tag:mereminne.com,2005:/blogs/lacy-s-blog?p=4Lacy's Blog2021-06-06T11:23:23-04:00Lacy Jamesfalsetag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/66510772021-06-06T11:23:23-04:002021-06-18T09:08:50-04:00new interview<p>A lovely interview that I did back in February (via Zoom) has just been released on YouTube by <a contents="CSB Television" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDcgP58atMSnqCUpL3GSt7w" target="_blank">CSB Television</a>. We talk about some of my process and inspirations through the years, and through the pandemic... thank you so much to Casey Bell for asking such interesting questions, and for your support since the very beginning of my work! <3<3<3</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="72feGGcRcXc" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/72feGGcRcXc/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/72feGGcRcXc?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/65931292021-04-03T11:50:45-04:002021-06-06T11:31:58-04:00there be monsters :)<p>Hahahaha did I mention how much I love playing on <a contents="Twitch" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.twitch.tv/lacyjames" target="_blank">Twitch</a>? Thanks to Artery for always bringing the squids at appropriate times! For now, I'm still singing live there every Wednesday at 7pm, Saturdays at 2pm and Sundays at 4pm... come hang with us and see what it's all about :)</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.twitch.tv/lacyjames" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/8b417e23803778ee1db580a5d9bbf929049fcdb8/original/sing8-color-edit-500w.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_none" alt="" /></a></p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/65030692021-01-19T19:02:01-05:002021-03-24T08:31:01-04:00new dreams, new streams<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/f29b109aa098f7294f17e9aff9b57b5c17bada24/original/livestream-scheduleyt-fb-tw-500w.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>It feels like such a relief that at last some vaccines are starting to roll out... in the meantime I hope that you're well and staying safe! If you're looking for fun things to do from home, my new livestreaming schedule is posted above so come hang out... I'd love to "see" you there :) For now I'm playing on Saturdays at 1pm EST on both YouTube and Facebook (at the same time) and three times a week on Twitch. You can watch and listen even if you're not logged in, although you do need to log in to comment, request songs etc. -- which is a big part of the fun! It's free to listen; tips always appreciated but never required :) I'm just getting started on Twitch but I think it's already my favorite -- they have so many super fun ways for performer and audience to interact. Whatever the platform, I hope maybe you'll stop by and say hi sometime soon!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Direct links:</p>
<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:500px;"><tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a contents="YouTube" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/lacyjames" target="_blank">YouTube</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Facebook" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/lacy.james.music.page" target="_blank">Facebook</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a contents="Twitch" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.twitch.tv/lacyjames" target="_blank">Twitch</a></td> </tr>
</tbody></table>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/65045522020-12-21T11:22:22-05:002021-01-15T21:11:42-05:00on this Winter Solstice...<p>I am wishing you comfort and joy, and I hope that you will be able to see Jupiter and Saturn shining tonight as the "Christmas Star" -- something that hasn't been seen for hundreds of years.</p>
<p>This year has been a lot... and I truly hope this finds you and yours safe and well. It's been quiet here for some time but I have been working on my streaming setup and am happy to say that I'll be returning to livestreaming very soon. It looks like we're going to be hunkering down for a while yet, and I hope to bring you a bit of fun this winter :) I've been doing a few test runs here and there so you may catch me out there any day now... I'll post days, times and locations soon, once I start playing a regular schedule.</p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/63407102020-06-03T12:53:35-04:002020-06-03T12:54:28-04:00#theshowmustbepaused<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/bdb0126be9a282cd9f1775ab013e4099d384aaee/original/showpaused.jpeg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_left border_" />putting my Facebook livestreams on pause for now <3 #theshowmustbepaused #theshowwillbepaused</p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/63111812020-05-12T10:31:22-04:002020-12-21T11:23:18-05:00livestream update<p>Thanks to everyone who's been stopping by my <a contents="Facebook music page" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.facebook.com/lacy.james.music.page" target="_blank">Facebook music page</a> livestreams <3 it's been so lovely to play for you all!</p>
<p>I've been doing these completely unplugged so far -- no mic, no amp, etc.The mandolin in this video is my favorite electric, though, and I like it the best even when it's unplugged. It's been super fun finally to be able to work out some kind of mandolin versions for more of my songs; none of them (so far) were written for the mando and a few of them definitely still have me stumped! But I'm persevering... and very much enjoying sharing that process with you.</p>
<p>In the midst of this distressing time, I have felt so happy to be able to bring a bit of comfort and fun to people. I'd been looking forward to playing some more "in person" concerts... but obviously, right now it's unclear as to when, if, or how we'll be able to return to playing in the same room with others. For now, I'm playing these short sets of originals (and a few covers) every Saturday at 1pm and every Wednesday at 6:30pm (EST) on my <a contents="Facebook music page" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.facebook.com/lacy.james.music.page" target="_blank">Facebook music page</a> -- so stop on by and say hi, if you can :) If you can't make those times, most of the replays are still up for now. Stay safe and be well, everyone.</p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/62794932020-04-11T10:15:08-04:002022-01-15T12:39:49-05:00live songs 4 U<p>Due to these corona times, I'm going to start playing a few songs live online for anyone who is going stir crazy inside or who just wants to stop by and hang out. It's something that I've wanted to start doing anyway for a long time now... I just didn't have my setup together the way that I wanted yet, and well It seems like now is the time to get started regardless! I'll be livestreaming a short set of originals and covers on my Facebook music page, Saturdays at 1pm and Wednesdays at 6:30pm. Nothing fancy, just me and the mando for now (and if you don't make it live, I usually leave the replays up for a while).</p>
<p>You don't need to be logged into Facebook to watch; here's the link: <a contents="Lacy James Facebook Music Page" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.facebook.com/lacy.james.music.page" target="_blank">Lacy James Facebook Music Page</a> </p>
<p>Starting today. Maybe you'll stop by and say hi :)</p>
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<p>après-busking pic! by Ed Tristram</p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/62679562020-04-01T21:08:46-04:002020-04-11T10:33:24-04:00greetings from corona central<p>As you can imagine, it's pretty harrowing in NYC these days... heading into April this dreaded illness has already taken its toll on the NYC community in all too terrible ways... and it's only going to get worse for the next few weeks.</p>
<p>I haven't written a post in so very long, but I figured I would drop a line to say so far, so ok... I'm hunkered down for now.</p>
<p>Since my last post I had mostly been doing a lot of busking, but I've been getting ready to start playing more shows again. At the beginning of March I had the pleasure to join a rockin' bill at The Red Lion on Bleecker Street in the Village during the week-long N.Y.C. Women Rock festival -- it was great to see so many familiar faces :) Many thanks to Val Kinzler and VioLizzy for inviting me on board and for backing me up, along with fab drummer Wizard of ROZ! And thank you to Alan Rand for this great pic :) Got that one in just in time before lockdown... Take care, everyone, and stay safe. Sending much love and strength to wherever you are.</p>
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<p>thanks to Alan Rand for the great pic!</p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/50279162018-01-21T10:15:48-05:002021-03-12T19:04:54-05:00been busking <3<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/54d6be46141de35ead06fd630636e9c453ca0ac7/medium/busking-fall-2017.png" class="size_m justify_right border_" />Some of my most wonderful moments last year occurred during my first ever times busking. Right now it's January, and my fingers don't cooperate well when it's cold outside -- & it's not so great for the mandolin either. I've hardly been out to play since the fall and I am missing it, so I'll take the time now to tell you about some of my busking adventures...</p>
<p>Last May, I was feeling such a need to be out playing more and I finally started going to play in the park, as often as possible. I'd always felt some trepidation at the idea of busking -- my music isn't usually very loud (especially when I play solo); so far, I only know how to play a few covers (and not even that many of my own songs) on the mando; my original songs don't quite fall into a mainstream genre.... overall, I was just afraid that busy passersby would not connect with what I have to offer. But now, I just had to get out there somehow. And -- playing in the park turned out to be perfect for my music. I found a few magical spots under a couple of "secret" archways that add a bit of volume & reverb... I do love reverb :)</p>
<p>There have been so many amazing surprises while busking. I have learned more clearly that each day and each "audience" is different and unpredictable, and that you can't always tell at first whether or not people are into the music. They may not even look over when they pass by, but sometimes if you are brave enough to smile and keep playing and look at them, they will turn and smile (passersby can be shy, too). Other times, people give me big smiles right away, thumbs up, come over with coins, bills, or compliments, ask questions, take pictures, or just stop to talk... you just never know what to expect, and I find joy in all of these. Sometimes I get so emotional from people's responses (especially the children), or from the juxtapositions of the meanings of the songs with the people I'm seeing there, that I struggle not to cry and to keep singing... I am learning to allow these emotions, while continuing on in order to give what I have to give.</p>
<p>A few moments from this past year's busking that I will always treasure:</p>
<p>The tiny child, perhaps younger than two years old, who slowly walked up and stood 3 feet away from me, transfixed and staring up, while I played through three whole songs for him (and the parents who waited to allow this, and then thanked me emotionally afterwards). </p>
<p>The little boy and his mother who sat down on the ground to listen to a whole "set" of 5-6 songs... except for one of them, which got him up twirling and dancing :) </p>
<p>The young men who tossed in golden dollar coins (and the ones who tossed in paper dollars, too)! </p>
<p>The girls who danced their way through the tunnel to "Angel Bells". </p>
<p>The little boy who blew "dust" off the dollar that fell on the ground, before putting it safely into my busking box. </p>
<p>All of the passers by for whom I could feel that a particular song seemed to give something that they really needed, that day.</p>
<p>The young British man who stood leaning against the opposite arch with shades on, unsmiling, and watching, for a whole song... and then who came over and said it was wonderful and that he was going to put me into the book he was writing! I wonder if he will...</p>
<p>The Japanese woman who stopped and said that she plays mandolin also, and she plays in a mandolin orchestra in Japan... I felt shy to play for her but she seemed to enjoy it.. I hope! </p>
<p>Sometimes it's just me and the birds and trees... and I love those moments too.</p>
<p>Here's a little bit of "<a contents="In the Garden" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/362361/in-the-garden" style="">In the Garden</a>" for you -- in my favorite spot :)</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/lacy.james.music.page/videos/10159590757140291/" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/1eb74828764b504be673a0fb7dab3ff324d7a650/original/busking-video.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><br>Even though I (so far) haven't been busking in very in-demand areas, I do walk out each time knowing that my spots might be taken, especially during summer weekends. On some days, I still have to make myself go out because I can still feel nervous and/or like I just don't have the energy. But often those days where I feel reluctant at first turn out to be the most wonderful days. It's a profound and magical experience, to feel how music touches people... and I feel so grateful to be able to give this. These moments bring me to the heart of why I'm even creating music... sharing beauty, truth, love... and I get back as much, or maybe more, than whatever I am able to give. Thank you <3 <3 <3</p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/43728752016-10-19T20:00:22-04:002020-04-11T10:35:18-04:00Moon Goddess flies twice around the Sun<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/728eb1cb65fcbfd272934ab3178d80d435288b47/medium/mgsuperheroes.jpg?1476630872" class="size_m justify_none border_" /><br>It's been two years now that I've had the great joy of working with three wonderful female musicians/singer-songwriters as the collective Moon Goddess band... bringing our superpowers together! We all still play our own "solo artist" gigs too, though we do sometimes appear in each others' bands :)<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/a30c2cd79be5613cffbe3972dc1bbf24648ddff8/large/moongoddess-delancey2.jpg?1476918697" class="size_l justify_none border_" /><br><span class="font_small">photo: Taylor Arbab</span></p>
<p><br>As Moon Goddess we perform songs by each of us (plus a few select covers), and I still feel amazed at how our musical styles and vocal harmonies somehow swirl into a cosmic magical mix. We are grateful for the awesome support that we've received from our audiences, and from our Lunar Dudes :) and many other shining stars who have sometimes joined us to add to the vibes. Although we've played quite a number of gigs by now, we don't yet have a lot of good video but here are a few clips... in which we are joined on harp and percussion by our occasional superstellar colleague, the amazing Greta "Gem Goddess" Tristram <3<br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="j1DJ1ZlHR7o" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/j1DJ1ZlHR7o/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j1DJ1ZlHR7o?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="200" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="uYZsUMUV7EA" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/uYZsUMUV7EA/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uYZsUMUV7EA?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="200" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="nMv1QjKzjpw" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/nMv1QjKzjpw/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nMv1QjKzjpw?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="200" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br> </p>
<p>These talented ladies can jump around from rock to country to bluegrass to world music to jazz & whatever else... open to it all and always with a spirit of fun, onstage or off. It's truly a blessing to work with and to know each of these beautiful, funny, wickedly talented, wise, and good-hearted women.<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/986ebf9a77496fa6328eaabbe61bd011b585d19f/medium/mgsottosfeb17-2016-crop.jpg?1476918855" class="size_m justify_none border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/ca24578473f5ce21f20288530d7ccb750d596349/medium/paddyreillysmarch2016-crop.jpg?1476918939" class="size_m justify_none border_" /></p>
<p><br>When we first played a few impromptu gigs, we weren't thinking of starting an ongoing band. But it quickly became clear to us that there was something special in putting us all together, and our audiences seem to love it too... so, we haven't stopped since!<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/a35b37df8dcbd2965ae24b77bc52da15f18914b1/large/moongoddessnycwomenwhorock2015-alanrand.jpg?1476919070" class="size_l justify_none border_" /><br><span class="font_small">photo: Alan Rand</span><br><br><br>All of the MGs are native New Yorkers except for me!<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/34a9e351c3d9e5e9b6610f5e41977e39f96c1687/large/moongoddessbwshades.jpg?1476920591" class="size_l justify_none border_" /><br><br><br>You can find out more about each of these accomplished artists and their wonderful music at the links below:</p>
<p><br><a contents="Val Kinzler" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.valkinzler.com" target="_blank">Val Kinzler</a><br><br><a contents="Michelle Fury" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.michellefury.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Fury</a><br><br><a contents="Liz Taub" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.facebook.com/Violizzy-141283522622970/" target="_blank">Liz Taub</a><br><br><br>Moon Goddess doesn't have a website thus far but we do have a <a contents="Facebook page" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.facebook.com/moongoddessband" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> where we post upcoming events. I hope that you'll have the opportunity to come hear us live and in person one day soon!</p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/43683602016-09-12T14:34:14-04:002017-01-14T14:10:39-05:00mni wiconi<p>As you may have noticed, most of my work is inspired by the intersection of Spirit and Nature. I feel tremendously moved by the courageous and peaceful Native American water protectors who are currently opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline and I was able to attend a support rally for them last week in NYC. They see and understand what many others do not. And of course, as a MerMaid... I must echo their words "Mni Wiconi" <3 "Water is Life". This is much of what inspired my <a contents="Osmosis Song" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/358870/osmosis-song" style="" target="_blank">"Osmosis Song</a>".... My heart is with these brave leaders in the battle to save our planet. To find out more about them including how you can help, go here: <a contents="Sacred Stone Camp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://sacredstonecamp.org/" target="_blank">Sacred Stone Camp</a>.<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/4d7bc392f564978c65e10afb618e5bec9c33f5bc/medium/rallyforstandingrock-9-9-16.jpg?1473704225" class="size_m justify_left border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/e96ce5cc69cfd16ad939a01b554e69d6ca40e585/medium/nodapl1.jpg?1473704817" class="size_m justify_left border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/6add63346d9febefe3b7fb3d33303ec45bc28b11/medium/nodapl2.jpg?1473704814" class="size_m justify_left border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/43920/5d4538ffadec79d7a8e5854d14a6e536d8adeb61/medium/nodapl3.jpg?1473704806" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/37916012015-07-26T19:11:23-04:002017-01-14T14:10:39-05:00journey of a song - "Today in the City"<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Ys09EWCS8Y/UXgDW1rHvpI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/uwTXKyH6JZM/s1600/EastVillageSaturdayNight.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; float: left;"><img src="//4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Ys09EWCS8Y/UXgDW1rHvpI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/uwTXKyH6JZM/s400/EastVillageSaturdayNight.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="400" width="400" /></a></div>
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<div>I thought I would tell the story of one of my favorite songs on the new album and how it came to be what it is. Sometimes a song ends up very differently from how you expect, and <a contents="this" data-link-label="" data-link-type="track" href="/track/440206/today-in-the-city" style="" target="_blank">Today In The City</a> was one of those songs.<br><br>After I had moved back to Philly a few years ago, I was going up to NYC fairly often for some dance projects and other business and I would sometimes write on the bus. One sunny morning, the lyrics for this song began to emerge on the way there. I thought of how on any given day in the city you were bound to see unpredictable and sometimes amazing things, and I think I decided that day to write down whatever I saw and see if it could be a song. I seem to remember that the children's book <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_to_Think_That_I_Saw_It_on_Mulberry_Street" target="_blank">"And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street"</a> came across my mind. On this particular day I had two or three meetings with a lot of time in between, so I was writing in a couple of cafes and other places. When I write it's best for me to have a lot of time to be able to just sit and kind of go into a kind of meditative or contemplative state, almost like a trance, where my mind can wander and find things. On this day there was plenty of time for that, and in the course of the day I did see some strange and unexpected things that found their way into the song. I also was hanging out in a few areas of the city where certain things had happened to me in the past, so some of those found their way in as well -- although the song is poetic and not necessarily literal. It's a mix of some real things with some imagined, and the lyrics have been somewhat abstracted. I think that most of it could really be about any city, or anyone's life.<br><br>On that day I saw and remembered a mix of beautiful and horrible things. That's the intensity of the city, in that it's a microcosm of life itself. There was the awareness that time (and the city) moves on, through the beautiful and the horrible. And that life comes back again in places where death has been. And that death is always there waiting as well. It was a way of looking at the whole thing from outside of time, where any one particular event is just one of billions of events, and also recognizing the intense beauty or horror of each thing that might happen.<br><br>Once the day was over, I had a long stream of consciousness piece of writing that still needed to be crafted and made into lyrics. And somehow, I had to find a way to write music that would work with these words. I thought, who writes songs like this? And I thought of Bob Dylan's album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_of_Mind" target="_blank">Time Out of Mind</a></i>, which I had listened to quite often when it first came out. I thought, he has a lot to say, and so when he tells those long rambling stories like "Highlands" he keeps the music very simple so that the focus will be on the story. The music itself doesn't have to be anything too fancy, and that way it won't distract. So I went back and listened to that song and a few others from that album, and I thought ok, I'll just come up with a simple repetitive kind of bluesy thing kind of like that and see how that goes.<br><br>I made something that wasn't really working so well for me but it was a start, and then as I usually do when writing, I wanted to find a sound that would represent to me the feeling of the song. I like to add in such sounds when I'm writing because it helps me continue to complete the song, when I can get some kind of atmosphere going. I found this oozy smoky kind of sound, I felt that it was kind of creeping through the song like a sort of sinister threat, it was smoky so the edges were hazy. The way that life bleeds into and across time.<br><br>Then I also needed to figure out what kind of rhythm to use. Originally I had it in 4/4, like the Dylan stuff I was remembering, but eventually I decided to see what would happen if I tried it on 3s -- and then it somehow started to get jazzy. Which was not at all what I had expected! I've recently started getting more into jazz but I really don't know much about it, and I had never really thought about writing or singing any jazz. But here it was, the song was working better in this rhythm and it really started to feel right. So, jazz! And I knew that I probably wanted a smoky sax on it, and I knew just the sound that I wanted. I'd been going to hear my friend <a href="http://www.tomtallitsch.com/" target="_blank">Tom Tallitsch</a>'s band and was listening to his album <i>Perspective,</i> and I thought that he would bring just the right kind of sound for the song. And now that it had turned into jazz, all the more reason to bring Tom in. I was so happy that he did end up playing on this track.<br><br>It was maybe a year or so after I wrote the demo that I found my way to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TurtleStudios" target="_blank">Turtle Studios</a> and began production on the album with Jeff Hiatt. I think that when we started, I didn't quite realize that Jeff had such a strong background in jazz (among other genres). So when we came to lay down the basic tracks for "Today In The City", it was just so exciting for me to hear him on upright bass, with the amazing Charlie Patierno on drums, taking the song to a whole other level. The way they played the rhythm, they took it to a place where it ended up swinging, which my original really didn't. Right away I knew that I would have to take a different approach to the vocal so that was a bit scary for me! I thought, I'm not a jazz singer, I've never done that before, and I'm really not sure if I can pull this off! But I took the tracks home and was able to adjust my phrasing, and even though I don't think I really sound like a jazz singer I think it fits the song.<br><br>Another wonderful day was the session when <a href="http://www.theaudiolab.net/" target="_blank">Tony Mascara</a> came in to lay down some vibes. I am just a sucker for ambience, so vibes and their vibes... I could listen to them all day. Tony also brought a bunch of fun junkyard-esque items to add on percussion. 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If any of them are near you, let me know if you have heard it playing ;) Big thanks to Peter Hay and Sali Z of <a href="http://www.twinvision.net/" target="_blank">Twin Vision</a> for helping <i>Circles of Swallows</i> to fly far and wide!<br><br>KMUD - Redway, CA<br>KCSS - Turlock, CA<br>KDNK - Carbondale, CO<br>KVNF - Paonia, CO<br>WPKN - Bridgeport, CT<br>WESU - Middletown, CT<br>WWUH - West Hartford, CT<br>WNHU - West Haven, CT<br>WMNF - Tampa, FL<br>KKCR - Hanalei, HI<br>KTUH - Honolulu, HI<br>KWLC - Decorah, IA<br>WEFT - Champaign, IL<br>WRFL - Lexington, KY<br>KRVS - Lafayette, LA<br>WMUA - Amherst, MA<br>WTCC - Springfield, MA<br>WERU - E. Orland, ME<br>WHFR - Dearborn, MI<br>KFAI - Minneapolis, MN<br>KOPN - Columbia, MO<br>KDHX - St. Louis, MO<br>WLFR - Galloway, NJ<br>WRRC - Lawrenceville, NJ<br>WPRB - Princeton, NJ<br>CHMR - St. John's, NL, Canada<br>M3 RADIO - New York, NY<br>WRUR - Rochester, NY<br>WRPI - Troy, NY<br>WRUW - Cleveland, OH<br>WWSU - Dayton, OH<br>KRSC - Claremore, OK<br>CFMU - Hamilton, ON , Canada<br>WXPN - Philadelphia, PA<br>WSBF - Clemson, SC<br>KPFT - Houston, TX<br>Aggie Radio - Logan, UT<br>KZMU - Moab, UT<br>KAOS - Olympia, WA<br>WOJB - Hayward, WI<br>WORT - Madison, WI Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/8229532013-05-26T13:29:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:39-05:00Marching Against Monsanto<br><br>Yesterday I was able to take part in the <a href="http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/" target="_blank">March Against Monsanto</a>. Here in NYC we rallied in Union Square, then marched around it and down Broadway to Washington Square Park. Fortunately the rain held off til after! It was an amazing experience... sharing a few pics below.<br><br><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lmc61oIMHVs/UaKGP9pHcgI/AAAAAAAAAbk/wda-p515bcc/s1600/MAMNYCUnionSquareMe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img src="//4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lmc61oIMHVs/UaKGP9pHcgI/AAAAAAAAAbk/wda-p515bcc/s400/MAMNYCUnionSquareMe1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gn16mDOWFys/UaKLFYH-avI/AAAAAAAAAcE/s_cf--8-Go8/s1600/MAMNYCUnionSquare2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//4.bp.blogspot.com/-gn16mDOWFys/UaKLFYH-avI/AAAAAAAAAcE/s_cf--8-Go8/s400/MAMNYCUnionSquare2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JL26QASNAcU/UaKLMPIbANI/AAAAAAAAAcM/5IKw6I08YUY/s1600/MAMNYCUnionSquare3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//2.bp.blogspot.com/-JL26QASNAcU/UaKLMPIbANI/AAAAAAAAAcM/5IKw6I08YUY/s400/MAMNYCUnionSquare3.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GJQulP61hhY/UaKLDa7I_JI/AAAAAAAAAb8/mWEFe0ArpLw/s1600/MAMNYCUnionSquare4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-GJQulP61hhY/UaKLDa7I_JI/AAAAAAAAAb8/mWEFe0ArpLw/s400/MAMNYCUnionSquare4.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6k-wiSFx0yI/UaKLOtVQuOI/AAAAAAAAAcU/vlLpUyMHk2I/s1600/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//4.bp.blogspot.com/-6k-wiSFx0yI/UaKLOtVQuOI/AAAAAAAAAcU/vlLpUyMHk2I/s400/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare6.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zFxYNwV2fYw/UaKF72uiT8I/AAAAAAAAAbE/myL8SHD2VCo/s1600/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//1.bp.blogspot.com/-zFxYNwV2fYw/UaKF72uiT8I/AAAAAAAAAbE/myL8SHD2VCo/s400/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="400" width="358" /></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AN2FKUjZjvU/UaKGBbJSLOI/AAAAAAAAAbU/7Ed_tveva7M/s1600/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-AN2FKUjZjvU/UaKGBbJSLOI/AAAAAAAAAbU/7Ed_tveva7M/s400/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare3.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jY_ec7em0aQ/UaKGHyYm_UI/AAAAAAAAAbc/9YeuNOqxWfI/s1600/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//1.bp.blogspot.com/-jY_ec7em0aQ/UaKGHyYm_UI/AAAAAAAAAbc/9YeuNOqxWfI/s400/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare4.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HElWn-ko1mM/UaKGQCzjZJI/AAAAAAAAAbs/Z4mdZxG0Pfk/s1600/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-HElWn-ko1mM/UaKGQCzjZJI/AAAAAAAAAbs/Z4mdZxG0Pfk/s400/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare5.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zetf5GlDihA/UaKGAtAhVpI/AAAAAAAAAbM/spFY6zn6gIU/s1600/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zetf5GlDihA/UaKGAtAhVpI/AAAAAAAAAbM/spFY6zn6gIU/s400/MAMNYCWashingtonSquare2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="400" style="cursor: move;" width="300" /></a>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/7233302013-05-11T18:19:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:39-05:00full band show - May 19th in NYCWe have another full band show coming up next weekend and I can't wait! <a href="http://www.zirzaminnyc.com/" target="_blank">ZirZamin</a> is a super cool little venue and they have great Austin TX-inspired food as well. <div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><img src="//2.bp.blogspot.com/-hyCOHGT1u3Y/UY742nFLEFI/AAAAAAAAAao/vWOrPft1B0s/s640/ZirzaminPosterFBBirdOnly.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="235" width="640" /></div><div><br></div><div>And I'm very psyched that Tim and I will be joined by Tom Fitzpatrick on bass and Brian Weston on drums. Things sounded great at rehearsal today. For this show we won't be using many of the keyboard atmospherics; the sound will be more stripped down than it is on the albums and it's a lot of fun to hear and perform the songs this way. There is also a piano at ZirZamin that we plan to make use of for a song or two. If you're around NYC next weekend, it's going to be a great show so stop by and see us!</div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/4479212013-04-01T08:57:00-04:002017-02-01T22:38:47-05:00first big NYC gigWhat an amazing night we had for our album release at <a href="http://www.dromnyc.com/" target="_blank">Drom</a>. This was the first time that I have played in a larger club, so it was a learning experience but I was so happy with almost everything. The people at Drom were great to work with, and it was fantastic to be there with such stellar musicians and friends. It really meant a lot to me that so many of you came up afterwards to say how much you enjoyed the show. As soon as it was over, all I could think about was doing it again as soon as possible!<br><br>And I finally have some video from the night. The sound quality is not the greatest, it's just from the cameras, but maybe a little better than cell phone audio!<br><br>Here is probably my favorite one of the night. My friends the Beards were serving up such a tasty groove that I could not help dancing.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/H_imivuRA9w/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/H_imivuRA9w?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata">
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</tbody></table><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>We had such a great time playing for everyone at L'Etage in Philly last weekend. It was soooo cold... many thanks to all who came out, in spite of the weather! It was truly special for me to have so many dear friends, family, fellow artists, and collaborators present. Big thanks to <a href="http://www.skylerbug.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Schaffer</a> for documenting the evening; there will be more pics on the website soon.<br><br>In focusing on the songs and introducing everyone on the stage, I forgot to say much at all about the fact that we were releasing the new album! Duh! I even nearly forgot to announce the video premiere at the end... my brain was just a bit overwhelmed, because of moments like this:<br><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Here I am with the producers from both of my albums, plus Tim Daoust with whom I've been working for so long on the live stuff now. After spending so much time in the world of my songs with these wonderful people, something like that is just kind of intense.<br><br>I am so very grateful to the musicians who are performing these album release shows with me. Rehearsing between Philly and NYC is a bit of a challenge but whatever. I can't wait to bring the show to <a href="http://www.dromnyc.com/events/2257/lacy-james-album-release-concert" target="_blank">Drom</a> in NYC this Thursday night.Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/3082652013-02-12T09:01:00-05:002017-02-01T20:31:51-05:00swallows fly today<br> The new album is here! Have a listen:<br><br><br><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="410" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=2352404200/size=grande3/bgcol=000000/linkcol=24f9f7/transparent=true/" style="display: block; height: 410px; position: relative; width: 300px;" width="300"><a href="http://lacyjames.bandcamp.com/album/circles-of-swallows">Circles of Swallows by Lacy James</a></iframe>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/3045322013-02-09T04:55:00-05:002017-01-14T14:10:38-05:00Philly loveThere's a kind of love song to Philadelphia on this album. I don't know how much to tell you about it...<br><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/2978112013-02-04T05:38:00-05:002017-02-01T20:17:56-05:00more practical magic<div style="text-align: left;">I'm grateful to have met some supercool fellow artists here in NYC through playing at a few open mics that Tim Daoust and I have been frequenting. Once in a while lately I've been dropping by <a href="http://www.thenationalunderground.com/newyorkvenue.html" target="_blank">The National Underground</a> on a Saturday afternoon to hear the wonderful <a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/kellikingmusic" target="_blank">Kelli King</a> and her band play their regular slot there, along with a few other open mic friends who sometimes show up as her guests.<br><span class="Apple-style-span"><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Kelli also hands out some magical items of her own once in a while.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<h3>Sunday, February 17th in Philadelphia:</h3>
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<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/128761640619644/" target="_blank"><i>Circles of Swallows</i> album release and video premiere at L'Etage</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/128761640619644/" target="_blank">Facebook event page</a> for Philly release party<br>Get tickets:<a href="http://www.lacyjames.com/tickets" target="_blank"> http://www.lacyjames.com/tickets</a><br><br><h3><br></h3>
<h3>Thursday, February 28th in New York City:</h3>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/189520404522996/" target="_blank"><br></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/189520404522996/" target="_blank"><i>Circles of Swallows</i> album release and video premiere at Drom</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/189520404522996/" target="_blank">Facebook event page</a> for NYC release party<br>Get tickets:<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/event/208167" target="_blank"> http://www.ticketfly.com/event/208167</a><br><br>
</div><div>At both events we will also be premiering the official music video for "Old Languages" -- revealing the top secret story line that we came up with during <a href="http://lacyjames.blogspot.com/2012/05/thats-wrap-in-more-ways-than-one.html" target="_blank">our two-day video shoot last May</a>. It wasn't so easy to find a venue in Manhattan that could also project video, but we finally found <a href="http://www.dromnyc.com/events/2257/lacy-james-album-release-concert" target="_blank">Drom</a> -- an awesome club in the East Village that is a longtime presenter of eclectic music. We're super excited to play there! And it's a large venue -- so please come out if you can and help us to fill it up!</div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/2697362012-12-21T03:57:00-05:002017-01-14T14:10:38-05:00Winter SolsticeIt seems that a FB friend is posting from the cave at Newgrange, so this is my Solstice morning:<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><br>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/2545142012-11-20T09:53:00-05:002020-10-13T08:05:41-04:00new single and lyric video - "Old Languages"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AcrAIoO4VYE/UKvsopNOBcI/AAAAAAAAAUU/M9tK8rg9orM/s1600/OldLanguagesCoverArt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-AcrAIoO4VYE/UKvsopNOBcI/AAAAAAAAAUU/M9tK8rg9orM/s320/OldLanguagesCoverArt.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><br>The second new single from my upcoming album was just released today!<br><br>Along with a lyric video:<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RduH6c1lIkM/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/RduH6c1lIkM?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata">
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<br><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We were fortunate not to have flooding or power outages in the part of Brooklyn where I'm currently living, but Sandy impacted all of us in many ways and the devastation wreaked has been astounding. Some of my relatives still haven't been able to move back to Long Beach Island on the Jersey Shore, while other friends have lost their homes completely. Along with the life's work of many other artists based at the Westbeth building in Manhattan's West Village, the Martha Graham Dance company's historic costumes and sets were submerged in 8 feet of water for days and suffered irreparable damage. The company is now trying to preserve whatever they can, from precious costumes worn by Graham herself to sets created by the sculptor Isamu Noguchi.<br><br><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here are some links at which you can help:</div></div>
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<br>You may ask why I've included that last one. It links to an organization that fights hard to protect our planet, and their work gives me hope.<br><br><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Maybe we can't say for sure that Hurricane Sandy was caused by global warming. But we need to protect the environment REGARDLESS of what is or isn't causing climate change. There are so many reasons -- the disappearance of species, the disappearance of natural and "unspoiled" lands, the threats to our food supply by the commercial aims of companies like Monsanto... I can hardly believe that these things have reached the point that they have. When people say that the economy etc. should be more of a priority, I truly wish they could realize that the way we treat our planet is quite directly connected to the economy and to so many other aspects of our well-being.</div>
<div><br></div>I remember the gas lines in the 1970s and the consequent banning of station wagons and other gas guzzlers, and how astonished I was to see the later mass popularity of SUVs that seemed to represent an amnesia and/or denial about the environmental concerns brought to light in those earlier years. At the same time there has also been a great increase in awareness about organic, local, and sustainable food, clothing, building, and holistic philosophy; these things give me hope too.</div>
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</div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/2416072012-10-27T14:56:00-04:002017-02-01T19:19:40-05:00Brooklyn Raga Massive and a massive storm(?)I'm in Brooklyn for now, to rehearse and get ready to start playing live more. Hopefully this will also include playing in Philly (and elsewhere) and continuing to work with musicians in both cities; we'll see how it all turns out. This week <a href="http://www.timdaoust.com/" target="_blank">Tim Daoust</a> and I had a great rehearsal and hopefully it won't be long til we have some shows to tell you about.<br><br>Afterwards we headed over to Tea Lounge in Park Slope, because Tim knew about an Indian music jam session happening there run by <a href="http://brooklynragamassive.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Brooklyn Raga Massive</a>. I am definitely going to have to keep track of that jam in future, because it attracts some world class Indian musicians. Quite the night of blissful listening, and it brought back memories of some of the music I was listening to when writing my first album. Most especially, <a href="http://www.najmaakhtar.com/" target="_blank">the lady below</a>... here's the first song from her gorgeous album Qareeb, which I've listened to many times over.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/VFI27vpI5mY/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/VFI27vpI5mY&fs=1&source=uds">
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</tbody></table><div>It's time to put more of a live thing together so I am going with the flow. We shall see. I just need to figure out how to live in 2 cities at once...</div><div><br></div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/2202352012-09-26T10:22:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:38-05:00Osmosis Song video peekThe "real" Osmosis Song video is coming very soon! Here's a preview...<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fl3DpKPILFY/UGNUi18vyfI/AAAAAAAAASA/AeFjH8mFNwo/s1600/osvideostill8b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//4.bp.blogspot.com/-fl3DpKPILFY/UGNUi18vyfI/AAAAAAAAASA/AeFjH8mFNwo/s640/osvideostill8b.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="360" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rZlQqeM6nVY/UGNVC7XZXlI/AAAAAAAAASQ/HMd4war3u5M/s1600/osvideostill5b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//2.bp.blogspot.com/-rZlQqeM6nVY/UGNVC7XZXlI/AAAAAAAAASQ/HMd4war3u5M/s640/osvideostill5b.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="360" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQmB9W7BDU0/UGOmHNrlh5I/AAAAAAAAASo/B38W2E44oSs/s1600/osvideostill10b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQmB9W7BDU0/UGOmHNrlh5I/AAAAAAAAASo/B38W2E44oSs/s640/osvideostill10b.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="360" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">video stills by Darcy Lyons</div><br><br>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/2093322012-09-04T11:51:00-04:002017-02-01T18:45:27-05:00the first single is here! and more album newsAt long last I'm happy to announce that "Osmosis Song", the first single from my second album, releases today on lacyjames.com, Bandcamp and CDBaby (iTunes, Amazon, and more soon to follow). Lots of rainy, misty weather on the forecast all week... which actually goes quite well with "Osmosis Song" :)<br><br>The new album's title will be <i>Circles of Swallows</i> and it's due out in January 2013. We won't leave you hanging until then, though! You can expect to get another single or two (and at least one video) before the full album releases.<br><br>Listen here (and download it for free when you enter your email):<br><br> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="410" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1863249591/size=grande3/bgcol=e8e8e8/linkcol=4285BB/transparent=true/" style="display: block; height: 410px; position: relative; width: 300px;" width="300"><a href="http://lacyjames.bandcamp.com/album/osmosis-song">Osmosis Song by Lacy James</a></iframe>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/2059662012-08-28T09:47:00-04:002012-08-28T09:47:00-04:00first single coming next week!So excited to announce that the first single from the new album will be out next Tuesday! and, I just now posted a sneak peek at the cover art on the <a href="http://www.lacyjames.com/fr_fanexclusives.cfm" target="_blank">Fan Exclusives</a> page of the website.<br><br>There's been so much going on here, what with all of the last minute final mastering tweaks, cover art, video editing, making release plans... but now everything's just about ready to roll so stay tuned!Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1904002012-07-17T06:33:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:38-05:00DIY video! rawrrr<div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IVbt0fGRvJE/UAV9DOXk7vI/AAAAAAAAAQs/DnmEhB4f97Y/s1600/DarcyIntoWoods.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-IVbt0fGRvJE/UAV9DOXk7vI/AAAAAAAAAQs/DnmEhB4f97Y/s320/DarcyIntoWoods.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Here are some on-set pics from music video #2 which we've been shooting over the past week or so. 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</div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/660012012-07-01T09:28:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:36-05:00new website is liveOur website just got a streamlined new look! Stop by and check it out <a href="http://lacyjames.com/">here</a>. You'll find some favorites from the old site but there's a lot that is new. The pics on the current splash page and site header are by super-photog (and super nice guy) Mark Jaworski. You'll be seeing more of his work very soon ;)<br><br><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you're a member of our email list, you have access to the Members Only page of the site where you will find first looks and exclusive content. Just sign in with the email address where you receive our newsletters.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br></div>On the "Mereminne Dancers" page, I'm planning to feature a different video each month starting with a fun little dance that hasn't been seen in a while.<br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><br><br>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828562012-06-20T06:25:00-04:002012-06-20T06:25:00-04:00album is in masteringExcited to report that we've just sent the new album to mastering! Now would be a good time to <a href="http://lacyjames.fanbridge.com/" target="_blank">join my email list</a>, just sayin' ;)<br><br><br><br>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828572012-06-14T05:09:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:36-05:00yo hoWe're just doing final mix tweaks before sending the album off to mastering, and we decided to add some last minute vocal harmonies to a song. I wanted a reallly low, pirate-y voice so we tried to create it electronically, but that didn't sound quite right. Then remembered -- I know somebody who has that kind of voice.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Aye it's me ol' matey Cap'n <a href="http://www.pam-n-me.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Jim Gallagher</a>! who produced my first album with me, and was kind enough to come in for a last minute cameo on this one. How did I not think of that right away, after his awesome <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lacyjames/music/songs/silverback-22739103" target="_blank">gorilla luv bvox</a> on my first album?<br><br>I'm really hoping to have the first single out next month! but it will just have to take as long as it takes. We have to bring this music to its best before releasing it into the wild. Meanwhile we're also working on video #2... more on that soon.<br><br><br><br>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828582012-05-19T07:01:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:36-05:00more fun with TurtlesWe've been mixing for the past few weeks, along with some last bits of recording. There are a couple of mostly electronic tunes and we saved those for last, so we are finishing up vocals on them now.<br><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br><div>This has been another epic project and I truly can't say enough about producer Jeff Hiatt, who has gone above and beyond with the time, energy, patience and creativity that he has given to this record. It has been a real joy to work with everyone at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TurtleStudios" target="_blank">Turtle Studios</a>. I hope the songs will bring some of that feeling to you as well!<br><br>I come in with a lot of musical ideas and parts already created in my demos, but once we begin work with the live musicians we replace some of those electronic parts -- although we also keep many of them (and write new electronic parts). We collaborate with each musician to develop further whatever was on the demo, and/or to create one or more completely new instrumental lines. This kind of process takes a lot of time and patience as each song gradually grows a world around itself. Then, during mixing we have to figure out what to keep or what else to add, along with all of the other kinds of sonic shaping and refining involved at the mixing stage. Sometimes after listening to something over and over you can lose perspective, so you have to come back to it with fresh ears at another time. Or just put it in a big cave and call it a day.</div>
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</div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828592012-05-03T09:17:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:36-05:00that's a wrap! in more ways than one ;)We shot the first music video for my new album this past Saturday and Sunday with <a href="http://munkytownproductions.com/" target="_blank">MunkyTown Productions</a>. It was an exhausting, amazing and super fun weekend!<br><br>Of course things started long before that, with lots of planning and a Philly dance rehearsal earlier in the week, plus a whole lotta scrambling on my part to get the costumes ready in time. There was some experimental late-night dyeing involved, the results of which seem to have turned out much better than I had thought at first -- especially since the resulting colors ended up fitting amazingly well with our locations.<br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>It was a huge challenge to deter the large numbers of Saturday park-goers from wandering through our shots but we all pitched in, and hopefully there won't be too many random dogs, joggers, kids on bikes etc. in the background of this video... we shall see! We finally ended the first day of shooting around 7pm and headed home to eat, freshen up the costumes and drop into bed asap.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cuOKwMDaIdk/T6K5gcZxYgI/AAAAAAAAANU/Qe8lLtc4fM4/s1600/OLRebekahMoSteveChad1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//2.bp.blogspot.com/-cuOKwMDaIdk/T6K5gcZxYgI/AAAAAAAAANU/Qe8lLtc4fM4/s320/OLRebekahMoSteveChad1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" width="240" /></a></div><br><br>We were only in for about 3 hours of sleep that night as well, though, since we had to be up at 3:30am in order to reach our Manhattan location early the next morning. We met the rest of the dancers (5 on this day) at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/big-nicks-burger-and-pizza-joint-new-york" target="_blank">Big Nick's</a> (open 23 hrs!) on the Upper West Side for a quick breakfast and makeup session, then headed to our big Central Park location. We filmed there from about 7am until 6:30pm and, as we were shooting at one of the very most popular spots in Central Park, you can probably imagine the many challenges we faced on a sunny spring Sunday in keeping our scenes clear of characters that weren't meant to be in the video! There was some kind of big race going on, along with several tour groups, a series of different street performers, and all of the other things that you might expect from the wonderful carnival of life that is NYC. We also had lots of people watching our shoot and taking pictures, so I guess that you might see some spoilers popping up online before this video comes out. The film crew from <a href="http://munkytownproductions.com/" target="_blank">MunkyTown</a> did a simply amazing job, and the dancers and our leading man gave wonderful performances take after take. I am very grateful that I was able to work with so many of my longtime <a href="http://www.lacyjames.com/Dance.html" target="_blank">Mereminne Dancers</a> for this video, along with fabulous new addition Lindsay Poulis; they all did a fantastic job even with very limited rehearsal time. Most of the dancing was improvisation and I knew that I could count on these ladies to bring it... and bring it they did.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0EkcRI82L4/T6K80alimGI/AAAAAAAAAOE/dYShVs8XRMs/s1600/2012-04-29+08.27.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0EkcRI82L4/T6K80alimGI/AAAAAAAAAOE/dYShVs8XRMs/s320/2012-04-29+08.27.51.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" width="240" /></a></div><br>I've only been able to watch a few bits of the footage so far, but I can't wait to see the rest. We'll be editing it all sometime this month and I can't wait for you to see the end result once my album is released later this year... hopefully, this summer. But for now, I'll be washing costumes for a few days! And the title of this blog post? It will make a lot more sense soon enough!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><br><br>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828602012-04-09T06:13:00-04:002017-02-01T18:12:28-05:00video in the worksI'm really excited to be working with director Mohammad Maaty of <a href="http://munkytownproductions.com/" target="_blank">Munkytown Productions</a> on the first video for one of the new songs. We were introduced by my music partner <a href="http://www.timdaoust.com/" target="_blank">Tim Daoust</a>, who scored Mohammad's short film <i>Sides of the Track</i>:<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/-0CY-rCJ2LU/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/-0CY-rCJ2LU&fs=1&source=uds">
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</div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828642012-01-13T10:07:00-05:002017-02-01T18:12:29-05:00bonobos and PGOne of my favorite things in life... bonobos jamming with Peter Gabriel. I first heard about this a few years ago in a lecture given by <a href="http://performingarts.uncg.edu/music-research-institute/research-areas/biomusic#biomusicbonobo">BioMusic</a> researcher <a href="http://performingarts.uncg.edu/faculty-and-staff/patricia-gray">Dr. Patricia Gray</a> at UNC-Greensboro.<br><br>The video below shows the bonobos Panbanisha and Kanzi playing the keyboard when Peter visited the <a href="http://www.greatapetrust.org/">Great Ape Trust</a> research center. The bonobos use graphic symbols called lexigrams to communicate with their researchers. The beginning of the video shows lead researcher Sue Savage-Rumbaugh talking with the bonobos about what they are going to do. After Kanzi plays (at the very end of the video) he wants to go out in the room with Peter and Tony Levin -- well, I would too!<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/0K39caKFv4Q/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/0K39caKFv4Q&fs=1&source=uds">
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</tbody></table><br>Happy Holidays to all!Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828662011-12-11T08:24:00-05:002017-02-01T18:12:29-05:00inspirationI haven't been able to get up to NYC as often now that things are so busy in the studio, and Tim has also had a lot of other projects lately, but we've still managed to stop by a few times this fall at the wonderful open mic at <a href="http://www.bar82nyc.com/">Bar 82</a>. Host Wayne Kral is so the man for keeping this night running. Below we are playing one of my favorite songs, Leonard Cohen's "Anthem" -- one of the few covers we've done. I've always loved this song (from the album <i>The Future</i>). It took LC ten years to write. I was thinking to say more about why it inspires me but I'll just let it speak for itself.<br><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pXCZF6br_0w/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/pXCZF6br_0w?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on the way to the studio</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br>Things have been full steam ahead for the past week or so and the tracks are starting to take shape. Finding the right part for each instrument can be challenging, then suddenly it's quite magical when we find it. I'm really happy about how things are going so far. I don't know how much to tell you about the new music... maybe I should keep things under wraps so as not to spoil the surprise!<br><br>Yesterday was an especially awesome day, so we decided to take pics holding instruments that none of us had played.<br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>Today, Ken Pendergast was in again to play some way cool bass on two more songs. Since it was all rainy and misty, it seemed like a good day to find something for Osmosis Song and it was :) Now we have the bones... drums and bass... for five songs...<br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oF4xRgN3QqA/Tsxc7ZN-7cI/AAAAAAAAALA/Qj-gUDIFCFk/s1600/KenMe1bSharp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="//1.bp.blogspot.com/-oF4xRgN3QqA/Tsxc7ZN-7cI/AAAAAAAAALA/Qj-gUDIFCFk/s400/KenMe1bSharp.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">magic bass man</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span>
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</tbody></table>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828682011-11-07T13:39:00-05:002017-01-14T14:10:37-05:00drums day 1We have been doing lots of preproduction for the rest of the songs and now we're finally back recording, yayyyyyy!<br><br>Today was all about the big big drums for three different songs that range from jungle-y to jazzy. We decided to do these three songs first because even though they have different styles they are probably going to share some instruments in common.<br><br>First Jeff did that miking magic that he does, to get us a big awesome sound.<br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">overhead mics talking to each other</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">We had to cover a lot of different stylistic ideas in just one session, but Charlie is such a versatile drummer that he gave us lots of cool stuff to choose from. We only just got started with the third song so we'll come back to that one next time, as well as cutting drums for 2 more songs. Then we'll be adding other instruments on top of what we got today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828702011-10-01T09:58:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:37-05:00studio update, and more to come soonThis past summer I started recording a new album at <a href="http://www.turtlestudios.com/?gclid=CNOKltCOyKsCFcZx5QodLHPp1w">Turtle Studios</a> in Philadelphia.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sakFKn5cBhc/Toc3yx4g9dI/AAAAAAAAAGk/YFUMivh8HBI/s1600/TurtleBoard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//1.bp.blogspot.com/-sakFKn5cBhc/Toc3yx4g9dI/AAAAAAAAAGk/YFUMivh8HBI/s320/TurtleBoard.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><br>Yeah that's the first song almost finished... nice colors huh? It's kinda sweet and crunchy.<br><br>This fall we're forging ahead with the rest of the tracks, so things should be moving quite a bit faster from here on out. I'll be posting again soon to show you a little more about what we're doing in there. Still too early to say when it will all be done but we're aiming for a spring release... fingers crossed.<br><br>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828712011-09-16T05:23:00-04:002017-02-01T18:12:30-05:00Peace Prayer<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/aV3ZO3Qnqoc/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/aV3ZO3Qnqoc&fs=1&source=uds">
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I hardly ever get a cold but I haven't been able to sing much for the past couple of days and I'm trying to rest up and drink lots of fluids. We probably won't end up using the vocals from this session on the final recording anyway, but the musicians need them for reference and to get the energy of the song -- and you never know when you're going to get something good. So I'd rather be able to sing when the musicians are there! On my first album <a href="http://www.lacyjames.com/Music.html">Lovefeast</a> we had drums, bass, guitars, percussion etc. all in the studio at the same time for "Silverback" and I had a cold then, too, and we couldn't use those vocals. I'm really hoping that won't be the case this time but we'll work it out one way or another.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w6Y8ykv0zhM/Timi-buV-eI/AAAAAAAAAEU/WzdWaMYVS0w/s1600/ljtd8b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//1.bp.blogspot.com/-w6Y8ykv0zhM/Timi-buV-eI/AAAAAAAAAEU/WzdWaMYVS0w/s320/ljtd8b.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="255" width="320" /></a></div><br>Another reason to rest is that in a couple of weeks, I'm playing a 40-minute set with <a href="http://www.timdaoust.com/">Tim Daoust</a> at one of our favorite spots, the back room of <a href="http://www.bar82nyc.com/">Bar 82</a> in the East Village of NYC. We've been playing the way cool open mic there for a few weeks now and on Wednesday, August 3rd we'll be the featured act starting at 9pm right after the mic. We've been performing all-acoustic so far but are aiming for a mix of acoustic and electric for this show, with lots of songs from <a href="http://www.lacyjames.com/Music.html">Lovefeast</a> plus a few other surprises. I've really enjoyed exploring acoustic versions of the songs and I'm looking forward to doing more of that, but it's exciting to be moving into a fuller sound that's more like what's on the album. Don't know how much time there will be for a sound check but we are ready to go with the flow whatever happens. If you're in NYC stop on by! There's no cover charge, and you'll get to see this:<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6a305G9Rw90/Timlgdej-AI/AAAAAAAAAEY/48Omsfh6R7c/s1600/discoSkull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-6a305G9Rw90/Timlgdej-AI/AAAAAAAAAEY/48Omsfh6R7c/s320/discoSkull.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="295" width="320" /></a></div>Yeah it's a disco skull. And if you come early, you might also catch some of the wonderful artists who play the open mic here each Wednesday from 7-9pm or maybe even play something yourself (signup is at 6:30). We'd love to see you if you can make it out!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2062873296811411178-4539666130580230823?l=lacyjames.blogspot.com" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828742011-07-01T08:52:00-04:002017-02-01T18:12:31-05:00new song out now! Spirit of 76 (song for We the People)<span data-mce-style="font-family: arial;" style="font-family: arial;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" style="font-size: 14px;">It's America's birthday weekend, so what better time to release this new</span></span><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial;" style="font-family: arial;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" style="font-size: 14px;"> song -- a recorded version of "Spirit of 76 (song for We the People)" that's out today on <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lacy-james/id15986970">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lacyjames">CDBaby</a> and <a href="http://lacyjames.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>.</span></span><br><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="100" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1848565119/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=7a19f5/" style="display: block; height: 100px; position: relative; width: 400px;" width="400">&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://lacyjames.bandcamp.com/track/spirit-of-76-song-for-we-the-people-2"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Spirit of 76 (song for We the People) by Lacy James&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</iframe></div><br><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial;" style="font-family: arial;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" style="font-size: 14px;">This one is a little different from the music I usually write and doesn't really fit with the material for the new album, so I decided to release it as a one-off digital single. It was originally written to be performed live sometimes in <a href="http://danceprocessjournal.blogspot.com/">the dance we've been making</a> <i>(We the People)</i> but I thought you guys might like to hear it and I wanted to make a better, recorded version. </span></span><br><br><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial;" style="font-family: arial;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" style="font-size: 14px;">It's a simple song expressing hope for the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity to shine through to people everywhere (not just in America). I hope that you might enjoy it, wherever you are. And Happy Birthday, America.</span></span><br><br><br><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial;" style="font-family: arial;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" style="font-size: 14px;">Lyrics, music, vocals, cellos, electronics: Lacy James<br>Cover design: Mereminne Productions<br>Lacy James photo used by kind permission of <a href="http://www.bhphotos.net/Home.html">Bill Hebert</a></span></span><br><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial;" style="font-family: arial;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14px;" style="font-size: 14px;"> Liberty Bell photo used by kind permission of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/">Tony the Misfit</a> through <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">Creative Commons</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2062873296811411178-5023930887186152937?l=lacyjames.blogspot.com" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828752011-06-27T08:39:00-04:002017-01-14T14:10:37-05:00releasing a special one-off single this week!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K0KYpw9A2Ns/Tgi-OHtd76I/AAAAAAAAAEM/HLkQUnD5YLs/s1600/babyC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-K0KYpw9A2Ns/Tgi-OHtd76I/AAAAAAAAAEM/HLkQUnD5YLs/s320/babyC.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" width="186" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><br>For the past couple of weeks I've been working hard to get something ready -- just a little something that probably won't be on the upcoming album. After spending all of yesterday locked up with the lovely cello lady above, I think it's finally done. <br><br>More soon! but if you want to be one of the first to hear this one-off single, everyone on my fanlist will be receiving a free copy any day now. You can join the list in the right-hand column on this page, or <a href="http://lacyjames.fanbridge.com/">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2062873296811411178-8614100703190600064?l=lacyjames.blogspot.com" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828762011-05-17T08:52:00-04:002017-02-01T18:12:31-05:00acousticitySo... I had truly thought that I would be back in the recording studio by this past January. The new songs have been ready to record for quite some time but we are still working out the last details of various logistical stuff. It <i>is</i> going to happen soon though (hopefully, in June)! To keep from getting too frustrated waiting, I decided to focus on live performance in the meantime, so over the past few months my guitarist/composer friend <a href="http://www.timdaoust.com/">Tim Daoust</a> and I have been developing acoustic versions of some of the earlier songs and taking them out to open mics around Brooklyn and NYC.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P41hLxKsLtY/TdKoIeH42-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/VJ2ZAq0-U7A/s1600/abigOM.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//1.bp.blogspot.com/-P41hLxKsLtY/TdKoIeH42-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/VJ2ZAq0-U7A/s320/abigOM.JPEG" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="302" width="320" /></a></div><br>It's been a lot of fun, since I've never done acoustic versions of these songs before (except for "White Lion" which was basically written that way). And I hadn't performed my songs live for quite some time, so I have to admit it's also been a little scary getting out there again.<br><br>I've posted a couple of these ventures below. First is "Vengeance Is Mine" from this past Saturday at one of our favorite spots so far, Banjo Jim's.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4QsinaltQJw/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/4QsinaltQJw?f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata">
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</tbody></table><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2062873296811411178-20210137956012175?l=lacyjames.blogspot.com" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/578902011-03-29T16:50:00-04:002020-10-13T08:04:41-04:00song for We the People<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mCHUfvgehVQ/TZKHsczJxOI/AAAAAAAAADI/1BGMuJ4-Z7Q/s1600/StudioSeriesLJ1bCrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-mCHUfvgehVQ/TZKHsczJxOI/AAAAAAAAADI/1BGMuJ4-Z7Q/s320/StudioSeriesLJ1bCrop.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="304" width="320" /></a></div><br>The <a href="http://dancejournal.lacyjames.com/">dance that we're making now</a> is getting very exciting. I think it's going to be called <i>We the People.</i> The idea for this dance emerged from one of the songs that I am working on for the new album but the dance took its own direction, as dances tend to do. So as it turns out, I have written another new song for the dance! We showed the work for the first time last weekend at an informal studio performance in Philadelphia. It was my first chance to tape the piece so that I could see how the song and choreography are working together. They seem to fit, at least as one possible version of this dance, so we'll keep the song for our upcoming performances at the <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/167335">Re:Vision Series</a> in New York City next month. I'm still making some adjustments and I don't want to ruin the surprise for anyone coming to Re:Vision... so I'm not going to post too much more about the song yet. I hope that maybe some of you will be able to come see us! The dance is really exploding now, and I have such exciting dancers working with me. I am very grateful to them. They really inspire me.<br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yLwxq1-jLOg/TZKHvu1chOI/AAAAAAAAADM/t1WoO1de4n8/s1600/WPreh2a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="//3.bp.blogspot.com/-yLwxq1-jLOg/TZKHvu1chOI/AAAAAAAAADM/t1WoO1de4n8/s640/WPreh2a.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="465" width="640" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2062873296811411178-2483190662611181267?l=lacyjames.blogspot.com" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/578892011-03-04T06:52:00-05:002011-03-04T06:52:00-05:00jammin' in BK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I am so impatient to get into the recording studio! but we have to wait for scheduling, etc. so for now I've been working up some tunes to get out and do some gigs with my friend <a href="http://www.timdaoust.com/">Tim Daoust</a>. We're trying out some different angles with the songs, in both electronic and acoustic configurations, in order to start taking them out around NYC and hopefully beyond. I wasn't able to tour behind the first album after being swallowed up by dance back then, so it is really exciting to be working on different possibilities for doing those songs live now.<br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-51BurJNJknw/TXEdXlSguFI/AAAAAAAAAC0/yTMjUERot7U/s1600/Tim1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-51BurJNJknw/TXEdXlSguFI/AAAAAAAAAC0/yTMjUERot7U/s320/Tim1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><br><br>It's wonderful working with Tim because he can go in any direction that we might want to take this, having a background in electronic music as well as rock and classical/new music composition (among other things). Plus, he has the fabulous Penny, who helps us out a lot; for example checking to make sure that I have set up my gear properly:<br><br><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xr3uhasP-hA/TXEg8Sn8RYI/AAAAAAAAAC8/QSX42KQogpk/s1600/Penny1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xr3uhasP-hA/TXEg8Sn8RYI/AAAAAAAAAC8/QSX42KQogpk/s320/Penny1.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="240" width="320" /></a>
</div><br><br>keeping my equipment case warm:<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-F2dQOp9lhx0/TXEg--dRh3I/AAAAAAAAADA/D8G5ulSSiNk/s1600/Penny2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-F2dQOp9lhx0/TXEg--dRh3I/AAAAAAAAADA/D8G5ulSSiNk/s320/Penny2.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><br>and letting us know when we are not doing anything particularly impressive:<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ja4XPCFBz98/TXEhCHehO3I/AAAAAAAAADE/Stk2JtAmrXI/s1600/Penny3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ja4XPCFBz98/TXEhCHehO3I/AAAAAAAAADE/Stk2JtAmrXI/s320/Penny3.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" height="320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LXQ_1nLJjH4/TXEda_01cYI/AAAAAAAAAC4/uBdZHaWVU3I/s1600/Tim2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span id="goog_1627136055"></span><span id="goog_1627136056"></span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2062873296811411178-8600219682476017220?l=lacyjames.blogspot.com" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div>Lacy Jamestag:mereminne.com,2005:Post/1828782011-02-22T18:15:00-05:002020-10-13T08:06:03-04:00Re:Vision performances in AprilSo it looks like we will be performing the new dance in a shared program at The Tank in NYC on April 15th and 16th. The <a href="http://www.forwardmotiontheater.org/revision">Re:Vision Series,</a> hosted by Forward Motion Theater, features mixed media and interdisciplinary artists, so we will be expanding the piece into new dimensions and my brain is spinning like mad with ideas! So far we've been working with the dance in silence, but I'm thinking about creating an electronic score for these performances or incorporating spoken word... or maybe, singing. And/or possibly, video of some kind. It's quite a challenge to add such elements right now, since I'm really enjoying the simple rawness of the movement we've been making and have been thinking more in terms of showing the dance outdoors and in simple studio spaces at the beginning. But this is a great opportunity to try some new ideas for the work and to be part of an interesting show. Anyway, we'll see what happens! More details about the show are listed on our website <a href="http://www.lacyjames.com/MereminneCalendar.html">Calendar</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2062873296811411178-4742868375157986738?l=lacyjames.blogspot.com" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div>Lacy James