One day I'll feel it again in another convertible. But for now it's nice to know Summer is on it's way.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Sweet smell of a summer's eve
The air on this warm Memorial Day evening smells sweet as summer. Temperate, with a slight breeze that kicks up every so often, and carries with it a scent of nothing in particular, but in summary raises memories of similar nights years ago. Driving my convertible at dusk, when the sky isn't yet dark, but the street lights are on, and the warm wind blows through my hair - a feeling of freedom!
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Go, upstate NY! Sawyer wins the Voice!
This is the first time my family and I have watched "The Voice," and we watched faithfully every Monday and Tuesday night! And what a treat it has been. A terrific season filled with diversity and super talented artists! We are looking forward to saying - "I saw him/her on The Voice!" when the get big and famous!
Our family's love of music has always been a part of our lives. My husband's passion for the soul of music & lyrics probably began with Eddie Vedder - we have every PJ album ever released! But has been continually evolving and growing. His passion for music parallels my passion for performing arts in film, television, and stage. And our children have enjoyed art, music and performing (to a limited audience of family and friends, and dance school parents) while hopefully gaining appreciation for the arts we share.
The show came at a perfect time for us, I think - in the dead of Winter when a cold Monday and Tuesday night were perfect times to sit together and enjoy the show, it's process, the coaches' guidance, and the heart & soul of musical performing. Our 10 year old daughter is very interested in performing, and we hope this showed her the talent, beauty and commitment involved with the arts.
The 4 coaches also seemed perfect for my family this season - Adam for a few of us, but Maroon5's "Animal" has been my 6 yr old son's favorite song this Winter and he was excited that "that's the singer?! Cool!" Christina is just a super talented voice! Blake hits on our recently renewed interest in Country music... we watched the CMA's this year as a family, too, as well as the Grand Ole Opry concert episode from ABC's hit show, "Nashville." All thoroughly enjoyed by the 4 of us!
And while we all felt so many of the people on "The Voice" were talented - truly sad to see some artists from the top 20 not make it early on, and super excited to see them back for the final show - the final 6 contestants were amazing. By last nights 4, we would have liked any of them to win, and in our eyes they all already one. From a performing standpoint - it was wonderful to see their dreams coming true. To perform with some greats! To have musical greats write songs for you to perform.
I mean, WHAT!?!? AMAZING!
Performing on stage... hours of practice, rehearsals, stage design for each song. It again impresses me the extent of what goes in to these weekly performance shows. The efforts of ALL involved in front and behind the scenes. True appreciation for it all!
The final four were all unique and not a main-stream style which gave us hope in the future of music. If the public is voting these guys in each week, it means maybe melodic music with lyrics that move us and that we can carry around in our heads for hours or days will be back to grace our radios and iPods! (We also hope to see India, Kimberly Nichole too! Amazing powerhouses!)
We truly appreciate and admire all 4 finalists - blues from the vocal strength of Megan Linsey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZDubPCd0Hs - she is a star born now... career solidified!); gentle heart-felt Joshua Davis; truly blessed, complete embodiment of the music by Koryn Hawthorne; and the humble, old soul in the young boy from Upstate NY, Sawyer Fredricks.
Seeing the young kid from upstate NY be recognized by America as a super musical star with his different look and musicality is why I think I really wanted him to win all along! It's the dream. And thank you world! What a deserved soul! Who will make music proud while not losing himself along the way - you can just tell!
Here's to all the performers! It takes guts. Something I've struggled with my whole life - hiding behind another career justifying that the paycheck was more important than my dreams. So I give huge kudos to everyone who can take a chance, and put themselves out there and live a dream! Life's too short to not aim high and go for it!
Our family's love of music has always been a part of our lives. My husband's passion for the soul of music & lyrics probably began with Eddie Vedder - we have every PJ album ever released! But has been continually evolving and growing. His passion for music parallels my passion for performing arts in film, television, and stage. And our children have enjoyed art, music and performing (to a limited audience of family and friends, and dance school parents) while hopefully gaining appreciation for the arts we share.
The show came at a perfect time for us, I think - in the dead of Winter when a cold Monday and Tuesday night were perfect times to sit together and enjoy the show, it's process, the coaches' guidance, and the heart & soul of musical performing. Our 10 year old daughter is very interested in performing, and we hope this showed her the talent, beauty and commitment involved with the arts.
The 4 coaches also seemed perfect for my family this season - Adam for a few of us, but Maroon5's "Animal" has been my 6 yr old son's favorite song this Winter and he was excited that "that's the singer?! Cool!" Christina is just a super talented voice! Blake hits on our recently renewed interest in Country music... we watched the CMA's this year as a family, too, as well as the Grand Ole Opry concert episode from ABC's hit show, "Nashville." All thoroughly enjoyed by the 4 of us!
And while we all felt so many of the people on "The Voice" were talented - truly sad to see some artists from the top 20 not make it early on, and super excited to see them back for the final show - the final 6 contestants were amazing. By last nights 4, we would have liked any of them to win, and in our eyes they all already one. From a performing standpoint - it was wonderful to see their dreams coming true. To perform with some greats! To have musical greats write songs for you to perform.
I mean, WHAT!?!? AMAZING!
Performing on stage... hours of practice, rehearsals, stage design for each song. It again impresses me the extent of what goes in to these weekly performance shows. The efforts of ALL involved in front and behind the scenes. True appreciation for it all!
The final four were all unique and not a main-stream style which gave us hope in the future of music. If the public is voting these guys in each week, it means maybe melodic music with lyrics that move us and that we can carry around in our heads for hours or days will be back to grace our radios and iPods! (We also hope to see India, Kimberly Nichole too! Amazing powerhouses!)
We truly appreciate and admire all 4 finalists - blues from the vocal strength of Megan Linsey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZDubPCd0Hs - she is a star born now... career solidified!); gentle heart-felt Joshua Davis; truly blessed, complete embodiment of the music by Koryn Hawthorne; and the humble, old soul in the young boy from Upstate NY, Sawyer Fredricks.
Seeing the young kid from upstate NY be recognized by America as a super musical star with his different look and musicality is why I think I really wanted him to win all along! It's the dream. And thank you world! What a deserved soul! Who will make music proud while not losing himself along the way - you can just tell!
Here's to all the performers! It takes guts. Something I've struggled with my whole life - hiding behind another career justifying that the paycheck was more important than my dreams. So I give huge kudos to everyone who can take a chance, and put themselves out there and live a dream! Life's too short to not aim high and go for it!
Monday, May 18, 2015
The Royals - E! it took a while but the final 2 episodes really got there!
At the start, this show was sort of like that odd thing that doesn't sit quite right with you, but you can't stop looking at it. There was something that didn't flow for me - I wasn't sure if it was because there was a "King" of England, or that the Queen was so damned gorgeous. I mean, really?! But I kept saying, "of course it's this way - they need something to pull in the audience....sex, drugs and rock & roll." And the crazy twin siblings rebelling against the formality of their predestined monarchy lives... a bit overplayed. But again, it's an hour-long show - gotta cram it in somehow. So I wondered was it the writing, the cast, the over-done-ness of it all? And then the last 3 episodes started to get good. So I say, if you tried it and can't quite get into it... hang in there. The season ends with a couple twists that make the thought of a future season a bit intriguing! Thanks E! Besides, I'm just happy the industry is getting scripted television back in the game! YAY!
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