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06/27/09 – Basin Street Block Party

joanna — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Basin Street Block Party When Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:00pm - All Ages Where (map) Other InfoJosh Karns and I, along with our neighbors Pat and Alan will host the 15th Annual Basin Street Beer Tasting Block Party. This party is open to family, friends, and friends of friends. Admission is a covered dish or a six pack of micro-brew or imported beer. [...]

Smoke The Groove in Penn Live

joanna — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:19:42 +0000

To my surprise Michael Sedor posted a blog on Penn Live reviewing Smoke The Groove and promoting our show tomorrow night at Suba!

WOW! I’m super hyped for our show now! Come early for a table and get ready to rock the house!

9pm to 11pm.

Free Show!

Thank you, Michael Sedor!

Check it out!

http://blog.pennlive.com/afterdark/2009/01/smoke_the_groove_at_suba_satur.html

Midnight at the Angel Factory

joanna — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:35:45 +0000

Each month Jason Rubal hosts a night of free one-take recordings for singer songwriters at his studio, Seventh Wave. This event is called Midnight at the Angel Factory and on December 19th I was one of his guests. As you can see in the photo below, the space is beautiful!

Mr. Rubal shared his belief in these one-take recordings. The first take is usually the most raw and honest., and he is interested in capturing that in singer-songwriters. It seemed important that he would avoid diluting the song with multiple takes and over production. We made the agreement that he would record my songs for free and I would distribute them for free.

I recorded acoustic arrangements of Red Eyes, I Love, and Stay, in one take each. I wailed into five carefully positioned microphones and the result is in fact intimate and clear.

This was truly an extraordinary evening, as I was privileged to record in this fine studio with Jason and his assistant Brandon. I also met three other local singer songwriters: Messina Whirley, Sarah Witmer, and Loretta Billieux. Josh was also present and gave thumbs up and a proud grin from the control room.

Stay

I Love

I also perform these songs with my band Smoke The Groove. See the gig calendar on my home page and come to one of our shows.

I make music.

joanna — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:30:01 +0000

All day and in my dreams.

rhythm and harmony. dissonance. vowel and rhyme.

phrase. pattern. repeat. change 2 keep it interesting.