So, I don’t know how many people are going to see this update, but things have been pretty busy this last little bit!
The biggest news is that our CD came out at the end of April! Check it out here! (At the link, you will find a number of ways to buy or stream.)
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(more updates coming soon!)
Rand and I had a truly fantastic weekend at OVFF. Among the highlights for us was our 4-song concert set on Sunday afternoon, during which we got to debut 3 new songs that will appear on our upcoming album! (Here’s our Indiegogo page, if you are so inclined!)
The four songs we played were:
I’m a much more confident performer than I was four years ago at FKO, and I owe it all to this wonderful, supportive, nurturing community. Thank you for making me believe I could do this!
I’m so proud of the songs Rand and I have written for this album. They are all the results of truly collaborative efforts–I don’t (yet) write any music, just lyrics, so the music/melodies are all Rand (except “Do As Peggy Says,” which was a collaboration with Adam!). With only a couple of exceptions, all the original lyrics on our upcoming album were written by the two of us together, with the actual process varying from song to song.
And I can’t end this post without mentioning the amazingly talented Amy McNally and Brenda Sutton, who helped make “Nasty” everything we dreamed it could be. <3
We also got to spend some time hanging out with the whole Vixy & Tony band to talk about some tracks on the album they’re going to assist us on. (squee!)
I’m probably not going to get around to a full con report, but it was an amazing weekend filled with friends and music and laughter, and I’ve got a bit of the back-to-work blues today. (And as usual, there was too much to do and I did not get around to a whole bunch of things I had planned on doing, so my apologies to anyone I neglected!)
As always, many thanks to the ConCom for all you do!
Lyrics by Erin and Rand Bellavia, music by Rand Bellavia
My story’s been told and it’s older than time
Older than fables or nursery rhymes
They try me then try me then try to set fire to me
Though I’ve committed no crimes
Whatever the scene they aim to demean
Peasant, princess, servant or queen
They try me than try me then cry to the sky
Unclean, obscene, and everything in between
No broom or bubbling cauldron
There’s no evil in my eye
But if whatever I do is called sin
Then I confess that I
I am nasty
I am timeless
I will not be silenced
I am alive with fire and fury
And I will fight til the tide has turned
We are nasty
We’re the forsaken
We will not be shaken
We are the daughters of the witches
That your fathers failed to burn
You say that you’re blessed
There’s no need to redress
Surely your best
Destiny’s manifest
Then profess I’m possessed
You detest and arrest me
And suggest I confess to my sin
But as you might have guessed
I’m less than impressed
You’re obsessed, grotesque
And repressed; I request
I express my protest:
Unless Yes is the Guest
I attest the oppressed cannot win
No broom or bubbling cauldron
There’s no evil in my eye
But if whatever I do is called sin
Then I confess that I
I am nasty
I am timeless
I will not be silenced
I am alive with fire and fury
And I will fight til the tide has turned
We are nasty
We’re the forsaken
We will not be shaken
We are the daughters of the witches
That your fathers failed to burn