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#162 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Mon Mar 6, 2006 9:50 pm
Subject: Ravengirl update from Kristi 		lisa071573
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Kristi says:
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i recorded spoken backing vocals for Littlebird's Flight, and re-did
backing vocals for Harder Than Dying today. And we edited Crossing Into
Dreams, Day of Rain, Give, Ravengirl, and Third Death today. We will be
mixing these 6 songs in the next two days! And then the whole album
will be ready to be mastered!
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cool :) I'm so excited for the new cd!
Lisa

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#161 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:37 pm
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Myspace update! 		lisa071573
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I meant to check last night but wanted to get the songs up so I didn't
look :P I will see if I can figure it out tonight :)

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From: Kristi Martel <kristi@...>
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Sent: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:09:07 -0500
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Myspace update!

ps - do you know the date of that balckstone recording of silver?

On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 04:38  AM, lisa071573@... wrote:

> I've rotated out the songs on Kristi's myspace :) Here's what's up
now:
>
> Professional Widow - Tori Amos cover from the Tori Amos Tribute show
> last year
> Littlebird's Flight with backing vocals - outtake from the recording
> sessions
> of Ravengirl (this is awesome!)
> Crossing into Dreams - another outtake from the Ravengirl recording
> sessions
> Silver - live with Kevin Silvia on guitar
>
> http://www.myspace.com/kristimartel
>
> enjoy :)
> Lisa
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#160 From: Kristi Martel <kristi@...>
Date: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:09 pm
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Myspace update! 		sealedliprec...
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ps - do you know the date of that balckstone recording of silver?

On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 04:38  AM, lisa071573@... wrote:

> I've rotated out the songs on Kristi's myspace :) Here's what's up now:
>
> Professional Widow - Tori Amos cover from the Tori Amos Tribute show
> last year
> Littlebird's Flight with backing vocals - outtake from the recording
> sessions
> of Ravengirl (this is awesome!)
> Crossing into Dreams - another outtake from the Ravengirl recording
> sessions
> Silver - live with Kevin Silvia on guitar
>
> http://www.myspace.com/kristimartel
>
> enjoy :)
> Lisa
>
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#159 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:38 am
Subject: Myspace update! 		lisa071573
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I've rotated out the songs on Kristi's myspace :) Here's what's up now:

Professional Widow - Tori Amos cover from the Tori Amos Tribute show last year
Littlebird's Flight with backing vocals - outtake from the recording sessions
of Ravengirl (this is awesome!)
Crossing into Dreams - another outtake from the Ravengirl recording sessions
Silver - live with Kevin Silvia on guitar

http://www.myspace.com/kristimartel

enjoy :)
Lisa


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#158 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Mon Jan 9, 2006 12:43 pm
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Sorry about the spam to the list... I'll adjust the properties of the group
to avoid this happening in the future :P
Lisa


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#156 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Thu Jan 5, 2006 2:17 pm
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Here's an update from Kristi on the recording of Ravengirl she's working on
right now! :)
Lisa
---------------------
Kristi says:
ravengirl is coming along well!!!

we did 5 songs monday (broken, For Josh, Into The Fog, Littlebird's
Flight, Photophobia), 4 songs tuesday (Day of Rain, Crossing Into
Dreams, Autumn Nightwork, Harder Than Dying), and 4 songs yesterday
(Wishes (Full of Grace), Dear Emily (2 Days), Ravengirl, Third Death).
we'll do some global edits tomorrow, cello and vocal and keyboard
overdubs saturday, guitar and percussion overdubs sunday as well as
recording the newest version of give sunday (it's a secret), and we'll
be mixing any chance we get in between everything else, as well as
Monday and Tuesday.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been singing and playing about 10 hours a day!

Today is my "day off," meaning, i have to listen really hard to all the
takes and decide which things i like best and take detailed notes so
the edits tomorrow can go more quickly.  i also have to get tracks to
the cellist, guitarist and percussionist, so their overdubs will go
more smoothly on sat and sun.

then back to the studio...


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#155 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:59 pm
Subject: Kristi's e-mail 		lisa071573
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Just wanted to let everyone know Kristi and I had a bit of glitch with her
e-mail last night and everything that was supposed to go to her was bouncing...
it's fixed, but if you tried to send her any e-mail last night, it didn't get
to her :(

Please remember to go check out Kristi's MySpace page and tell me what you
think!
http://www.myspace.com/kristimartel
:) Lisa


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#154 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:11 am
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Kristi Martel at MySpace 		lisa071573
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hey Kristi - my e-mail to you is bouncing right now and telling me it's
looping :P I assume that's cause you're tinkering with it :P


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#153 From: Kristi Martel <kristi@...>
Date: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:58 am
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Kristi Martel at MySpace 		sealedliprec...
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cool!
i just confirmed the account.
and sunk a bunch of time into just exploring.  you have more friends
than i have!  :(
tee hee
so...do you know how to get friends?  could you get me some friends?
or do i need to figure out how to do that for myself?
that is soooooo funny sounding!
;)



On Monday, November 28, 2005, at 11:06  PM, Lisa wrote:

> Hey everyone!
> We're working on MySpace page for Kristi - it's the new "IN" thing and
> we're hoping to use it to get some more people interested in Kristi's
> music. I've got a demo version up right now:
> http://www.myspace.com/kristimartel
>
> I'm hoping you guys can be my focus group :) If you can visit the site
> and report back your thoughts, that'd be great. I'm still working out
> some of the technical details and trying to decide what else to
> include there, but right now there are 4 music tracks up: Give with
> Littlebird from a 2003 performance, Ravengirl from the June 2005 KPFA
> broadcast, See You Sweet with Littlebird on guitar from 2003, and the
> studio version of Through That Door (cause that's just one masterpiece
> of a song...)
>
> Oh and if you've got a profile on MySpace, please add Kristi as one of
> your friends :)
> Lisa
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#152 From: "Lisa" <lisa071573@...>
Date: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:06 am
Subject: Kristi Martel at MySpace 		lisa071573
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Hey everyone!
We're working on MySpace page for Kristi - it's the new "IN" thing and
we're hoping to use it to get some more people interested in Kristi's
music. I've got a demo version up right now:
http://www.myspace.com/kristimartel

I'm hoping you guys can be my focus group :) If you can visit the site
and report back your thoughts, that'd be great. I'm still working out
some of the technical details and trying to decide what else to
include there, but right now there are 4 music tracks up: Give with
Littlebird from a 2003 performance, Ravengirl from the June 2005 KPFA
broadcast, See You Sweet with Littlebird on guitar from 2003, and the
studio version of Through That Door (cause that's just one masterpiece
of a song...)

Oh and if you've got a profile on MySpace, please add Kristi as one of
your friends :)
Lisa

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#151 From: Kristi Martel <kristi@...>
Date: Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:23 am
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Re: Ravengirl rehearsal 		sealedliprec...
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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
>
> Sealed Lip Records
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#150 From: "Rebecca S." <meowmix120@...>
Date: Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:48 am
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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@...>
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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

Sealed Lip Records
www.kmetal.net
www.sonicbids.com/KristiMartel





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#149 From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
Date: Fri Nov 18, 2005 3:55 am
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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

Sealed Lip Records
www.kmetal.net
www.sonicbids.com/KristiMartel

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#148 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:35 pm
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Re: Kristi photos! 		lisa071573
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In a message dated 11/17/2005 2:33:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
meowmix120@... writes:
Hi, Lisa! Nope, I'm not in VA. Sorry! :(  I'm in N.W. AR. But if you want to
send me a CD of her show, too, I'll take one! ;) Thanks again for sharing
the pix!
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Heehee :) send me your address off list and I'll send you a copy as soon as I
get it transferred from the minidisc :)
Lisa


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#147 From: "Rebecca S." <meowmix120@...>
Date: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:32 pm
Subject: Re: Kristi photos! 		meowmix0120
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Hi, Lisa! Nope, I'm not in VA. Sorry! :(  I'm in N.W. AR. But if you want to
send me a CD of her show, too, I'll take one! ;) Thanks again for sharing
the pix!
~
Rebecca
------------
"The sexiest thing is trust."
                    --- Tori Amos, "Jamaica Inn"


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Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:45:52 EST
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Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Kristi photos!


In a message dated 11/16/2005 11:28:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
meowmix120@... writes:
Hey, Lisa! Thanks for the links to your pix! They're great! :)
Rebecca
Hey Rebecca! Is this the same Rebecca from VA that just sent me the photo
cd?
If so, thanks so much :) I will send you the cd of Kristi's show as soon as
I
get it onto cd (hopefully this weekend).
:) Lisa


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#146 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:45 pm
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In a message dated 11/16/2005 11:28:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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Hey, Lisa! Thanks for the links to your pix! They're great! :)
Rebecca
Hey Rebecca! Is this the same Rebecca from VA that just sent me the photo cd?
If so, thanks so much :) I will send you the cd of Kristi's show as soon as I
get it onto cd (hopefully this weekend).
:) Lisa


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#145 From: "Rebecca S." <meowmix120@...>
Date: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:26 am
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Kristi photos! 		meowmix0120
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Hey, Lisa! Thanks for the links to your pix! They're great! :)
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:03:50 EST
To: KristiMartel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Kristi photos!


Hey everyone!
I finally got off my lazy butt and uploaded some Kristi photos to my
gallery!
The main gallery is here:
http://www.briantanaka.com/galleries/lisa/albums.php

There are a bunch of albums of Tori Amos from this past tour, and then the
Kristi stuff is on page 3 of the main album. The individual links to the
albums
are here:
Tori Tribute show 10/15/05:
http://www.briantanaka.com/galleries/lisa/view_album.php?set_albumName=tribu
te
Tori Tribute after party 10/16/05:
http://www.briantanaka.com/galleries/lisa/view_album.php?set_albumName=krist
i

These are the best of the lot - a bunch came out blurry so I didn't upload
those, except for a few good blurry ones :). There's also a fabulous picture
of
Kristi from the Tori Tribute on the Tori Tribute website:
http://lisa-ray.net/2005tribphotos/index.php
:) Lisa




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#144 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:03 pm
Subject: Kristi photos! 		lisa071573
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Hey everyone!
I finally got off my lazy butt and uploaded some Kristi photos to my gallery!
The main gallery is here:
http://www.briantanaka.com/galleries/lisa/albums.php

There are a bunch of albums of Tori Amos from this past tour, and then the
Kristi stuff is on page 3 of the main album. The individual links to the albums
are here:
Tori Tribute show 10/15/05:
http://www.briantanaka.com/galleries/lisa/view_album.php?set_albumName=tribute
Tori Tribute after party 10/16/05:
http://www.briantanaka.com/galleries/lisa/view_album.php?set_albumName=kristi

These are the best of the lot - a bunch came out blurry so I didn't upload
those, except for a few good blurry ones :). There's also a fabulous picture of
Kristi from the Tori Tribute on the Tori Tribute website:
http://lisa-ray.net/2005tribphotos/index.php
:) Lisa


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#143 From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
Date: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:17 pm
Subject: Kristi on KPFA 		sealedliprec...
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Hi everyone!

I just got a call from KPFA that they have finally edited the stuff that I
recorded in their studio on their lovely Yamaha grand piano in June.  They
played some of it Tuesday morning on the air, and you can hear it anytime
you want because it's in Lewis Sawyer's archives for October 25th.
So...go on over to the KPFA website and listen to his hour-long radio
show.  The link is www.kpfa.org/lewissawyer .  Then you'll need to click
the "Listen to Archives" link.  Then you'll need to click the "Tuesday,
October 25th" link to download the show.  He played a couple of the songs
I recorded in June (songs from the forthcoming CD Ravengirl) about two
thirds of the way into the program, right after playing a segment of Mumia
Abu- Jamal's Live from Death Row.  I hope you enjoy Lewis' great program.
He plays my songs a lot, so if you're interested, listen to some of the
other archives too.

:)

Enjoy your little Ravengirl preview!
love and autumn leaves,
kristi


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#142 From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
Date: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:38 pm
Subject: i had fun in NC! 		sealedliprec...
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from the tour diary...
I am sitting here very happy to be listening to one of my favorite
new-to-me songs.  It is called Something In Us All, and I feel like I
could just listen to it for hours on end.  <a
href="http://www.craigwerth.com">Craig Werth</a>'s music is so comforting
to me, and that one is my favorite on his album.  I met him at Star Island
last month, and I hope you will check him out.  His music is so worth it.

I am tired from my trip and the rockstar's tendency not to sleep much.  My
trip was fabulous.  Fans from CA and VA traveled to see me in NC.  I
played well both days.  I only wish more people were at each show.  The
Tori Tribute show was at Bosendorfer Hall and I can't thank the owner
enough for his generosity with us Tori Tribute folk and with kids in the
area.  He donates pianos to kids who don't have money to have one, so that
they can take lessons at a non-profit that charges $1 per lesson!  I am so
proud of Ruggero Piano and Marty Suttle's work getting those kids lessons.
  All us Tori folk performed well.  I especially enjoyed Christine Havrilla
and Pura Fe's performances.  I am so happy to have played <i>Happy
Phantom</i> for my littlebird, <i>Professional Widow</i> for me, and
<i>Black Dove (January)</i> for all of us survivors.  And Ruggero's owner
educated me about a few exclusive brands of grand piano that I hadn't
heard of, and now I know that Fazioli is one of my favorites.  :)

I got to hang out with friends I haven't seen in a long while.  I got to
touch a venomous snake.  I got treated like a star.  All good things.

I played a really unusual set on Sunday, and it felt great.  I rarely play
some of these songs and rarely in the order I played them...

1. Day of Rain
2. Silver
3. Rise
4. Littlebird's Flight
5. Ravengirl
6. Through That Door
7. bound
8. Harder Than Dying
9. Photophobia

Cool, right?  I was impressed that I played <i>bound</i> as well as I did,
considering how long it's been since I played it.  And it just felt good
to play my new songs for old fans.  So I had fun and now I'm preparing for
two excellent shows next week, including resting my voice and my mind and
my heart and my hands.

Take good care of yourselves.
love and light and falling leaves,
kristi


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#141 From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
Date: Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:55 pm
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from the tour diary...Friday, September 30, 2005

hiya!
I'm gearing up to go into the studio, planning arrangements, finding
musicians, planning studio time, practicing.  I am really really excited
for this next album, Ravengirl.  I am excited to be working with one of my
all-time favorite songwriter's favorite engineers, Steve Rizzo, at his
gorgeous studio in Portsmouth RI. You can hear samples from the Ravendemos
on the recordings page, just give 'em some time to load.  And I'll keep
you posted on my progress on the album...

Meanwhile, I'm teaching a lot and loving directing the chorus
WomanSpiritRising and playing various gigs and booking various others.
Next one is in Providence on October 7th.  Then I'm off to NC to play
again at the Tori Tribute and RAINN benefit.  I've been practicing Black
Dove (January), Professional Widow, and Happy Phantom like mad.  Then I'll
play an originals show before heading back home.  My trio is having its
Massachusetts debut on October 26th and then WomanSpiritRising is playing
a fabulous hurricane fundraiser on the 27th.  So October looks fun and
busy!

Star Island was AMAZING.  I had time to reflect on two years since
Littlebird's death.  I had time to soak in the spirit of the island and
resolve to go there every summer.  I met so many kindhearted and talented
poets and songwriters.  We shared our work and inspiried each other.  I
saw all the sunsets and sunrises.  It was truly painful to leave.

I love autumn!  Are you going apple picking?  I sure hope so!

blesses,
kristi


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#140 From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
Date: Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:30 am
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Hello dedicated and patient discussion list!
I am so so so busy all the time!  I am writing songs and planning my album
Ravengirl.  The Quaint & Curious Ravendemos SOUND and LOOK fabulous!!!  I
can't wait for you all to hear them and tell me what you think of the new
songs.

Things I have done this month...

1. moved me, my cat Sadie, all my things, and Sealed Lip Records, to my
new home in Providence RI

2. unpacked and arranged all of my things into my new kitchen, bedroom,
SLR office, music room, and fireplace room

3. honored my former life partner's 2nd death day

4. planted 19 sunflower seeds and 8 morning glory plants and tried not to
let my houseplants die during the move

5. celebrated my pépère's 80th birthday

6. rehearsed and debuted my brand-spanking new trio(!) consisting of Nisha
Purushotham on percussion and Tony Teixeira on bass

7. received almost all the Quaint & Curious Ravendemos I ordered and
mailed them out to all the pre-order-er's and raised four fifths of the
money I need to record and duplicate the next album Ravengirl

8. practiced meditation and visited my meditation teacher at Moonstone Beach

9. rehearsed WomanSpiritRising: a feminist chorus for our next big show in
Peacedale RI on September 18th

And that's not everything!  Stay tuned for updates about my progress with
the new CD and upcoming performances including a mini tour to NC for the
Tori Amos Tribute Concert and RAINN Benefit on October 15th.  (I'll be
playing Happy Phantom, Professional Widow, and Black Dove (January).)  And
it's not too late to get your Ravendemos!  Go to the recordings page for
more info.

Be blessed!
Kristi

8:35 PM

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#139 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:47 pm
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Kristi just finished moving so she's bogged down with stuff to catch up
on.... but!!! the Ravendemos have arrived! Yay! she says they're shipping soon
:)
I'm so excited :)
Lisa


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#138 From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
Date: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:07 pm
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Beautiful 		sealedliprec...
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Hi Alietze!
Welcome and thank you so much!
I'm thrilled you love Brave Enough.  There's been lots of good news
recently...you might want to check recent posts to this list.  Keep
writing to us.  Me and my fairies love getting mail.  I was hoping to get
to NYC in September...not yet sure if it will happen, but I do play there
usually at least once a  year.  Or you could drive out to RI for a show!
The next one is August 18th and it will be the debut of my new trio!  Have
you signed onto the the regular mailing list?  That's the best way to keep
abreast of upcoming shows...
So glad to see you here!
-Kristi


On Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 04:46  PM, astaratsch4711 wrote:

Hi Kristi and fellow listeners,

I just got Brave Enough shipped and you got me. Such an equally sweet and
feisty voice in combination of balming piano soundscapes - love it. And
what a pleasant surprise to receive an invitation to the chat group from
the artist (or her fairies) in my mailbox!!!!

Any chance of a live performance in NYC anytime soon?

Congratulations, cheers and thank you,
Alietze



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#137 From: "astaratsch4711" <astaratsch4711@...>
Date: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:46 pm
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Hi Kristi and fellow listeners,

I just got Brave Enough shipped and you got me. Such an equally sweet
and feisty voice in combination of balming piano soundscapes - love it.
And what a pleasant surprise to receive an invitation to the chat group
from the artist (or her fairies) in my mailbox!!!!

Any chance of a live performance in NYC anytime soon?

Congratulations, cheers and thank you,
Alietze

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#136 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:23 pm
Subject: Re: [KristiMartel SealedLip] Ravendemos complete! 		lisa071573
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Yay! I'm so excited for the demos! I just sent my paypal payment for a copy
:) woo!
:) Lisa


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#135 From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
Date: Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:42 am
Subject: Ravendemos complete! 		sealedliprec...
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Hi everybody!
Supergood news!  Kevin and I finished recording, mixing and mastering the
ravendemos a little after 3am on Friday night (or Saturday morning,
depending on how you look at it...)!!!  I just finished designing the
graphics and putting ways to buy the thing, up on my website!
(www.kmetal.net/recordings.html and www.kmetal.net/help.html have ways to
buy the demos and help fund the studio album!)  It has really gorgeous
cover art.  And it's called "Quaint & Curious Ravendemos."  I will be
putting the master audio and graphics files into the mail to the
duplication house tomorrow.  Hopefully, they will arrive at my house by
August 3rd.  You can order them as soon as you want.  And I'll start
mailing them out as soon as I get them!
You're the first to know!
:)
blesses,
kristi


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#134 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Tue Jul 5, 2005 11:41 am
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In a message dated 7/4/2005 11:08:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
kristi@... writes:
Quaint and Curious Ravendemos
oh! I like that :)


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#133 From: "Kristi Martel" <kristi@...>
Date: Tue Jul 5, 2005 6:08 am
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hmmmmm....
maybe...
Quaint and Curious Ravendemos
:)


On Monday, June 27, 2005, at 01:44  PM, lisa071573@... wrote:

My suggestions:
Evermore: Ravendemos
Only This and Nothing More: Ravendemos
Sorrow for the Lost: Ravendemos

I can't help thinking of Poe when I think of Ravens :)
Lisa


The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
                     Only this and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;--vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow--sorrow for the lost Lenore--
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore--
                     Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me--filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
"'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door--
Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door;
                     This it is and nothing more."
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"--here I opened wide the door--
                     Darkness there and nothing more.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"--
                     Merely this and nothing more.
Back into the chamber turning, all my sour within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery explore--
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;--
                     'Tis the wind and nothing more.
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he,
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door--
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door--
                     Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Then the ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore--
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
                     Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning--little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door--
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
                     With such name as "Nevermore."
But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if its soul in that one word he did outpour
Nothing farther then he uttered; not a feather then he fluttered--
Till I scarcely more than muttered: "Other friends have flown before--
On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
                     Then the bird said "Nevermore."
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore--
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
                     Of 'Never--nevermore.'"
But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore--
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
                     Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er
                     She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
                     Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil!--
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted--
On this home by Horror haunted--tell me truly, I implore--
Is there--is there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me, I implore!"
                     Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us--by that God we both adore--
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore--
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
                     Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Be that our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting--
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul has spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!--quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
                     Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadows on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
                     Shall be lifted--nevermore!



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#132 From: lisa071573@...
Date: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:44 pm
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My suggestions:
Evermore: Ravendemos
Only This and Nothing More: Ravendemos
Sorrow for the Lost: Ravendemos

I can't help thinking of Poe when I think of Ravens :)
Lisa


The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
                      Only this and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;--vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow--sorrow for the lost Lenore--
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore--
                      Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me--filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
"'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door--
Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door;
                      This it is and nothing more."
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"--here I opened wide the door--
                      Darkness there and nothing more.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"--
                      Merely this and nothing more.
Back into the chamber turning, all my sour within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery explore--
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;--
                      'Tis the wind and nothing more.
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he,
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door--
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door--
                      Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Then the ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore--
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
                      Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning--little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door--
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
                      With such name as "Nevermore."
But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if its soul in that one word he did outpour
Nothing farther then he uttered; not a feather then he fluttered--
Till I scarcely more than muttered: "Other friends have flown before--
On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
                      Then the bird said "Nevermore."
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore--
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
                      Of 'Never--nevermore.'"
But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore--
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
                      Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er
                      She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
                      Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil!--
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted--
On this home by Horror haunted--tell me truly, I implore--
Is there--is there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me, I implore!"
                      Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us--by that God we both adore--
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore--
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
                      Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"Be that our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting--
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul has spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!--quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
                      Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadows on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
                      Shall be lifted--nevermore!


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