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!!!!

Set list

So excited...I love music!!

     Creating arrangements for the show on Thursday.

Had a WONDERFUL rehearsal today with Cara Scherker and Nick Boddington. They are awesome vocalists and the three of us sound wonderful together, and haven't all sung together since a gig back in February.

It's great to be reunited!

Full band rehearsal is tomorrow.

AND then TORI Roze, my long lost lover is coming in!!! Woo-hoo. I gotta clean (maybe) and practice her material. I'm playing keys with her on her sets.

Can't wait for show on Thursday! YEAH!

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!!

Eat Pray Love

SO today I had GREAT rehearsals:

Rehearsed background vocals with Nick & Jade at their awesome apartment on Riverside Dr.,

and then later that afternoon I had band rehearsal with Jeffrey, Jordan, Evgeny, and Iakov. It went really well, and I can't wait for the show on Tuesday!

Then I met up with my good friend Stephanie Jaggers and we saw Eat Pray Love. It was pretty good, I got some awesome tidbits from it. Definitely recommend going to see it!

Rehearsals make me feel special

I love having my own rehearsals...

Started out the day on a great note with full band rehearsal. Nick & Jade, Jordan on bass, Evgeny on keys, and Kim Garey on drums.....such a great group, and a set list that I'm very excited about.

Then practice with dancers Yvonne-Marie Sain & Scott Nicholson at my apartment. Those are two of my FAVORITE dancers and people, and I love chillin/talking/rehearsing with them....

Now hoping to have an audience on Tuesday at Bitter End. Whatever happens though, we will put on a great show, and I will have fun! I'm getting better at letting go and just enjoying the music with my wonderful musicians/artists.

Took Bikram tonight but was so tired, got so lazy by the end of class, resting a lot, and almost falling asleep. Oops!! It's ok....

Two kids party road trips tomorrow. Hopefully I can sleep in the car! Woohoo!!!!

night!!!!

Wonderland Robbers

First day of the summer semester for my kids music job...Good to be back with cute babies....

And had a great rehearsal with Nick and Jade for my CD release party. They are singing backups and they sounded fantastic! They do their own music which is really nice, and they go by the name "Wonderland Robbers." They have an AMAZING apartment on Riverside Dr. It was beautiful!!

Wonderland Robbers

Today I took Bikram at Yoga to the People. I love that place! Classes are only $8. Bikram makes me feel sooo goood!!!!

Tonight I DVR'd the Oscars, and went and saw my friends Nick Boddington (who has sung at a bunch of my shows) and Jade Bartlett, aka "The Wonderland Robbers" perform at the Metropolitan Room. They both have amazing voices, and sound awesome together! It was a great show, and I like the venue. Good stage & sound.

Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart

The journey continues:

-Still trying to book the date for the release party of my CD
-Still looking for management, though I've been in contact with a couple possible canditates
-Trying not to get too worked up about things that are OUT OF MY CONTROL

On a break from my job (playing & singing for babies) I got together with my two current background singers Nick Boddington & Cara Scherker and we recorded a few songs for YouTube.

Click here to see the first of the video series, a cover of "Co Star" by DAY26.

It was snowing like crazy here in NY!

After work I went and took two dance classes at Broadway Dance Center. The first was Ray Hesselink's theater tap class. He is a great teacher and I always have so much fun in his class tapping away. The second was Jermaine Brown's hip-hop/street jazz class. I've only taken his class maybe 3-4 times, but he is another GREAT teacher...really emphasizes the performance aspect...We did a great combo to Alicia Keys' "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart." I was really feelin it!!