Hey everybody,
I just had a FANTASTIC show at Blackstone River Theatre in Cumberland
RI last night. It was soooooo much fun! We played in the round, which
means four songwriters were on stage at once, each taking a turn
playing a song. We did four rounds. I had never heard Keith White's
music before, but he is hysterically funny, and I was next after him in
the sequence of turns. So I had so much fun trying to match the theme
of his song with a song of mine to play next. It was insane! His
first song was about the plight of Cookie Monster now that cookies are
a 'sometimes treat.' It was a really well-crafted song, and he did it
totally deadpan, so it was a riot. The audience was laughing out loud
the whole time. And I was so searching for what to play, then it hit
me -- 'Even Free' deals with body image in children and women, and his
song dealt with obesity in children and compulsive eating habits. So
it actually matched. It was sooooooooo funny! Next round he played a
love song, that was actually more serious, for his wife, and I played
'Road Song,' probably the only true love song I've written. Then he
did a song that he had written for a monthly songwriters in the round
event that Rhode Island Songwriters Association puts on. At that
monthly round, the audience picks a theme for next month's songwriters
to use to write a brand new song! The theme for his month was 'an old
'66 Buick.' I am SO glad that was not the theme when I played the
show! My theme was 'envy.' And I had actually just written
'Photophobia' and so used that (with permission from the host) as my
'envy' theme song, since it is about envy and I didn't think I could
pull off two envy songs. So I played 'Photophobia' after his Buick
song. On the final round he played a song about Santa, donkeys, and
some government official whose name I forget because I just can't keep
up with all the names of all the idiots at the White House. It was a
hysterically funny song about Santa using donkeys instead of reindeer
and it was a political satire! toooo funny! And I was baffled as to
what to do next. Then Heather Rose, the first in our round's lineup,
said, "Don't you have a donkey on one of your album covers?" And I
said, no, that it is a mule, but that I felt obligated to play 'The
Mule' because of Keith's donkey song. It was toooooo funny! I was
amazed that I actually had songs that linked to his so well. I was so
entertained. And the audience loved it all. And they bought a bunch
of my CDs. It was soooooo fun.

So really, there are only 24 copies of Give Me a Little... left. If
you want one, now is the time!
And you know about my holiday sale, right?
www.cdbaby.com/all/sealedlips

And thanks, Rebecca. A friend of mine has been saying all year that
this is my year. I think there is some truth to that, but I can't
believe I will only have ONE year! :) And I am hopeful that my love
of life is just the infection y'all need.

love and light,
kristi



On Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 11:48 PM, Rebecca S. wrote:

> Congrats on all the positive vibes, good results, and energy, Kristi!
> It
> sounds like it's coming together for you like absolute perfection!
> Your love
> for all that is life is infectious, contagious ... keep being you!!!!!!
> Love,
> Rebecca S.
>
>
> From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
> Reply-To: KristiMartel@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:55:48 -0500 (EST)
> To: KristiMartel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Ravengirl rehearsal
>
>
> 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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