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Carolyn Ota

Notes Coming Out Of My Very Life

About Me

Coming from a large extended family with deep roots in Hawai'i, I was surrounded by lu'au music, kachi-kachi dancing, Japanese bon dances, handsome local guys singing and playing their guitars and my aunties strumming their ukes and singing old songs. ....................... I reveled in walking alone in Nature or playing piano and singing in empty, stain-glassed churches -- just wailing in the dark, coloured light!
.................................................. I came to New York City and entered into a journey of playing at a Washington Heights gospel church, living in a building filled with musicians, studying music and healing, singing at the drop of a hat and writing songs as I wandered all over Manhattan.
Everyone Welcome:
Day Date Time VenueThurs 04/19/07 9:30pm The DuplexSat 05/19/07 7pm The Underground LoungeSun 06/03/07 12-5pm Hawai'i Cultural Foundation PicnicMon 06/04/07 8pm Fat BabyWed 06/20/07 7pm Kenny's CastawaysSat 06/30/07 7 pm The Underground LoungeMon 07/09/07 7:30pm Nightingale LoungeMon 08/06/07 8:40pm Eddie's AtticMon 09/10/07 7pm The Baggot Inn

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/17/2006
Band Members: Carolyn Ota - vocals, keyboards, guitar
Influences: Life, those beautiful souls who have walked with & before us, the animals, the songs that come to us, chants & prayers, the dance of every moment, the living movies we make, the words we write, Nature, Milton Nascimento, Laura Nyro, Tracy Chapman, Byron Katie.

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Tea" made it onto ATOs 2nd Sampler!!!

It's true!  ATO has put out their 2nd Sampler - and you can find "Tea" on it (the last cut)!  I hope you enjoy it! http://asiantalentonline.com/samplertwomain.htm...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:26:00 PST

Thank you to The NY Musicians MeetUp Group

  A few weeks ago, I played a solo 1-hr. set @ Baggot Inn as The NY Musicians MeetUp Group's member showcase. This MeetUp group (with around 500 members) is led by Phil Robinson who has...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:02:00 PST

Baggot Inn and After

It's been quite a journey from that start @ The Duplex only six months ago. This coming Monday @ Baggot Inn will celebrate this first cycle of songs.  It's been amazing and testing, yet fee...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:00:00 PST

You Can "Demand It" here!

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Posted by Carolyn Ota on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:41:00 PST

So Excited - Im on ATOs 1st Sampler!!!

This is what ATO says about their first Late Night Chill sampler:"From the stunning opening of "Meant To Be" by Melissa Polinar to the plaintive fadeout of Carolyn Ota's "Let It Go", our first music s...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:29:00 PST

Sweet Southern Comfort

Well, here's the news - though I did not win the prize @ Eddie's Attic, I was able to hear 19 other musicians do their thing.  Most were from Georgia but a few were touring/passing through. ...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:40:00 PST

Common Tool lyrics

Common Tool    I'm lonely tonight - I can't stand the pain. These wounds again are scaring me. A Common Tool, a weak link Better to be gone for my loved ones' sake.   We st...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:12:00 PST

Let It Go lyrics

  The thoughts and stories that embody this song are those that float and permeate throughout our smallest private moments to global issues involving entire nations.    "Let It...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:22:00 PST

Tea lyrics

Tea (I'm in Love with Your Essence)It's a Long Road but soon it Ends.Plenty of Time to Smooth out the Bendsand make it alright after a Hard Night's Fight.I'm in Love with Your Essence.A Cup o...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:16:00 PST

Singing Songs @ The Nightingale

They each went up with little books and papers inscribed with those words that had come to them.... in the spaces between the noise and dust of our lives.  When I, in turn, sang my songs, I became awa...
Posted by Carolyn Ota on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:53:00 PST