Michelle Cross

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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 8, 2004
Our apologies... 
We realize things have been quiet around here for a while and I figured it was time to let everyone know why. No, there haven’t been any BIG events, just little life episodes that come up every now and then.

First off, for those of you who don’t know, Brianna lives in that crazy place called Florida. Florida has a tendency to attract hurricanes at this time of year and has not only been battered by one hurricane, but soon afterwards another decided to swing on by too. Currently there is yet a third threatening to touch land again. I haven’t heard anything from Brianna in a couple weeks, but this is understandable. We’re sure she’s all right- just preoccupied. Let’s hope that she was able to avoid the worst of the storms (she did tell me that the first hurricane missed her part of the state.)

Second, I had the pleasure to be in Europe for a week. It was for work, which made the trip even better. Not only did I get to spend a week in Prague, but I got paid to be there as well. However, this kept me away from being able to handle normal everyday things here in Chicago. I was out of touch for most of the week.

And last (but not least!) Michelle got a job. A real nine to fiver. So she will no longer be able to call herself a starving artist. At the same time, she is adjusting to a new schedule- or should I say, adjusting to having any type of schedule to begin with.

With all that going on, it should be easy to see how things have been quiet on the web. We are still moving forward though. We did record something at the Palette and Chisel show- very lo-fi, but we will let you hear something eventually. And we are busy rehearsing for the upcoming Sept 18th show. It will be a full band performance and we’re testing out how to best approach that with the new material. But it should be a fun show so please come out and say Hi. Hope to see you there.

Mat

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