Rebecca Dru...Back after 24 years Live at The Santa Monica Playhouse

TAKE MY HAND makes the OLYMPUS Finals

OLYMPUS had a Battle of the Bands Proof Contest and the song I wrote with Susan Santiago was picked out of thousands as a contender for the finals. To take a listen: Choose TAKE MY HAND by Rebecca Dru Voting is now over.
Thanks to everyone who participated by voting. I appreciate your support!

Facebook

I've spent most of the summer walking my dogs and relaxing at the beach.  I've been putting up live recordings of the new songs which you can find on my facebook page and facebook FAN page as well as all of my older recordings and a discography. This has been a terrific source of networking for those of you not yet using Facebook.

Just a side story...I come from a LARGE family and my siblings have gotten a bit sentimental at not getting together the way we used to pre-2000.  It's tough being scattered around and having busy schedules.  So....I suggested to those not already on Facebook to join. I even created the site for one of them and edited along another.  Now all 7 of us are on, many cousins, Uncles, Aunts.  It's become an easy way to stay in touch on a daily basis...kind of nice.  Now, I'll have to get my parents up to the 21st century.....wait til you see their pages!!

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!!!

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.

Rebecca Dru is on Zazzle.com

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.

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.

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 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!

mytracks.com

Today I'm going to set up on mytracks.com

There are so many internet sites for recording artists that within every day or two I can add myself to another site. Now I just have to figure out how to get my name known so I can generate some income. My songs...my voice appeal to everyone. It's simply frustrating when you build up a career and then put it on hold for 20 years.....and have to start all over again....this time without playing the live gigs.

I'm thinking about setting up a webcam and just webstreaming me playing live...just me and my piano...creating video podcasts.

I'm also setting up on buyswag.com which partners with mytracks.com

I NEED LYRICS....

I need lyrics...it's not my forte to write them, but I do know a well crafted one from one that's not and I do know how to polish it...my expections are fairly high....and of course the better I know the lyricist..the better my music (I write to the lyrics..not the other way around).

It's frustrating to me....not to have a stack of lyrics with which to work.
I might actually have to try writing lyrics again after all of these years....it's not a pleasure for me as is composing the music...but it may end up being a necessity if I can't find someone.
Any suggestions?!