New Songs & Good Vibes

I thoroughly enjoyed my show last night at Bitter End!

Loved the band - Evgeny on synth, Carras on sax and flute, Josh on drums, Jordan on bass, and Nick on vocals.

Did some cover snippets of Fiona, Bjork,

new songs - "Love You Too Hard" and "My Freakin' Heart" -

Also loved our arrangement of "Seed" with me on keys, Nick harmonizing with me, flute, and synth pad.

Emily King came!!!! (Amazing artist who I've been going to see for a few years now)

Here are some pictures - one with Mindee Anoff and one with Ashton Parson, who both came to the show, and were very supportive.

SHOW EEEEEEHHHHHH AAAAAAHHHH

It's the day of the show ya'll

Rehearsal in the morning with Nick Boddington to go over background vocals.

Picking up my suit at work. (I hope it's there)

Session with the drummer Josh Giunta,

and then FULL BAND rehearsal in Brooklyn

Evgeny Lebedev - keys

Jordan Scannella - bass

Carras Paton - sax/flute

and then hitting the Bitter End for some music and good times!

It's been snowing and wintry mixing, but I hope people still come!

I'm nervous because I'm gonna attempt a new cover and 2 new songs aaaahhhhh

Do I even know the words?

As usual, I could flop big or nail it - 

Or somewhere in between

Either way I will have fun - I love music and I love performing!!! 

Yee-haw!!!!

SHOW at Crash Mansion

WOW......

What a great night......

so much.....

I feel blessed and grateful.....Of course there are always things that could be better, but overall I had fun and we put on an entertaining show, with the help of:

-4-piece band + horn + backgrounds
-guest rapper Heightz
-guest tapper Cartier Williams
-dance performance from the choreography of Joanna Numata
-duet with singer/dancer Joe Buffa

I feel great about bringing together awesome talent and energy and putting on an entertaining show. We'll see how the footage comes out (I had someone taping)

After my gig I went to Rockwood to see my bass player Jordan Scannella kill it with his band!!

Union Hall

I had a blast tonight (last night) at Union Hall in Brooklyn.

This show came together last minute, booked by Berklee friend/classmate Andrea Setaro.
I had so much fun playing with Carras Paton, Evgeny Lebedev (who both played at my release party) as well as Adam Root and Nick D'Agostino (who played for me before, but it's been awhile for both of them).

We had a quick rehearsal this afternoon and then headed over to the venue.

Union Hall is so freakin' cool. It's stately, lots of brown and earth-tones, floor-to-ceiling bookcases, a bocci ball court (what?), and a music venue in the basement. I was pleased with the turnout, the music sounded great, sold some CD's, met a lot of new people, and then had a really good time afterward hanging out with friends. Was sitting by the window for awhile with Nick, my friend Steve Hannigan (who has now been to three of my shows woop woop), Andrea, and Adam Tressler (an amazing guitarist from Berklee).

So grateful, and glad that I said yes to a last minute show despite my fears. It was totally worth it!

Click here to read a blog post / performance review from my release party that my friend/Berklee classmate Caitlin Devlin wrote.

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Just exhausted...

Long day of work, sending out tons of emails and messages and texts about my last minute show TONIGHT at Union Hall in Brooklyn (8:30 pm)

Kinda freaked out because of the last minute, but I know I have some people coming, and there will be others there, new audience members etc. And I'm psyched to rock out with adam root, nick d'agostino, evgeny lebedev, and carras patton. yeehee!!!!

Had another dance rehearsal this evening with Shyrelle.

Met up with my good friend Bryan Jarrett.....He was on a ship for almost a year and I'm glad he's back in NY!

Also met a good teacher/mentor from Berklee, Janie Barnett. She is hopefully coming to my gig tonight since she lives in the neighborhood.....

Over and out!!!

2 for 1

Tonight was the show my friend Todd Henry worked so hard to put together. 2 for 1: a music/dance collaboration show.

So proud of Todd & his creative partner, Vicky. The show was a sucess. Good turnout. It was at Triskelion Arts in Williamsburg.

I played 5 songs:

*Two Time
*Legend
*Warning Shot
*Live to Tell (madonna cover)
*2 Bad 2 Do Good

Band was: Iakov Kremenskiy (good old standby), Carras Paton, sounding awesome on sax/flute, and a new drummer Jeff Villanueva.

I was really digging the sound. We all sounded smooth and tasty together. Can't wait to play with those guys again.