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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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March 11, 2007
Holla!
Hello friends! It's Michelle...
Hope all is well in the world out there. I'm so excited about this video Brandis made of our show - it's from a few years back, I know! I'm sincerely working towards arranging *some* shows for this year. I do enjoy playing for people - very much, actually - but it can be SUCH a pain in the ASS, that my lazy nature usually shrugs it off. Oh, and I go to bed terribly early too. Nonetheless, I've got new tunes that I'm dying to try out with the band (Henry, Matty Poo and with some luck, Tom too! POSSIBLY Bebe AKA Michael Duggan??). Matty Poo and I fell off our "recording covers" boat, but perhaps we'll be getting back into that too. I think we're just all a bit disassembled from the holidays, etc. My day job has me travelling quite a bit too. But it's all calming down soon, and I will be able to focus on music once again. It really has felt like a looong time since I've sat at the ol' pianer. I think my neighbors are wondering if their Resident Canary has gone and died. I haven't. Just stalling, as usual...
I do thank you for your continued support. I don't own a computer, but I do look at my MySpace stuff sometimes - it's SO lovely to hear from old familiar folks! It tickles me so. And Brianna - she's my Tinkerbell. I'm so grateful for her constant upkeep of my dusty website - thank you and HOLLA!!
BANANAS!!
Mz. Monkey
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I wasn't expecting an update from Mizz Monkey and boy, how happy I was to read a post from you! I hope all is well over there. Work can be such a pain, no? ;) I hope to be able to see you perform one day.... From one monkey to another, have a great day! :)
Post a Commentwoooohooo update ! well it's good to hear read some words. i guess it's hard to conciliate music and working life, and difficult to work on music as much as you'd like but i'm pretty sure the new tunes are too cool to be kept in a drawer so maybe we just have to be patient :) i hope it's just a "good-bye" for the covers coz i was curious about the madonna one :) anyway, 'til the next update take care ^_^