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HI AND WELCOME to my lovely lovely world..Step on in, relax, and take a little trip, take a little trip into LyricLand.......Always magical, blessed and charmed, laced with enough loss and tragic circumstance to give some meat to my efforts,here it is.
NOTE; I HAVE A COMPUTER SITUATION THAT DOES NOT ENABLE ME TO ACCESS MY EMAIL BOXES WITH GMAIL OR HOTMAIL. NOW I CANNOT ANSWER MYSPACE EMAILS, SEND BULLETINS OR RESPOND TO BLOGS.ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM OR IS IT JUST ME??? MY TECHNICIANS ARE WORKING WITH ME OVERSEAS TO SORT IT ALL OUT....
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN"S VERSION: I write biographies for paying musicians;I am an Independent Music Journalist, working with Unsigned Magazine,StokeOnTrent,Staffordshire,England; I am in process of finishing three books: one on my parents' brilliant career in music;one on the great musicians I promoted in the early 90's when you were in the 9th grade and yes I bathe in the blood of virgins to keep young; I do have publishers on and up my lovely ass;the third book is actually a series of Childrens' literature, based upon real-life with my muse, Miss Greta Gecko-- I work 19 hrs a day, sleep for 24, then back at it...men love me til they figure that schedule out and so far,no one can hang with it!
....FOR THOSE WITH ENOUGH FOCUS TO READ ON,.... IF YOU JUST WANT TO FILL UP YOUR PAGES,DON'T BOTHER WITH ME, please, this is for musicians,press,film, and recording labels primarily--If you request me,and then don't leave a personal comment, 'delete'...Just good ole' ettiquette. Looking for hot older women to support you? Get LOST. Get very lost. The content herein is truthful and the result of a remarkable life lead with enthusiasm, not fantasy or wishful thinking. I've been asked.
HERE TO NETWORK~~~~~ALL BUSINESS.
~~~ THOSE OF DARKNESS, JUST MOVE ALONG...~~~~~EN FRANCAIS: ~~"BIENVENUE A TOUS LES MUSICIENS. VEULLEZ LIRE MON PROFIL ET SI VOUS ETES GARDE AVANT, J'AIMERAIS VOUS FAIRE JOINDRE MON PETIT SALON!!"~~~~
~~ Willkommen, alle Musiker und Künstler von Germany.I morgens ein Bandfürsprecher, gefallen so verlangen mich, wenn Sie mehr über dieses erlernen möchten."BENVENUTO AL MIO SALOTTO DI MUSICA E DI POESIA. SE SIETE INTERESSATI NEGLI AMICI DI QUALIA, SIETE VENUTO AL GIUSTO POSTO!!"
~~~~PORTUGUESE: "BOA VINDA A MEU LOUNGE DA MUSICA E DA POESIA. SE VOCE ESTIVER INTERESSADO EM AMIGOS DA QUALIDADE, VOCE VEIO AO LUGAR DIREITO"!
~~~~~~UNITED KINGDOM: Please join up in our alternate myspace LYRIC LACEILE's and AMY VAUGHAN'S UK FEATURED ARTIST site on myspace, where unsigned artists from the United Kingdom are showcased with their tunes/video/slide show/in-depth interview/biog/banner/web addy/etc.featured. A sampling of the artists who have agreed to appear on our site include ROMANCE of Seattle,our very special 'guest artists';the ever-delightful MARTIN GORDON (with a legacy including his time w/Radio Stars,Jet,John's Children);the massive psychedelia and mega-trippy vibes of'BIG DWARF; quirky chanteuse, 'VASHTI'; the inimitable 'littlebigman'; an encore of phenomenal folk singer/songwriter VINNIE JAMES and much more..
TO JOIN OUR UK SITE: To visit or To join, go to my top friends and tap on LYRIC LACEILE, she'll take you there with a smile-See you there!
TO THE POINT: If you need assistance with your press kit bio and/or profile,and some of you could really use a bit of 'sleek'...stop here. You're in the right place. {request actual files via email for a taste of my style, actual bios that landed musicians great gigs and a few recording deals}~~~I have partnered with an extremely talented and brilliant writer, Amy Vaughan ,
Freelance Journalist/Editor/Publicist
Board Member, Media Tank(www.mediatank.org)
Member, Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. That should nail it! She is awesome and I am very fortunate to know her-
Amy has been gracious enough to assist with the management and the creative aspects of both this site and our United Kingdom Featured Artists site, composing some of the most professional bios and interviews I've ever read!. If you like the approach and word-age, request our services and you'll have a mock-up within a few hrs. We aren't paid til' you're absolutely thrilled....ok??
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WHY AM I HERE??-See below. This whole thing started with a successful stab at locating some old pals, now its like this...
I'm a writer, a poet,a journalist, a columnist/reviewer/interviewer for a hot and very popular underground magazine in Britain, UNSIGNED MAGAZINE. The editor is totally brilliant,the layout is stellar, the bands featured are creme de la creme, so go out and subscribe to it or buy it if you live in the UK. Support your brethren, dig? Besides, I"M in it starting in 2007's first issue, and you don't want to miss THAT~
To those reading from Deep Ellum, if you have a single memory that invokes beauty, melancholy, brilliance, delight,horror,disgust,mortification,twisted recollection,etc(from 1987-1991 ONLY) and feel like contributing to the book WRITE ME!! ----
JAZZ LOVERS, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU...I'm from jazz royalty.My amazing dad and mom were and are jazz purists who left a legacy that still shouts volumes.I still get telephone calls or requests for their music to this day, with stories of how deeply their music and their talent affected so many for so long.Dad's a Hall-of-Famer(Even tho' he was a jazz guy, he was inducted post-mortem into the Country & Western Hall of Fame,Nashville) and Grammy winner,in Heaven,My mom is retired, tall, thin, elegant, stunning and still fabulous. They played sessions with Mel Torme;Sinatra (apparently I was conceived the night mom was invited and attended one of his infamous parties) ;Jack Jones;Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys;Opened for three years in Waikiki for Comedian Lenny Bruce;Billie Holiday fired her keyboard player right in the middle of a gig there, and hired my pop right out of the audience on his rehearsal break, and she HATED being called "Lady Day", stating that it was like someone was calling a dog 'Lady, Lady, come here Lady'....and I quote...; Leon Russell met Dad while recording with Sinatra of all people,Leon ended up giving Dad one of his Steinway Grands;The great Joe Venuti;Barney Kessel; Tommy Alsup(guy who lost the fated coin toss with Buddy Holly and won, thus living now);Cedar Walton; McCoy Tyner;Med Flory and SuperSax;Roy Harte and Harry Babison for all you old school jazz daddios from 50-60's Hollywood-they owned "DRUM CITY"; In Jan. 07 I heard from a great jazz drummer/friend, Johnny Johnson, found me while 'googling' daddy...it still blows me away to get a call like that, about my dad, what a great influence he was, how his talent affected this person and that person, etc.and my mom's influences vocally on his wife's career as a singer...wow. Dick and Kiz Harp,pals of mom and dad's of the famed 90th Floor here in Dallas , great pals who opened up their unique club to legendary jamm sessions.Jack Ruby had a few funky clubs that strippers Candy Barr and Bubbles Cash would prance their wares in-Dad somehow was coaxed into supplying the bump n' grind grooves....Dexter Gordon roamed our hallways...I grew up on the canals of Venice with my dad and neighbors Marty Balin, Joe Ely and Jim Morrison all jamming with dad or manning his couches.As a precocious toddler, I spent alot of time on "The Addams Family" filming set, daddy knew Ted Cassidy(Lurch)and "My Favorite Martian" set, dad jammed with one of the recurring character's dads. Lotta fun.A rather hard-to-imagine childhood, in the most beautiful way...
I spent my summers as a West Coast Post-Warhol princess with the rich hippies and artists of Mill Valley and Sausalito. Golden Gate park concerts featured Grace Slick and Country Joe, flowers in my hair, dancing amongst the real Summer of Love. 'Monterey Pop' was a reality for me, went with my dad. You never knew what luminaries would be wandering about our hallways or gracing our couches. Your freak flag could always fly at our house.
I'm still remarkably well-preserved, stay out of the sun, in great shape with no wrinkles or road-weary look!! My life has been richly blessed, and I have God to thank for that, and that I am still breathing! Rather miraculous. I've died three times, and probably a few more that I don't care to recall.
Always surrounded by constant inspiration, I felt the desire to become a writer at age 8 at a New Years' party at author Henry Miller's home, encouraged by the man himself, surrounded by MENSA freaks.What a night, what a life!In retrospect, I started writing creative stories at age 3 about aliens like "Crepple Sepelrus", a character I invented,drew and created stories around. My muse, an alien.. LATER ON.....After ten years of touring and recording with my dad, my gorgeous mom went on to work at Warner Bros/Reprise in the golden years with famed A & R GIANT, Dave Hassinger.The Grateful Dead were one of Dave's mastermind signings.That worked out well for everyone...Hassinger was a mastermind for finding great talent...lots of free vinyl for 'moi'.Following that never-again period in time, Mom worked for Terry Melcher, singer and actress Doris Day's son, as well as Tim Barker, son of actress Susan Hayward.The other day a pal was hanging out with me, spotted this small photo of Count Basie dancing with Babette, a darling family pal--....
MUCH LATER ON....I took time out for 12 yrs to raise two amazing sons, 25 and 20 -- Both accomplished artists and musicians.
Flash way~forward to 1988-After three years in Deep Ellum as an underground writer/band supporter and booker/promoter/biographer,I died an early death as a band manager and booking agent, please, don't ask me to help you in that capacity, I did a great job at it, just got tired of babysittting grown-ups--- I was asked to become a staff writer for the largest Media-buying company in the world, Western International Media, West Hollywood.(This company was sold to IPG in 1995)I had the pleasure of working with Mr. David Nelson (Ozzie and Harriet Nelson's son and Rick Nelson's brother for those living under a rock)whose offices, Casablanca Productions, were next door to Western Int.Media. Western Media's intimate group of 700 bought the spot time for 65% of the world's television and radio. Film/Radio/Television/Motion Pics .I doubled as a Script treatment specialist*(Notably, for Mr. Quinn Redeker, co-author of "The Deerhunter", starring Robert DeNiro). Foot model (no foot freaks please!);Casting assistant;etc.Limos,VIP 'everything',carte blanche to the hippest clubs & restaurants, glowing in the limelight was just part of the ride, hell its just fun to download the memories! BEST MOMENT AT DISNEY STUDIOS was having a smoke across from Robert Redford, a gracious gent who happened to have a light just when I needed one.
NOW, BUT NOT FOR LONG: I came back to Dallas,family needed me here, back on the airwaves I went.(Traffic and Weather girlie for several local radio stations)Burnt out on that after 2 years......Now I'm finishing the book on local talent, then I AM OUT OF HERE...
DEEP THOUGHTS:It has been conjectured that I am a muse,yet you would only recognize that if you knew what to look for~~n'est pas? For any and all performers in need, I am a MUSICIAN'S LIASON. If one wonders what that might actually mean,I am your advocate.Write me for more details ~~~~
BOTTOM LINE: If you are highly creative, manic, love your board, enjoy reptiles and/or are def 'not a pinata', (you know, break it open,lotta sweet candy falls out,nothing left inside--NOT INTERESTED--NO FLUFF ALOUD HERE)then make yourself KNOWN!!
No fuckwitts;No darkness..
I repeat, no darkness --------IF YOUR BAND HAS A NAME THAT IS INSULTING TO JESUS OR TO GOD, PLEASE, GET LOST AND STAY LOST...
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