Rebecca Dru's SALON # 5 & 6

More New Songs and the next Salon

Happy New Year! Hope it's filled with lots of love and tremendous FUN!

Susan Santiago and I have been writing quite a bit over vacation. These last five songs seem to have taken on a new direction. They are, perhaps being my favorites; kind of reach out and grab your heart.

I'm thinking about making the next Salon in March. If you're interested in coming, send me an e-mail as space is limited.

Salon #2 a success

Last night was Salon #2. It was small, intimate and a lot of fun. I did 9 new songs...plus 4 songs from the previous Salon and this time had a PA set up so you could actually hear the vocals over my Yamaha C-3. Lots of food!...LOTS OF FOOD....plus...I thought the neighbors were going to think we were having an orgy because of the sounds released from eating Jami's desserts...and the fights to get another piece.

The next one will be sometime in February...have to start writing again. If you're interested in coming...let me know.

In the interim...hopefully, Ricardo will help get my studio set up so we can start recording these and putting them out on the internet.

Have fun!

Singing in a "Salon"

I must say that I'm really enjoying myself singing in these "Salon" type atmospheres. I like the intimacy and the reactions. I like sharing talents...and I like the possibilities. You never know in a club, what kind of audience you're going to have...but in a Salon...everyone is there for the same reason...an evening of entertainment in a warm and friendly environment. On Thursday, I've been asked to do a show for one person. I've recently done a couple of those and it's been lovely...so I'm looking forward to doing this one....and we always follow it with going out to dinner, which is great fun. I'm working on putting together my next Salon...I just finished another new song....just need two more songs and I'm ready.

Interestingly as the result of myspace...I'm getting a greek audience. I know a bit of Italian, French and German....might anyone help me out with a few key expressions in Greek?

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.