Dear Lilith Fair,
Things have been so busy lately! But I haven’t forgotten about you! I recently got a microkorg synthesizer and I have been writing new electronic songs which I will share with you soon! Some of them I will be sharing at my next live show at The Studio at Webster Hall in NYC! Yay!
Dear Lilith Fair,
Some friends and I got together and made up a song on the fly about a man who wears a mustache and has a figurine friend. *This video was filmed by Tristan De Boer and also features Stephen Wisker and Kendra Mac Devitt.* Enjoy!
Dear Lilith Fair,
Last night I sweated out my impurities by dancing in a hot hot warehouse in Brooklyn where Bjork was DJing. I was able to give her some of my Alyson Greenfield soap which she sweetly thanked me for. When I wrote my first electronic song on the Casio I was sitting on the floor of my apartment in Alabama amazed at the beautiful, dreamy sounds that were coming out of the CT-380 keyboard my parents bought me in the early 90s. The sounds reminded me of 3 of my favorite songwriters who I feel most eloquently and honestly sing about what it feels like to be a human while adding otherworldy sounds into their compositions. As I sat on the floor and transported myself into this new electronic world, I thought of Bjork, Kate Bush, and Peter Gabriel, and wrote “Human Behavior.”
Listen here to my Human Behavior
Download my Human Behavior Here
03 Human Behavior MP3 Download
Dear Lilith Fair,
Here is a new song with piano and snare drum called “Gag Me With a Spoon.”
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Gag Me With a Spoon MP3 Download
Dear Lilith Fair,
Here is the first full song I remember writing! I was 12 years old when I wrote it. It is about a father putting pressure on his son. Enjoy!
Dear Lilith Fair,
The awesome site Caketease (http://caketease.wordpress.com), now has a section called “Sugar and Sound” where they interview musicians at bakeries! I was interviewed at Sugar Sweet Sunshine in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. You can go here: http://caketease.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/alysongreenfield/ to check out the article which discusses chocolate peppermint cupcakes, Bjork, Tori Amos, Joss Whedon, and of course YOU, Dear Lilith Fair!
At Sugar Sweet Sunshine!
Dear Lilith Fair,
Last night I saw Chris Barron (Spin Doctors) perform live for the first time. The Spin Doctors’ album “Pocket Full of Kryptonite” was the first CD I ever bought. I also found a Spin Doctors t-shirt at a thrift store and I used to think it was really cool when I would wear it around my middle school. Hearing Chris’s familiar voice sing “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes” put a huge smile on my face. So many of Chris’s songs made me smile and dance. When I came home I recorded a song journal about experiencing his performance.
(*This is the first song on this blog I am listing as a “Song Journal” although other songs here were created with the same process– sit down, press record, play/sing, see what comes out, upload to blog. To me a Song Journal is a way to get thoughts and feelings out like one would in writing, except I am doing it through song. Song Journals are not finished songs but have the potential to be. Who knows how all the song thoughts will end up!?)
Listen to Song Journal 1: Happy:
“Happy” MP3 Download
Dear Lilith Fair,
This weekend was an exciting one for me! I recorded my new EP and had a photoshoot! I’m excited for all of the new energy and I can’t wait for you to hear the EP featuring my cover of “Gangsta’s Paradise” on a glockenspiel and more!
Brooklyn Photo Shoot by Rebecca Sherman
(http://everythingisextraordinary.blogspot.com/ and http://www.etsy.com/shop/bhekipainting)
Check out more photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=158745&id=764989400&l=17692f1d69
Recording new EP with Rebecca An
Dear Lilith Fair,
Here is a new song I just wrote. It’s about how music is the balm.
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“Life’s Not Supposed To Be” MP3 Download
Dear Lilith Fair,
I have a new song called “Letter” inspired by Martin Firrell (www.martinfirrell.com), an artist/activist who projects thought provoking words/phrases onto buildings. I have included some examples of his work below.
Dear Lilith Fair 2010 