from the tour diary...

Hey, Hi!
I am sooooooo excited about the next album, Ravengirl. I just had the
second rehearsal for the album with my percussionist Nisha Purushotham and
my bass player Kurt Meyer. I am SO happy that we sound so fabulous
already. I am really enjoying the fretless bass and all the fabulous
textures of so many different drums and shakers: djembe, conga, djun djun,
sekere, cabasa, rain stick, this thunder sounding thing I don't know the
name of, tambourine, cymbal... It's amazing! We rehearsed Harder Than
Dying, The Third Death, Ravengirl, Day of Rain, and Autumn Nightwork
tonight, about a third of the album. I can't wait til we get a drummer in
place and start rehearsing the songs that will involve kit. And there are
4 songs with no percussive element (except the piano). And I've got to
get busy scoring parts out for my cellist! She was my cello teacher back
about 13 years ago! Isn't that amazing? I haven't seen her in 13 years!

wow.

So I am so thankful. And I am thinking up all these sticker and tshirt
ideas too... Let's just wait and see if I get the money together to
manifest them!

Life is a beautiful thing, you know. Go enjoy it!
blesses,
kristi

--
avant-soul piano diva
"a fine musician...incomparable!" -- Utah Phillips

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