May 30, 2004
i woke up about a half hour ago with a splitting headache, looked at my clock which read 6:30am and got up...trying to step quietly as to not wake up my roomate on the sofa..only to find that my roomate had already left for work...which was odd considering the time...so i got my advil and water and on the way back to my room saw the clock in the living room which read 10:00am...and then that logical reasoning which doesn't kick in until a few minutes after you have woken up allowed me to deduce that the battery in the clock in my bedroom was dead...it was, in fact, 10:00am and my headache was obviously the result of a caffiene deficiency...so now....cofee in hand...withough further adieu...i present...
the last two weeks of my life: abridged.
starting friday the 14th...pay attention this will move fast...
lunch with my friend mitch (hi mitch), lovely as usual, the next night Akron/Fmily and Knot Pinebox at the Sidewalk for karen's(knot pinebox) last show in the city before she and danny kelly took off for washington state (i miss them so much already), the next day charles zerner and i had a fabulous dinner with lach and his wife and then headed over to the Four Faced Liar where my buddy Scott Peterson does this thing every sunday night from 10:30-12 and always has a guest artist...anyway, PA broke so everyone sort of passed around the guitar and , honestly, i though it was more fun that usual...maybe that was a result of the vodka...not sure. monday hoot, tuesday theo eastwind at galapagos after dinner with my sis, wed Open Up at DTUT...friday regina was supposed to play at tonic but cancelled cause of "illness" (pwwwwease get better soon reggie)which ended up being totally cool cause lippe got to open and then langhorne played and the the trachtenberg family slideshow players did their thing and nan turner and i both had 2 beers so i was sufficiently loopy and it was fun fun fun. sat Akron/Family at Sine after a day with my best friend Jared and a bloody mary and a nap...perfect. sunday practiced with beau then went over to rachael lipson's birthday cook out and then played a show with beau followed by the "rain check" show at the four faced liar becuase (if you were paying attention or even care at this point) the PA had broken the week before but scott purchased a new lovely PA with reverb and phantom power...fancy. hoot. dinner tuesday with my friend Laurel of The Voyces (my favorite band)followed by brian and miko's radio show "The Bone" at the Sunburned Cow...excellent. wed Open Up at DTUT. thursday visited brian and miko..tried to decide on an albun title which has been a grueling process for the last three months to no avail...friday and saturday worked sound at the club...admittedly not my favorite thing to do because it can get a little stressfull with full bands and crazy musician personalities etc...but despite the craziness and a few moments of "get the f out of my way" ness...both evenings were really pleasant and the performances totally rocked. which brings me to now...memorial day weekend...sunday...11AM...i'm going to lunch with lippe followed by cookout with joie followed by dj miko at galapagos if i can make it up that late. it is a perfect day. a little cool, sunny, quiet.
i should also note that somewhere in the last couple of days i decided on an album title.
also...i have been feeling a little homesick cause brian showed me pictures of the beach in california where he is from and it made me miss the beach in south carolina where i am from. do you think that when you are born the doctor injects you with some kind of local water or something that either serves to keep you from leaving or (for those of us that have the crazy notion to break the mold) is constantly pulling you back home?
i have a show on tuesday...and then not again until my CD release party on sat. the 19th.
i also have a couple new songs in the works...which is a relief.
hey...have a great day.
love you
-amy
the last two weeks of my life: abridged.
starting friday the 14th...pay attention this will move fast...
lunch with my friend mitch (hi mitch), lovely as usual, the next night Akron/Fmily and Knot Pinebox at the Sidewalk for karen's(knot pinebox) last show in the city before she and danny kelly took off for washington state (i miss them so much already), the next day charles zerner and i had a fabulous dinner with lach and his wife and then headed over to the Four Faced Liar where my buddy Scott Peterson does this thing every sunday night from 10:30-12 and always has a guest artist...anyway, PA broke so everyone sort of passed around the guitar and , honestly, i though it was more fun that usual...maybe that was a result of the vodka...not sure. monday hoot, tuesday theo eastwind at galapagos after dinner with my sis, wed Open Up at DTUT...friday regina was supposed to play at tonic but cancelled cause of "illness" (pwwwwease get better soon reggie)which ended up being totally cool cause lippe got to open and then langhorne played and the the trachtenberg family slideshow players did their thing and nan turner and i both had 2 beers so i was sufficiently loopy and it was fun fun fun. sat Akron/Family at Sine after a day with my best friend Jared and a bloody mary and a nap...perfect. sunday practiced with beau then went over to rachael lipson's birthday cook out and then played a show with beau followed by the "rain check" show at the four faced liar becuase (if you were paying attention or even care at this point) the PA had broken the week before but scott purchased a new lovely PA with reverb and phantom power...fancy. hoot. dinner tuesday with my friend Laurel of The Voyces (my favorite band)followed by brian and miko's radio show "The Bone" at the Sunburned Cow...excellent. wed Open Up at DTUT. thursday visited brian and miko..tried to decide on an albun title which has been a grueling process for the last three months to no avail...friday and saturday worked sound at the club...admittedly not my favorite thing to do because it can get a little stressfull with full bands and crazy musician personalities etc...but despite the craziness and a few moments of "get the f out of my way" ness...both evenings were really pleasant and the performances totally rocked. which brings me to now...memorial day weekend...sunday...11AM...i'm going to lunch with lippe followed by cookout with joie followed by dj miko at galapagos if i can make it up that late. it is a perfect day. a little cool, sunny, quiet.
i should also note that somewhere in the last couple of days i decided on an album title.
also...i have been feeling a little homesick cause brian showed me pictures of the beach in california where he is from and it made me miss the beach in south carolina where i am from. do you think that when you are born the doctor injects you with some kind of local water or something that either serves to keep you from leaving or (for those of us that have the crazy notion to break the mold) is constantly pulling you back home?
i have a show on tuesday...and then not again until my CD release party on sat. the 19th.
i also have a couple new songs in the works...which is a relief.
hey...have a great day.
love you
-amy
May 11, 2004
i hear thunder but i'm writing anyway. today has been really beautiful...took a long walk (listening to damien rice...ahhhh)had some really good coffee first thing..i think it was called vanilla betrayel or something devious like that.
i wanted to write because i have been walking around in this state of total bliss...like a teenager with a crush or something...because last night at the sidewalk three people covered three different amy hills songs. i couldn't believe it. i have this feeling like, "if i die tomorrow i have lived a full life".
Bea covered "small town girl"..it was really cool to hear hot female do my song...it actually gave me the hope that some high falutin' recording artist will buy a song and i will be able to build my log cabin complete with tin roof and hammock and my 1949 mahagony small body martin to sit around and write songs with...oh, and a grand piano.
and then Ed covered "excuses" and, no offense to anyone else, but for those three minutes i forgot that anyone else was there. to understand that someone else could have the intensity of emotional attachment to words that i have written was just ....well...i guess i can't describe it.
and then...from out of nowhere, alex, who has only been around for a little while and i know doesn't have my cd, covered "tuesday". which means...that he not only went to my website but also either downloaded the song or listened to the thing over and over...both of which are somewhat difficult to comprehend.
anyway...it really meant a lot to me.
it was a great night.
oh yea...the recording is finished and the artwork is on it's way...be prepared for the cd cause june is just around the corner.
love you
-amy
i wanted to write because i have been walking around in this state of total bliss...like a teenager with a crush or something...because last night at the sidewalk three people covered three different amy hills songs. i couldn't believe it. i have this feeling like, "if i die tomorrow i have lived a full life".
Bea covered "small town girl"..it was really cool to hear hot female do my song...it actually gave me the hope that some high falutin' recording artist will buy a song and i will be able to build my log cabin complete with tin roof and hammock and my 1949 mahagony small body martin to sit around and write songs with...oh, and a grand piano.
and then Ed covered "excuses" and, no offense to anyone else, but for those three minutes i forgot that anyone else was there. to understand that someone else could have the intensity of emotional attachment to words that i have written was just ....well...i guess i can't describe it.
and then...from out of nowhere, alex, who has only been around for a little while and i know doesn't have my cd, covered "tuesday". which means...that he not only went to my website but also either downloaded the song or listened to the thing over and over...both of which are somewhat difficult to comprehend.
anyway...it really meant a lot to me.
it was a great night.
oh yea...the recording is finished and the artwork is on it's way...be prepared for the cd cause june is just around the corner.
love you
-amy
May 2, 2004
my horoscope for today reads:
Career and financial goals could seem totally stalled, amy, and this could have you depressed, frustrated, and in something of a panic. Don't fall into this trap. This is not a permanent condition - it should loosen up in a few days and you'll be back on track. In the meantime, be good to yourself. Go out to your favorite restaurant, buy yourself a present, spend the afternoon in the beauty salon. If nothing else, you'll feel better.
so...panic...good word...and yes, i am broke...with taking the time to finish the album and quitting the high paying day job to do music...suddenly i find myself walking more and eating less...it's ok though...i enjoy walking...and when i do eat, i eat well.
it was one of those frustratingly chaotic and beautiful weeks...i think the new patty griffin album has gotten me through it all. i am listening to it right now as i drink my coffee and procrastinate. what better to do on a misty sunday morning.
i feel like i have like a whole sleu of songs just waiting to come out and i can't wait to hear them..you know...like every song is like a completed therapy lesson or something...a present to myself that can help me in my relationships with everyone on some level....even if no one else ever hears it.
just to re-cap the week...
monday night antihoot was sort of a disaster, but at about 1:30 there was this calming feeling cause a lot of the people that i feel like i really connect with musically played and suddenly all of my problems and frustrationas and whatever else were just gone...for at least a couple of hours.
tuesday i played in this showcase in the west village that was nothing like i had ever experienced before. i felt like i was visiting another planet and didn't speak the language or something. i'll try to explain when i figure out what was so wierd for me in a way that doesn't get me into trouble.
wednesday the open mic had over 40 people attempt to sign up..we went into one song at around nine and still finished late. it is always interesting to see how each week unfolds and which regulars do and don't show up and who the new faces are and how the people that really listen are improving exponentially and the people that live inside themselves are remaining wherever they happen to be.
skipping to saturday...the wedding in central park was really beautiful...i felt like i was in a movie and the movie was about this young couple in love...cherry blossoms flying everywhere...sail boats racing in the lake...perfect weather...family. the best part was that i was facing the road during the ceremony and almost every couple that walked by either stopped and watched or grabbed hands and kept going as if they were suddenly reminded of what may have been or what still may be one of the greatest days of their life. the cheesecake was delightful. i thought of proposing but knew that the relationship was doomed due to the lack of comunication and intimacy with inanimate objects.
hmmmm....feeling better...time to clean...and then i'll go to my favorite restaurant, but myeslf some papertowels and trash bags, and spend the day in the salon i call home. maybe i'll put on a mask or something.
have a great week.
-amy
Career and financial goals could seem totally stalled, amy, and this could have you depressed, frustrated, and in something of a panic. Don't fall into this trap. This is not a permanent condition - it should loosen up in a few days and you'll be back on track. In the meantime, be good to yourself. Go out to your favorite restaurant, buy yourself a present, spend the afternoon in the beauty salon. If nothing else, you'll feel better.
so...panic...good word...and yes, i am broke...with taking the time to finish the album and quitting the high paying day job to do music...suddenly i find myself walking more and eating less...it's ok though...i enjoy walking...and when i do eat, i eat well.
it was one of those frustratingly chaotic and beautiful weeks...i think the new patty griffin album has gotten me through it all. i am listening to it right now as i drink my coffee and procrastinate. what better to do on a misty sunday morning.
i feel like i have like a whole sleu of songs just waiting to come out and i can't wait to hear them..you know...like every song is like a completed therapy lesson or something...a present to myself that can help me in my relationships with everyone on some level....even if no one else ever hears it.
just to re-cap the week...
monday night antihoot was sort of a disaster, but at about 1:30 there was this calming feeling cause a lot of the people that i feel like i really connect with musically played and suddenly all of my problems and frustrationas and whatever else were just gone...for at least a couple of hours.
tuesday i played in this showcase in the west village that was nothing like i had ever experienced before. i felt like i was visiting another planet and didn't speak the language or something. i'll try to explain when i figure out what was so wierd for me in a way that doesn't get me into trouble.
wednesday the open mic had over 40 people attempt to sign up..we went into one song at around nine and still finished late. it is always interesting to see how each week unfolds and which regulars do and don't show up and who the new faces are and how the people that really listen are improving exponentially and the people that live inside themselves are remaining wherever they happen to be.
skipping to saturday...the wedding in central park was really beautiful...i felt like i was in a movie and the movie was about this young couple in love...cherry blossoms flying everywhere...sail boats racing in the lake...perfect weather...family. the best part was that i was facing the road during the ceremony and almost every couple that walked by either stopped and watched or grabbed hands and kept going as if they were suddenly reminded of what may have been or what still may be one of the greatest days of their life. the cheesecake was delightful. i thought of proposing but knew that the relationship was doomed due to the lack of comunication and intimacy with inanimate objects.
hmmmm....feeling better...time to clean...and then i'll go to my favorite restaurant, but myeslf some papertowels and trash bags, and spend the day in the salon i call home. maybe i'll put on a mask or something.
have a great week.
-amy
