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Lisa Stringfield

Reaching for the stars with one foot in the gutter

About Me

In 1995, I joined and helped form the all girl group Carmina Piranha. Within our eight years of playing, drinking, dreaming and making music - we toured the West coast, played SXSW (1998) and released 2 cds - "Revenge Poems" (a score that we performed live for the Oregon Ballet Theatre) and "Lucid" (you can check out our music on cdbaby.com). My lastest endeavour - Carmina Luna - has only one other original member (the wonderfully talented and beautiful Lara Michell) from Carmina Piranha. Carmina Luna plays only a few times a year now, which is why I've decided to branch out on my own and see what I can do with my vocals, a Yamaha keyboard and a lot of help from my friends!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/21/2006
Band Members: Right now it's me, but I do have a variety of amazingly talented musician friends from the Portland area helping me out from time to time.
Influences: Sigur Ros, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Catherine Wheel, David Bowie, Simple Minds, Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, Siouxie and the Banshees, the Cure, Massive Attack, Concrete Blonde, Bjork,PJ Harvey, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Harold Budd,Neko Case, Cole Porter, Joni Mitchell, Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, the Andrews Sisters, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Roberta Flack, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Loretta Lyn, Patsy Cline, Everything But the Girl, Jeff Buckley, MC5s, the Clash, the Ramones, Blondie, Travis, Eisley, Mark Lanegan, the New Pornographers, Sixteen Horsepower, the Shins, Calexico, Rufus Wainwright, David Sylvian, Japan, Lara Michell, Amoree Lovell, Kaitlyn ni Donovan, Morgan Grace, Rachel Taylor Brown, Stereovision, Echo and the Bunnymen, Concrete Blonde, X, Sparkle Horse, Brian Eno, Zero 7, Air, Rasputina, the 360’s, Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, Tricky, Wilco, the Creatures, Elbow, Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Def Leppard, Soundgarden, etc . . .
Sounds Like: sounds like me
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Soundtrack song for "Orbita del Verano"

I've posted my first song for a film soundtrack. Thank you Kaitlyn for asking me to lend my pipes to this song - glad we worked out a Spanish version of the original - much more sexy this way, huh?!...
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:12:00 PST

Invite to Preview Screening of "Orbita Del Verano"

Hello friends - I'm reposting this blog from my talented, musician and beautiful friend Kaitlyn ni Donovan. Kaitlyn asked me to sing on one of the songs for the film "Orbita Del Verano" (Summer Orbi...
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:46:00 PST

Adele . . . .

It's been longer than I can remember that I've seen and heard a musician play that truly and utterly transported me to another dimension . . . tonight was one of those special moments in my life. If ...
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:03:00 PST

Jazz Standards . . .

Here's a selection of Jazz standards I recorded earlier this summer.
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:20:00 PST

New songs!

Just got back from Italy and decided to post a few snippets of song ideas I've been working on. Thanks Jeff for helping me install Protools - I'm like a kid in a candy shop!
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:09:00 PST

New tunes! Finally . . .

Thanks to the backing musical stylings of the fabulous Pete Krebs trio (thanks Pete, Keith and Dave) and the knob twiddlings of producer Jason (smooth-a-licious) Roak, I have new songs up!
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:59:00 PST

Tiger Haven benefits from Jeff Buckley Tribute

The Oregonian Music review: Friends gather to remember BuckleyMore than two dozen acts pay tribute to the rock singer, who would have turned 40 this weekMonday, November 13, 2006SCOTT D. LEWISRecipe ...
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:15:00 PST

The Grand Guignol - Come out and see the show!

Got Blood?: On October, Friday the 13th, The Tragedies Takes on the Original French Theater of Horror ..Theatre du Grand Guignol.. The Tragedies mutate from a sketch comedy troupe into a monstrous the...
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:32:00 PST

Come out and give!

I'm volunteering at the Dove Lewis Animal Clinic these days, and I love it! I'm also involved with an AIDS orphanage called the Happy Children's Centre in Kenya, Africa. We have an upcoming event to...
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:12:00 PST

See me Live @ the Dove Lewis event this Sunday 25, 2006!

Actually, you'll see me giving water and doggie treats to the dogs participating in the annual "Run for the Love of Dove" event in NW Portland! I've been a volunteer for little over a month now (LOVE...
Posted by Lisa Stringfield on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:27:00 PST