took me about 2 hours to get home on the train.

AGGGGH finally home.

BUT

I

LOVE

THE

SNOW.

Really.