Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Salon de Rebecca Dru

Friday night I had a group of people over to hear the first selection of songs Susan Santiago and I have completed. I wanted to make it VERY casual in that it's been a long time since I've done this and I wanted to be very relaxed and make it fun for myself. I even kept on my beach garb..my torn off sleeved T and shorts...no shoes. I figured I'd change when we went out to dinner afterwards. I had drinks...but no food.....and that's MAJOR for me being that I love to cook..and people expect treats from me...but I really thought I'd run through the songs and we'd be off for Indian. WRONG! I guess I didn't expect the level of comfort I had nor the patter than ran out of my mouth. I also had invited some other talented people who performed some of their original material and it became an evening of entertainment. My poor friend, Diane, was gnawing at her fingers she was sooo hungry. What I thought would take under 30 minutes to play..ended up taking about two hours....and will become a regular affair. Another friend said she loved the idea of bringing back the "Salon" of the 30's.

The songs went over very well. I'm so pleased with the response and have started working on the next 5 songs. Susan's left me with a stack of lyric as she returns to teaching at the High School. I'm aiming to finish this next group soon and have another salon at the end of September.

I'd like to invite a few more people to this one. I'm hoping my friend, the comedienne can make it as well as my friend who does interpretive signing. She's wonderful to watch...and if I can get Phillip, the angel who lives next door to play for her while she signs, I think it'll be incredible to watch. We all have different talents...what a wonderful way to spend and evening sharing that with each other.

And yes....next time I will have food.....lots of food.


Saturday, August 18, 2007

New Song

Susan and I finished our 4th song this morning. Each one I love even more than the one before. I really can't wait to record them. I've got two more that just need the music for the verses and we're half way done.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Life's funny ways....

Last night I was googling a MOTU tech to help me set up my studio. Ricardo has been busy and I'm getting frustrated. I happened upon a very cool guy, John Klimeck. Talented and intelligent among other fine attributes. I look forward to working with him. Of all the postings I found on Google....I contacted him...and I don't think it was by chance. Life works in strange and mysterious ways...

Songwriting

I've been writing with Susan Santiago...she's been kicking out at least one lyric a day...sometimes two. What a great lyricist...I'm in awe of her prowess and honored to write with her...nice working someone of her caliber. I love the new songs we've written....and I'm enjoying singing again. Hopefully in the next few weeks, I'll have some of the new material up for a listen on my various sites. Keep you ears open as I'd love some feedback.

I'm up on vjingle.com


There's another new indie site that I've found. Check out my page www.vjingle.com/RebeccaDru

Sunday, August 5, 2007

I was added to MY RECORD LABEL

Thanks for you help with the voting process! I was added within two days.
Come visit anytime. I'll be adding some new songs soon.