Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Personal Milestones
I have arrived! In my very own mailbox! And I was recently spotted on my very own refrigerator. Sort of a home-town gig for me at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Hello, 2012! You've Got To Move It, Move It!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Alive - Frampton Is!
Got a last-minute chance recently to see Peter Frampton on his "Frampton Comes Alive 35th Anniversary Tour". How could I resist? It took place a mere 5 miles from my house!
In case you haven't heard, Peter has been touring and revisiting/playing his entire blockbuster 70's album for the first half of the evening's performance. Why do I feel compelled write? Well, "Frampton Comes Alive" was a HUGE guitar influence for me. I remember going over some of his songs as a youngster with my guitar teacher back home in Downey and talking about the scales PF was using. And I sang all the ballads, too. I wore my record (vinyl!) out!!
And how could I not buy the CD recording of the very show that I attended?! Especially when he makes sure to reference "Riverside" in his songs...
By the way...
Did you see the photo I took with Peter at the NAMM Show in 2010?
And further, a video from that very show...
Unfortunately I did NOT sit this close. Not having ever seen him live, I was real glad I got the chance. And I had no idea how cool the material from his latest instrumental CD was!
Fun!
In case you haven't heard, Peter has been touring and revisiting/playing his entire blockbuster 70's album for the first half of the evening's performance. Why do I feel compelled write? Well, "Frampton Comes Alive" was a HUGE guitar influence for me. I remember going over some of his songs as a youngster with my guitar teacher back home in Downey and talking about the scales PF was using. And I sang all the ballads, too. I wore my record (vinyl!) out!!
And how could I not buy the CD recording of the very show that I attended?! Especially when he makes sure to reference "Riverside" in his songs...
By the way...
Did you see the photo I took with Peter at the NAMM Show in 2010?
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| Bad phone-camera shot, but there I am with one of my guitar heroes! |
Unfortunately I did NOT sit this close. Not having ever seen him live, I was real glad I got the chance. And I had no idea how cool the material from his latest instrumental CD was!
Fun!
Monday, May 2, 2011
A Dream That Won't Come True
Today is the day after Osama bin Laden's death. I suppose I don't need to go into detail for you who he is, and actually, he's not the subject of this post. Let's change our focus, shall we?
This morning as I had iTunes DJ playing while preparing for a hotel departure, the Carpenters came on. The song (not one of their well-known hits) was called "Now".
You know, it's guaranteed that every time I hear Karen Carpenter's voice, I will melt...chills! What a voice! Simple and pure.
Here's something you may not know about me:
It's always been a secret dream of mine ever since I can remember since Karen, Richard, and their parents, were fellow Downey, California residents like I was, to sing with Karen someday. Of course that will never happen because she sadly died in 1983 of anorexia complications. So while I was living my childhood life and spending hours on end hunkered down playing my guitar in my bedroom on the west side of town, Karen and Richard Carpenter lived and we're rising to the heights of worldwide musical fame on the northeast side of town!
Kind of cool to think about!
But now Karen's no longer with us. There a plenty of singers who I greatly admire, but she remains to this day my all-time favorite female singer. I enjoy her not only for simply the heart-warming entertainment she brings but also as a fellow performer. Of course, you'll probably read this a lot in my posts, but I'm so blessed and grateful to be singing for a living and always learning something from admiring the talents of the best!
I can't but help but think there's a little "bit of Karen" I've absorbed into whatever performance skills I may have acquired along the way from watching and listening to her.
A quote that went along with this posted video from NedNickerson2010 for the song "Now":
"Following Karen's death, Richard returned to the studio and worked on his and Karen's last recordings, including two of the songs she recorded in 1982 as well as other songs from previous recording sessions over the years before. "Now" was a work lead, recorded in one take, and was intended to familiarize the musicians with the song as well as Richard's arrangement. After a complete music track had been recorded, Karen would have returned to the studio and recorded new vocals for the song. But as it was, the work lead turned out to be the last song Karen ever recorded."
This morning as I had iTunes DJ playing while preparing for a hotel departure, the Carpenters came on. The song (not one of their well-known hits) was called "Now".
You know, it's guaranteed that every time I hear Karen Carpenter's voice, I will melt...chills! What a voice! Simple and pure.
Here's something you may not know about me:
It's always been a secret dream of mine ever since I can remember since Karen, Richard, and their parents, were fellow Downey, California residents like I was, to sing with Karen someday. Of course that will never happen because she sadly died in 1983 of anorexia complications. So while I was living my childhood life and spending hours on end hunkered down playing my guitar in my bedroom on the west side of town, Karen and Richard Carpenter lived and we're rising to the heights of worldwide musical fame on the northeast side of town!
Kind of cool to think about!
But now Karen's no longer with us. There a plenty of singers who I greatly admire, but she remains to this day my all-time favorite female singer. I enjoy her not only for simply the heart-warming entertainment she brings but also as a fellow performer. Of course, you'll probably read this a lot in my posts, but I'm so blessed and grateful to be singing for a living and always learning something from admiring the talents of the best!
I can't but help but think there's a little "bit of Karen" I've absorbed into whatever performance skills I may have acquired along the way from watching and listening to her.
A quote that went along with this posted video from NedNickerson2010 for the song "Now":
"Following Karen's death, Richard returned to the studio and worked on his and Karen's last recordings, including two of the songs she recorded in 1982 as well as other songs from previous recording sessions over the years before. "Now" was a work lead, recorded in one take, and was intended to familiarize the musicians with the song as well as Richard's arrangement. After a complete music track had been recorded, Karen would have returned to the studio and recorded new vocals for the song. But as it was, the work lead turned out to be the last song Karen ever recorded."
Friday, April 16, 2010
Happy Post - Flying Dog
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