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About Me

All photos and paintings by Sharon J.Z. aka gig unless noted. All melodies and lyrics by Sharon J. Z. aka gig. Vocals/harmonies, trax 2 and 3 by Heather Green. Vocals on track 4 by Sharon J.Z. aka gig. Arr./prod./all instruments, trax 2/3/4 by Michael Bizar. Vocals/harmonies/guitars/arr./prod.", "Every Room" by Jon Statham.

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Member Since: 8/29/2006
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Influences: I have a boat load of favorite artists. In random order: Little Milton, Donny Hathaway, Mozez, Bjork, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Massive Attack, Lisa Shaw, Rilo Kiley, Crosby Stills & Nash, Alien Chatter, Gnarls Barkley, Keane, Natacha Atlas, Feist, the Rebirth, Brand New Heavies, Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass, Prince, Vikter Duplaix, Bob Marley, Police, Sting, Mint Royale, Jean Wells, Ulrich Schnauss, Leon Ware, Minnie Riperton, Blondie, Isaac Hayes, Ike & Tina Turner, The Ramones, The Clash, Herbie Hancock, Lewis Taylor, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Costello, Jeff Buckley, Marvin Gaye, Camel, Curtis Mayfield, Coldplay, Earth Wind & Fire, Solomon Burke, Stevie Wonder, Dead Can Dance, Miles Davis, Bobby Bland, Beatles, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Luther Vandross, Sarah Vaughn, Isley Brothers, Johnny Cash & June Carter, The Judds, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Mozart, Chopin, Debussey, Eric Satie, Mtume, Baluji Shrivatstav, Salif Keita, Diana Krall, Nenah Cherry, The Blue Nile, Sly & the Family Stone, David & David, U2, Amos Lee, Cocteau Twins, Weekend Players, Neville Brothers, Al Green, Stan Getz, Kenny Barron, Bill Withers, Frank Sinatra, Peven Everett, Ryan Adams, Zero 7, Jimi Hendrix, Alison Krauss, Sade, Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Staple Singers, Van Hunt, Goldfrapp, Jill Scott, Seal, Kenny Loggins, Grace Jones, Sly & Robbie, Sergio Mendes, Albert King, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Keith Jarrett, Ella Fitzgerald, Jennifer Warnes, R. Sakamoto, John Legend, Tom Waits, Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, The Roots, Kim Hill, David Bowie, Ozomatli, Outkast, Anggun, John Mayer, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Jennifer Johns, Jorge Drexler, Roberta Flack and many many more. Also: various Naked Music Label compilations, plus these soundtracks: Monster's Ball, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, A Walk on the Moon, Coffee and Cigarettes, High Fidelity, Talk to Her, Kama Sutra, Sexy Beast, Double Life of Veronique, and Open Hearts aka Elsker Dig For Evigt (Danish dogme film featuring Anggun's perfect vocals on the soundtrack).________________________________________________ _________________The music video for "I'M ON FIRE" was shot in March 1985 in Los Angeles, and was directed by filmmaker John Sayles. Unlike the previous videos from the album, this video was not a performance clip but rather portrayed a dramatic storyline that alluded to some of the song's emotions. In it, Springsteen plays a working class automobile mechanic with an attractive, married, very well-to-do, mostly unseen female customer who brings her vintage Ford Thunderbird in for frequent servicing, always requesting that he do the work. She gives him all her keys, not just the ones for the car. Later that night, he drives the T-Bird up to her mansion high in the hills above the city. He is about to ring the bell, when he thinks better of it, smiles wistfully, drops her keys in the mailbox next to the door and walks away down towards the lights below. The video began airing in mid-April, received extensive MTV airplay, and later in the year won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video. [source: Wikipedia] IT DOESN'T GET MUCH SEXIER THAN BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SINGING "I'M ON FIRE". (1984)..

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Sounds Like: The Watson Twins, Jenny Lewis, Alison Krauss. Some people have mentioned Eveything But The Girl and Norah Jones. These tracks are low-key acoustic songs - I came up with the term "FOLK CHILL"! As for "Every Room": folk/country, some Crosby Stills and Nash and other sounds - it's all good to me! (It'd be pretty great to hear Willie Nelson cover it) These songs are demo songs and are available for artists/managers/labels/publishers.
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My Blog

Hot time, summer in the city...

Well, I'm back in Los Angeles proper after ten months in lovely Long Beach. Lived in L.A. from March 2006 and until last July - by Koreatown. Now I'm on the Westside, between Culver City and Venice Be...
Posted by gig on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:32:00 PST

To create or not to create

A great reply to a reader by Salon.com's advice columnist Cary Tennis.   We want a kid but don't think it's right to have one. How can you bring a kid into the world when you can't know in advan...
Posted by gig on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:07:00 PST

Building up callus

I came up with the music for "Song for Louise" today - some simple but really beautiful chords that fit the mood of the lyrics. But I’m new to strumming - been fingerpicking so far - and after a...
Posted by gig on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:23:00 PST

Song for Louise

Late on Sunday night I wrote lyrics inspired by and for my friend Louise in England.  The words came very quickly and I sent them off by email within the hour. She was very touched.&nbs...
Posted by gig on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:29:00 PST

Launching The Nightfly - a blog about music!

This blogging thing is pretty addictive, but it sure is fun to self-publish -  you get to be your own boss ...which also means you get to yell at yourself for missing a deadli...
Posted by gig on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:01:00 PST

Bow Wow

Our world is getting increasingly surreal - here's a new story from Wellington, New Zealand:     It's a doggone chartbuster -- a song audible only to dogs has topped New Zealand r...
Posted by gig on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:47:00 PST

Heath Ledger

Just read the news that Australian actor Heath Ledger has died at the age of 28 in SoHo, NYC.  I'm usually not affected by the passing of a celeb unless it's a performer or actor/actres...
Posted by gig on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:09:00 PST

Led Zeppelin

Jeff Buckely was very much influenced by Led Zeppelin and you can hear it in many of his songs. A 2-disc  "Mothership" set of remastered Led Zeppelin tracks - essentially...
Posted by gig on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:54:00 PST

Jeff Buckleys version of "Hallelujah"

Jeff Buckley would have turned 42 this coming November 17. (He drowned in May of 1997) His signature tune was Leonard Cohen's brilliant song "Hallelujah".  Jeff's cover version doesn't...
Posted by gig on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:36:00 PST

A must read for the ladies!

Buzzy Jackson:  A Bad Woman Feeling Good. Blues and the Women Who Sing Them. W.W. Norton & Company, 2005.  276 pages (excluding footnotes and index) To the ladies: this i...
Posted by gig on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:20:00 PST