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Michelle Cross is obsessed with her music. "I [play and write music] all the time. When I don't have a job I'm playing 14 hours a day. When I do have a job I play 4 or 5 hours a day. I have to do it everyday… as much as I can squeeze in." She describes her songs as therapeutic and very personal. "It's like my journal" although she admits she likes to "steal shoes" a lot.
Sprinkled with classical influences and firmly supported by strong vocals, Cross's songs tend to have a darker moodier feel to them. At times, there is a lot of aggression and rhythm in her piano playing, yet even at its most gentle moments her powerfully emotional and melodic piano-based songs have caused listeners to sit-up and pay attention." ( read more... )
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September 22, 2004
Hi Guys.
What goes on? It's Sunday night - another work week looms over me. Is this life? Oh, it's really not so bad. You really meet some interesting people that you normally would have never met. I do find "time" is a precious, precious thing these days. I hold it close to me like a baby.
Anyhow, we played the Elbo Room last night and it was a total blast! A total party! Vodka was coursing through my veins like a happy fire. Everyone was so lovable and huggable - I loved it all! I don't know if we recorded it... it was such a casual thing, but Matty Poo will let us know. Bebe sailed on his mean ol' cella, Matty Poo switched diligently from bass to guitar and totally rocked on Better Girl (he worked up a whole new intro and everything), and Henry - darling, darling Henry lit up a fire up under my ass! So we were feelin' good, if I may dare say. The set list's at the end of this blog - but I'm not done yet.
Okay, so the band after us was MicroChimp - and the dude had an awesome freakin' voice and really smart tunes - very impressive material (and the bass player was sooo cute, excuse me). But more along my genre, Liz Larin went on before us. Never heard of her, never gave it a second thought - who knew that I would be in love with her now? I had to send her an email to this effect. I have a total love for women who can sound like women who can be men - does this make sense? Liz is one of them. The good ones are hard to find, I tell you. She just has that edge to her voice and her songwriting impeccable. Every song on her new record (The Story of O-Miz) is fabulous. She's from Detroit which just makes it way cooler. She has a wise soul that can scream - that's the only way I can really put it right now.
Let's see. I think that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by, as always.
Michelle
Intro (Money Where Your Mouth Is)
Big Fish
Better Girl
We Both Know
Desire
Planet Steve (Bebe 'n me)
Raven (Bebe n' me)
River of Seine
Tipsy
Glory Box - Portishead (just me)
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