TAKE MY HAND - song #22

I'm so excited....we finished song #22 TAKE MY HAND and I think it's my new favorite. If I could only record one of the 22 songs we've completed....this would be the one. It's about rekindling the love that was and the music is beautiful, fitting so perfectly to Susan Santiago's lyric...I'm thrilled!!!

Rebecca Dru's SALON # 5 & 6

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Friends

I had a whirlwind weekend in Tampa surprising a dear sweet friend for her 50th as well as getting in a little singing.
I had another special surprise when my carissima amica, Pauline Priore called.

There is no greater gift than friendship and a heart full of love......

Rebecca Dru stands at #1 on LoneBoy for the 2nd week in a row!

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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.

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Do You Ever Think of Me?

Susan and I just completed our 16th song...."Do You Ever Think of Me?"
It's getting harder to pick my favorite, though this last group of 3 songs that I'll be singing in January and February Salons are just beautiful....deeper than the others. They even have my husband and daughter singing and playing them.

If you're interested in coming to one of my salons, send me a message.

Finished another song....

That makes 15 songs in 15 weeks.... and what a roller coaster. I love the writing process...and yet for me..it's a torturous experience in that, the actual writing of the song is peaceful and almost meditative. A part of me closes down and I just go somewhere deep inside... the music comes out of my fingers and my voice. My husband doesn't understand it, being a traditionally trained musician. I don't try to understand it..I just to with it. It's after I actually write the song when I'm back in a conscious state of mind that the torture begins...It almost feels like my heart is being ripped out..hard to explain. I become more isolated as the song settles in...and then I come back to life....but as long as I have a writing partner, I won't stop. Susan is planning on writing 50 lyrics by the beginning of the summer.

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!

Lone Boy Records

I'm excited about my latest site LONE BOY RECORDS. It's located in London and that brings me into Europe where I was going to start out over 23 years ago....except then I met Jerry, my husband...and though I hadn't planned on getting married...well..the rest is history. So I'm excited.

As for my new songs....I've now completed 12 songs with Susan and we have 8 more to go before we choose the final 12. Plus I'll include a bonus I wrote with another talented soul. I hope to have my new CD up on there late 2008 along with a few videos.

Mvyradio.com Local Cafe

I'm excited....found out my song CARA LUNA AMICA
got picked up my mvyradio.com's local cafe. Take a listen..

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.

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.

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.

PROLIFIC

I'm laughing so hard...... my friend, Susan Santiago, who is my writing partner is RELENTLESS....she wants me to put this CD out yesterday and so she's popping up on my computer all day to see if I'm writing and to work on these songs....we've written 3 songs in 3 days ...except for a little polishing.... and she's got 3 more lyrics in the making...... and I have some melodies that need some bridges and some polishing....whew...it's a blast...been years since I wrote like this (like in the '80's when I spent 12 - 18 hours a day!)...barely having time to come up for air....exhausting, refreshing and GREAT fun!

I listen to the younger singers songs and they're all full of fresh young love and hope....and then you get to be my age and all of a sudden the songs are of broken relationships, friends' illnesses, passing hopes and dreams...OY! I think it's time for some up songs. We've both been in marriages that have lasted over 20 years....and I'm more in love with my husband than ever...perhaps we'll write a song about that.....

Ricardo Osorio, who produced my Lullabye CDs is fixing up my studio so I can start recording again...I'm so excited! Now if I can just settle down to learn how to use everything....I find it harder to focus on the technical things that used to come so easy.....but I'll accept the challenge.

Have FuN!

I'm working on SONGSLIDE.com

There's a new site that lets you, the listener/buyer set your price...it's called Songslide.com. Check out my page there Rebecca Dru on Songslide. I'm still working on setting it up...but I'm half way there....

Once I get all of these site up and running and in a manageable way, I'm going to start learning how to do livestream podcasts from my living room. I just don't know how I feel about going out and playing clubs again....but the fact that I could have people over and perform right here, broadcasting it anywhere is so appealing...until I build up a new repertoire of songs.

Let me know what you think.

I'm off to walk my dogs...always a lively interesting walk to say the least in this exuberant part of the city.

Sweet dreams

I'm up and running on mytracks.com

I'm so excited to have finished uploading 41 tracks to mytracks.com/rebeccadru. I wonder how many people actually use these sites..but we'll see over time. It's amazing the talent out there...so if anything I can appreciate it for that. Check it out and let me know what you thing. It's an evolving site...so hopefully, though I've uploaded my pictures, they'll post them soon.

Happy 4th of July!