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Correspondence: 2009-12-15: Note From Emily Hello, Everyone, and Happy Holidays! I wanted to let you know that the cd of the Metro State Women's Prison choir, 'Voices of Hope' is now available through itunes and cdbaby. This should make your holiday shopping easier! All proceeds from the sale of the cd go to the Children's Center at the Metro State Women's Prison. For more information, visit cccgeorgia.org. Spread hope and good cheer, and thanks for your generous spirit! xemily
Correspondence: 2009-10-31: Note From Amy and Emily 10.29.09 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street Theater Hi Everyone Thanks
for following our little video blog for the UK / Ireland Tour. We had a day off in Dublin and it was a sunny warm day, so we lucked out. I
got to go hear one of my favorites - Damien Dempsey - sing a special
show Our Dublin show was a perfect way to end the tour. Full of spirit!!! We
want to thank everyone on the tour for making it an excellent See
Ya Next Year!
Correspondence: 2009-10-27: Note From Amy
Correspondence: 2009-10-26: Note From Amy and Emily 10.26.09 Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 Hi Hi Hi We were teetering on canceling our Brighton show because Emily was soooo sick! But she was a trooper and pulled through. The show ended being very special because the audience was singing right along and keeping it strong. Clare Kenny and Carol Isaacs came down from London to sit in with us. So, that made the show even more special. We worked on some new acoustic arrangements of songs and had a wonderful musical cram session. After the show, an amazing trio of girls called The Half Sisters played me (Amy) a song out on the Brighton Beach sidewalk. I was blown away. I think you should all google them and hear the music they're putting down. I only wish we had caught it on video... A
special evening all the way around!
Correspondence: 2009-10-25: Note From Amy and Emily 10.25.09 London, UK - Shepherd's Bush Empire Well London was a blast! Some
of our dear friends and recent band mates attended to the show.
We
made some new friends-an Irish singing duo named Lumiere. Onward to Brighton.... Tally-Ho!
Correspondence: 2009-10-23: Note From Amy 10.23.09 Sheffield, UK - The Plug Hi
Everyone, A and E
Correspondence: 2009-10-22: Note From Emily 10.23.09 Glasgow, Scotland - 02 ABC
Correspondence: 2009-10-19: Note From Amy 10.19.09 Manchester, UK - Academy 2 We've
played this venue quite a few times. We love it! Crowd
was stunning as usual and they sang like crazy. A and E
Correspondence: 2009-10-16: Note From Amy 10.16.09 Bristol, UK - 02 Academy We're
fighting a bit of jet lag, but nothing serious. After
all was said and done, the crowd made the show excellent tonight. We will be keeping a video diary as the tour moves around. -A and E
Correspondence: 2009-09-30: Note From Amy Another
video from the summer tour, mixed by Brian Speiser.
Correspondence: 2009-09-25: Note From Emily Hi Everyone, I
wanted to you know about a project I’ve recently been involved with.
Correspondence: 2009-07-28: Note From Amy Our sound man, Brian Speiser, put a multi-tracked rough mix with these videos and created a pretty cool group of vids from our summer tour!
"I'll
Change" featuring Lloyd Maines on Lap Steel
"Fugitive"
featuring Brandi Carlile
"Airplane"
featuring our friends Common Rotation
"Closer
to Fine" featuring our friends Common Rotation
Correspondence: 2009-07-08: Note From Amy We've just started on our West Coast summer run of shows. It's a super collection of shows in fun places at beautiful venues. We've already played by a rushing river, at the foothills of the Rockies, and amidst the stunning Red Butte Botanical Garden. Now we are hanging in Flagstaff for a day off. It doesn't really get any better than this. I had a terrific bike ride today in between my road chores. We just got awesome news that Olivia Cruises is helping out Rock for a Remedy with a sponsorship for the July tour. This will enable RFAR to maintain a staff presence at the shows, making our food collection that much more effective. A couple of days ago, in Boulder, I spied a volunteer UPS truck picking up the collected food from the venue to deliver it to the food bank - now that's community involvement. The campaign is going so well thanks to you. Here's another little video. This one is the arrangement session for Driver Education. Soon we will be moving from Emily's house to the studio.... I hope I see ya out here, Amy
Correspondence: 2009-06-17: Note From Amy I am backstage at The Calvin Theater in Northampton. I had a great day, took a long bike ride and ate Thai food. Emily and I are really digging playing the new songs on this tour. I put together another little clip of work in progress. Here we are arranging a song of Emily's called "Love of Our Lives." Mitchell is directing us as we play through the song. This one took a while to get down, but now we open the shows with it. Enjoy! AR
Correspondence: 2009-05-29: Note From Amy It’s
late; I got sidetracked by the spelling bee on TV. Whew that was
tense, but very fulfilling. The May tour was super! The food drive is gaining momentum and at this point we have collected nearly 2 Tons of food plus financial donations to distribute an additional 28 tons more. You are all really doing your part.
We enjoyed the music and company of some excellent opening acts - Matt Morris, Anais Mitchell, and Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines. Here's a little video of Salty South with Lloyd on Dobro, and Terri on Harp and vocals.
Okay, here's the next installment in our series of Poseidon And The Bitter Bug studio sessions. In this arrangement session, we are working on a song by Emiily - "I'll Change."
Here is what we find: Mitchell Froom expounding upon his vision for the song; Amy taking as many written notes as she can; Clare playing some stunningly gorgeous bass in a very cool way; and Emily singing and playing her way through the song with songbird clarity. You might notice that some of the harmonies did not end up on the CD; they were too busy. You also might notice that we put an instrumental break in the acoustic version of this song, which featured Allison Brown on guitar. Those are things we haven't sorted out at this early stage, but it's pretty clear where we're headed. More
next week :)
Correspondence: 2009-05-18: Note From Amy & Emily
New Orleans is still in a rebuilding and recovery process from the hurricanes and floods of 2005. We'll be passing through there in a few days and wanted to do something special to give back to this amazing city and cultural landmark. One of our close allies, Sweet Home New Orleans (SHNO), has done some brilliant work in returning musicians to New Orleans to continue living and playing music in the city they call home. SHNO is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support the individuals and organizations that will perpetuate New Orleans' unique musical and cultural traditions. They help New Orleans musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, and Social Aid & Pleasure Club members get on their feet, get to work and revitalize the community and cultural economy of New Orleans. Over the last four years, SHNO has provided over $2.4 million in direct financial assistance to more than 2,300 members of the city's music community. At our Tipitina's show on Saturday May 23, we'll be hosting a silent auction with the highest bidder getting to sing "Closer to Fine" with us on-stage that night. You'll also get to take home a recording of the song's performance. If you'd like, you can go in on the bid with up to three of your friends. At the show, look for the silent auction table where you can make a bid on the prize and learn more about Sweet Home New Orleans. We will accept cash or credit card for the highest bid. The auction will close at 11pm. Thanks ya'll. We look forward to seeing you at Tip's! Amy & Emily
Correspondence: 2009-05-12: Note From Amy Hello, I am currently in San Francisco. I just had an incredibly healthy and tasty meal at Gratitude-yummy! This is the first installment in a series of scenes from the rehearsal, arrangement, and recording sessions for the making of Poseidon And The Bitter Bug. The video camera was passed around from tripod to hand to hand. Everyone pitched in to document a bit here and there. I will be posting in the order in which it was shot. I haven’t even seen all the tapes, so I will be discovering just what we have as I go. My iMovie skills have a slow learning curve, but I think these videos in their raw form will shed some light on our album making process. To set this up a bit, at this point, Emily and I have spent a month alone arranging the songs, and then a week with Mitchell Froom tweaking our duo arrangements and experimenting with keyboard parts. The videos begin during the process of fine tuning our arrangements even more and bringing our bass player, Clare Kenny into the musical scene. (All apologies to Clare for starting our filming process while she’s in the hot seat.) Matt Chamberlain will be joining us on drums when we hit the recording studio. We had worked on the song “Digging For Your Dream” the day before this series starts, but that tape got corrupted….Hopefully, we will see some footage later of where that song ended up. In this first scene, Emily, Mitchell, Clare, and I are working on “Sugar Tongue.” feeling the fire in a big way.
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