Here you go, one of the first songs I ever wrote, performed live loop-style! When I was just learning how to sing, these lyrics spontaneously evolved one day while walking to work. The video is from one of our very first shows!
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Mondays are always sweeter after having an awesome weekend to reminisce about. Weekend awesomeness is difficult to measure, but I usually base this on the amount of music that was experienced. Whether its writing, recording, practicing, listening, or dancing at a live show…all are considered crucial weekend material! This one was particularly special. I not only had friends over for a fun Sunday brunch jam followed by a Rung’s practice, but I also got to catch a killer performance by my husband’s recently formed band, Photoreal, on Saturday night. What an amazing night! They played a powerful set of new songs and ended with an impressive cover of 17 years by Ratatat, which I managed to capture on video. Although this is a blog about The Rungs, I can’t stop myself from wanting to share this with my fellow music lovers 🙂
The best part about loading out after last Sunday’s show was knowing that we have another show just around the corner! This time it is with a fellow local Ithaca band, Powder the Moon, featuring music by our good friend, Gabe Tavares. For anyone interested, you can listen to his music here: https://www.facebook.com/GabeTavares/app_2405167945
Having a show to look forward to on the calendar makes my days leading up to it feel so sweet 🙂
At our last show, my camera died while were playing, so hopefully I will get some good video from this one to share!
I remember getting out of elementary school in the early afternoon and bolting out on my bike to ride around the neighborhood with my friends. Our 3 little blocks seemed like an endless world of grasshoppers and lizards and perfectly branched climbing trees. We defined our surroundings by a combination of limited knowledge and our Disney influenced imaginations. A haunted house at the end of a long driveway, a hole in the ground that we tirelessly dug to China, the Creek where pirates had once been who we sent bottled messages to, and the sky fort in my backyard that transformed from a ship on the sea into a castle on an island into an airplane in the sky.
Now I’ve gone back there a few times over the past five years. Walking the entire neighborhood in a short 20 min, I recalled strong emotions of adventure, fear and excitement that were once triggered by childhood fantasies. Have I lost this ability to create new dimensions? Have I acquired enough knowledge to scientifically understand everything in front of me and closed in on the gaps that used to be filled with make-believe? Or could I be suppressing a playfulness that is not a social norm in the workplace adult world? I remember this empowering phenomenon that grew in the company of my childhood friends. When we were in the same wavelength, sharing the same imaginative visions of being witches or steering a pirate ship. We fed off of each other’s energy and fueled each other’s energy.
I tried writing a song about these feelings and memories. Here is a video from one of our first attempts playing the song live. Right now its called, ‘Best Friend,’ but I’m working on the recording so everything is subject to change! (things can get crazy when it comes to recording 🙂 ) I dedicate the song to all of my good friends who I grew up with. Man we have sure learned a lot of lessons together! I’m so happy to have music as a channel through which to express these childhood memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMXTSzmYrM
We recently had a great time playing with the Starry Mountain Sweetheart Band at the Chapter House, one of our favorite pubs in Ithaca! Here is a rough video from the show; our cover of ‘Kids’ by the psychedelic rock band MGMT. This was such a fun one to play! I also love their song ‘Electric Feel,’ its so funky and danceable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlwLZHJ0xQw
Hmmm more MGMT songs to cover in the future? I think yes 🙂
Sometimes it just feels good to rock out to some metal!
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