January 22, 2005
it seems like the only time i ever write in this thing is when i am drinking coffee. coincidence? i've been getting a lot of angry mail requesting a new amy hills diary post so for those of you out there that thought i had dropped off of the face of the earth...i did...but i have returtned temporarily to post this message. i do apologize for not giving you my full attention as i am currently on hold with time warner cable so that i can pay my bill so that they will stop calling me at 7am on saturday mornings. i can't help it, type A personality....must multi-task. just part of my nature. incidentally, the hold music is nothing to write home about.
the experts say that i should expect 6-10 inches of snow this afternoon and through the evening which i find incredibly amusing considering i am supposed to be playing at my friend Theo Eastwind's 30th Birthday party tonight. I wasn't going to be playing any solo shows for a while...if ever again...tired of playing alone really...but then this week i got his show announcement and it said that i was /am on the bill so....without further adieu...i shall change my guitar strings and get together 6-10 tunes and possible shower in anticipation of hiking through the snow, guitar on my back, to a party.
(zach, at time warner, answers the phone and happily takes her money. she refills her coffee, reply's to a text message from ed and continues typing)
so...let me catch you up on the last two months of my life:
Amy Hills 12/01/04-1/22/05 A Retrospective
sunk into a pretty deep depression regarding the changing year and distance from family...gained like five pounds, died my hair, decided not to play any more solo shows for a while. i hadn't been writing or inspired and after playing solo shows for 2.5 years i had had enough for a while. decided it was time to form a band. started looking. found my friend gregg weiss, excellent songwriter/guitarist/drummer and began to collaborate. continued to sing with my friend dan in his band COCKROACH , rehearsing on a regular basis and hanging out a lot. went home for christmas....crying for the better part of the trip....tried to pull my act together enough to make it back to the city but not looking forward to the cold months ahead, or my rent payment. paid rent late. on the 8th of jan. played my first ever "band show" under the guise of "amy hills and her thrift store symphony" and had, hands down, one of, if not the, best time performing in my life. depression lifted. wrote a song. recorded four scratch tracks for gregg because he was leaving for six weeks. decided to concentrate on three things and not make plans. 1) my health....eating really well. i have been a pescatarian for two months now and i can really tell a difference in my energy level and my skin. trying to get more sleep as well. health insurance has kicked in so i am hoping to go get those checkup things soon. 2) spending as much time as possible with people that i care about. been hanging out with friends a lot. my friend ed had an art opening this week at the 169 bar on east broadway and i got to help him hang the show and played at the opening and it was really overwhelming sitting there after having been up all night with ed hanging the show...surrounded by a bunch of people that all really sincerely care about eachother...like we were all orphan children that ended up in the same place. like heaven almost. and i was just sooooo proud of ed. 3)not playing guitar....taking a break from my stuff so that i can get excited about it again...giving my head some space to write new tunes and then when gregg gets back into town maybe rehearsing and recording but i'm not making any plans. i am really having a great time singing with COCKROACH and that is enough for me right now.
i think that bring us up to date. if you have any questions about details or need further explination feel free to e-mail me.
i am listening to death cab for cutie right now and i really like it. i also thought that the echolalia show last night at the contiental kicked total ass. ivan and ed and chris are rockstars and i am just waiting for them to blow up and leave me forever.
anyway...cheers: to the new year, to friends, to taking care of yourself, to love, to family, to good food, to caffeine, to finding good new music, to natural disasters that remind us we are not in control, to you.
love you
-amy
the experts say that i should expect 6-10 inches of snow this afternoon and through the evening which i find incredibly amusing considering i am supposed to be playing at my friend Theo Eastwind's 30th Birthday party tonight. I wasn't going to be playing any solo shows for a while...if ever again...tired of playing alone really...but then this week i got his show announcement and it said that i was /am on the bill so....without further adieu...i shall change my guitar strings and get together 6-10 tunes and possible shower in anticipation of hiking through the snow, guitar on my back, to a party.
(zach, at time warner, answers the phone and happily takes her money. she refills her coffee, reply's to a text message from ed and continues typing)
so...let me catch you up on the last two months of my life:
Amy Hills 12/01/04-1/22/05 A Retrospective
sunk into a pretty deep depression regarding the changing year and distance from family...gained like five pounds, died my hair, decided not to play any more solo shows for a while. i hadn't been writing or inspired and after playing solo shows for 2.5 years i had had enough for a while. decided it was time to form a band. started looking. found my friend gregg weiss, excellent songwriter/guitarist/drummer and began to collaborate. continued to sing with my friend dan in his band COCKROACH , rehearsing on a regular basis and hanging out a lot. went home for christmas....crying for the better part of the trip....tried to pull my act together enough to make it back to the city but not looking forward to the cold months ahead, or my rent payment. paid rent late. on the 8th of jan. played my first ever "band show" under the guise of "amy hills and her thrift store symphony" and had, hands down, one of, if not the, best time performing in my life. depression lifted. wrote a song. recorded four scratch tracks for gregg because he was leaving for six weeks. decided to concentrate on three things and not make plans. 1) my health....eating really well. i have been a pescatarian for two months now and i can really tell a difference in my energy level and my skin. trying to get more sleep as well. health insurance has kicked in so i am hoping to go get those checkup things soon. 2) spending as much time as possible with people that i care about. been hanging out with friends a lot. my friend ed had an art opening this week at the 169 bar on east broadway and i got to help him hang the show and played at the opening and it was really overwhelming sitting there after having been up all night with ed hanging the show...surrounded by a bunch of people that all really sincerely care about eachother...like we were all orphan children that ended up in the same place. like heaven almost. and i was just sooooo proud of ed. 3)not playing guitar....taking a break from my stuff so that i can get excited about it again...giving my head some space to write new tunes and then when gregg gets back into town maybe rehearsing and recording but i'm not making any plans. i am really having a great time singing with COCKROACH and that is enough for me right now.
i think that bring us up to date. if you have any questions about details or need further explination feel free to e-mail me.
i am listening to death cab for cutie right now and i really like it. i also thought that the echolalia show last night at the contiental kicked total ass. ivan and ed and chris are rockstars and i am just waiting for them to blow up and leave me forever.
anyway...cheers: to the new year, to friends, to taking care of yourself, to love, to family, to good food, to caffeine, to finding good new music, to natural disasters that remind us we are not in control, to you.
love you
-amy
