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2008-04-28 18:44:45 Description: Serge Meseth, aka Serge47 - This "rock & roll funky show dimension cybernetic flute boy"('s), first time in a recording studio.
THIS NYC MESSENGER/MUSICIAN and "Street (More) Serge Meseth, aka Serge47 - This "rock & roll funky show dimension cybernetic flute boy"('s), first time in a recording studio.
THIS NYC MESSENGER/MUSICIAN and "Street Player" from Cusco and Lima, Peru can really make a "pretty sweet sound" with his flute. I first "experienced" Serge and his percussive style of playing, at "Le Bar Bat", 311 West 57th Street in New York City.
Fortuitously, the space was full of "good vibes" and had previously been the "world famous" recording studio, Media Sound. Before that, it had been an old Manhattan Baptist Church. Everyone from Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, Guns N' Roses, Kool & the Gang, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel, BB King, John Lennon, Meatloaf, Jane Oliver, Yoko Ono, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and Stevie Wonder (to name a few) recorded multi-platinum records there. I produced several projects there. Media Sound was owned and founded by John Roberts who had put up the money and produced The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Of course, those appearances at "Woodstock 69" i.e. "Woodstock" by Richie Havens, Swami Satchidananda, Country Joe MacDonald, John Sebastian, Sweetwater, Incredible String Band, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Quill, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, Canned Heat, Mountain, Janis Joplin, Sly & the Family Stone, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, The Band, Blood Sweat & Tears, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Peru (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha-Na-Na, Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young are all legendary today.
Serge's energy is electric and intense. He was running around the club jumping from one stage to another. He was singing and playing "original songs" on the flute and accompanying himself seamlessly. His music is both "aggressive and sweet". Wild! I figured he was "spun out" on "serious drugs".
QUITE THE CONTRARY, later after his set I introduced myself. It was really refreshing to meet someone so "clear thinking" direct and original. He has never taken drugs; "he's clean"! After talking with him I felt committed to interviewing him on camera. I have rarely encountered a person as "talented and unique" as Serge.
STREET MUSICIAN - As it turns out Serge played regularly on the corner where I live. His flute playing was so distinctive (like hearing Ian Anderson on flute or George Young on sax) that I began hearing him everywhere. He worked / The East Village (by the Cooper Union Cube) / Union Square / Columbus Circle / Central Park and all over New York City. He rode his bike around the City, chained it, opened his flute case and was instantly in business. He is innovative; his music has a rich, magical and joyful resonance in it's sound.
I was surprised to find that he had never recorded any of his songs and more surprised to find, he played the guitar, keyboards and seemingly any instrument he could get his hands on. I decided he was either "crazy or brilliant". He explained his father is French and a professional saxophone player, his mother from Peru. He grew up in Cusco and Lima hanging out in music stores where he learned to play. You might be surprised while watching the video to know that has never owned a guitar or a keyboard but HE CAN REALLY PLAY! VERY COOL!
It seemed the perfect way to find out who "the man behind the music" is, was to let this "Street Player" loose in a recording studio. I decided that I would record him at my Friend (Benjy King)'s "Home Studio". Benjy, a "Former Pop Star" and keyboard player (of the 80's band, SCANDAL, with Patty Smyth) has a comfortable studio in his apartment on Lexington Avenue and he produces a "really good sound".
My favorite memories of working with Serge 47, including filming him while he built his tracks, were following Serge around town on his bike, seeing his "Studio/digs" (in the basement of the former, Piano Store Theater, 158 Ludlow Street, NYC) and his neighborhood haunts. I loved our cam interviews and listening to him tell about Machu Picchu, Cusco and Lima Peru, "His love of music" and his experience with UFOs in Peru. Not sure what planet he's from but I'm convinced he's an Alien. That might explain his EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
I haven't seen or spoken with Serge in quite some time. He hasn't been playing at his old haunts around town. I miss hearing his flute playing and seeing his honest face. The City Streets don't feel quite the same without his electric energy.
Someone once told me, "Talent is like cream to milk, it rises to the top". If that's true, I know we'll be hearing a lot more about Serge Meseth. I hope you enjoy the film and meeting THIS GIFTED MAN.
Serge, I know you're out there... ET Phone Home!
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
Produced & Directed by Richard Currier
2nd of 3 Parts - (Excerpt/THE MESSENGER)
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50, 01:39, 2008-03-19 10:18:05 Description: NORA YORK IS NEW YORK!
"An ingenious, radical, extravagant talent!" - The New Yorker
NORA'S CAREER spans 25 years and has engaged diverse discipline with her voice, performance and (More) NORA YORK IS NEW YORK!
"An ingenious, radical, extravagant talent!" - The New Yorker
NORA'S CAREER spans 25 years and has engaged diverse discipline with her voice, performance and composition. She merges both musical genres with conceptual sources.
In 2002 Nora received The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Composers Commission for Breaking Tradition. The recording What I Want (215 Records fall 06) represents that initiative: a group of songs for voice and ensemble exploring musical sources from American folk to jazz and popular music. Breaking Tradition has its genesis in 1998 as a commissioned live performance at, The Brooklyn Museum. York continued to create performances for visual art spaces to include: Whitney Museum of American Art (2006 Biennial: Day for Night), Exit Art, Chelsea Art Museum, Smack Mellon in Brooklyn and The Kent Gallery, NYC.
Beginning in 1988 Nora began her regular performances at the Knitting Factory. She developed her compositional toolkit of editing, flipping genders and splicing repertoires and sources there. When Joe's Pub at The Public Theater opened in 1998, it became a laboratory for York's new work, where she has continued to debut her compositional theatrical events.
From 1996 through to today, York performed at music festivals throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Mexico. They include, most notably: the Newport Jazz Festival, the Ottawa Jazz Festival, (Women in Jazz Festival, New York), Lincoln Center Out of Doors (for which she received a Meet The Composer Grant) and the Festival of Song at the Asia Society, New York.
In 2005, music historian W. Royal Stokes featured a profile on York in the ‚"Visionaries and Eclectics" section of his book, Growing Up With Jazz, Oxford University Press (pp. 214-226).
In addition to "What I Want" (215 Music06) her first recording "To Dream The World" (1992) was released worldwide. Her writing collaboration with jazz composer Maria Schneider produced "Alchemy", released on Artistshare 2006 and Polystar Japan, 1994.
In 2002: Nora was invited to perform her conflation, I Dreamed I Saw: The Music of Jimi Hendrix and Stephen Foster for the New Sound Live concert series at Merkin Hall. Later that same year, she was commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music to develop a performance that accompanied their film series, From Hanoi To Hollywood. The result was the ongoing musical project Power/Play; a multi-layered collage of musical recollection. 2003 York was invited to perform a selection of Power/Play for a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Riverside Baptist Church in NYC and in 2004, Penn State University invited her to perform Power/Play (webcast simultaneously) as part of the Anderson Endowment Series. May 2005, York with Indian Dancer Rajika Puri, invented Union/Severed, an interface of South Indian and Western musical and religious ideas. This work was presented at the Asia Society NYC.
Nora has been the featured musical guest on many NPR programs to include: The Infinite Mind, Soundcheck, and Heat. In 2004 she was asked to invent a web radio program for PS1 (wps1.org) LOVE CRAZY is archived on their website.
She is a member of the cast of the ongoing political cabaret Thalia Follies at Symphony Space New York.
In 1998 she was invited to help develop the first voice program at the Tisch School of Drama at New York University. She continues to teach at, NYU, "Creative Voice" an exploration of personal narrative through voice, and performance.
I first experienced Nora's work at a private "loft party" in 1988. She was tall sexy and glamorous wearing a little cocktail dress (think "Morticia") with gloves that went almost to her shoulders. Removing one glove during her intro... was one of the most erotic experiences of my life. ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZING! She gave a performance that would have turned (Gypsy Rose Lee)... "Blush", left Simon Cowell, "begging for more" and Chris Crocker, "green with envy". I have been a "devout believer" ever since.
She continues to be one of New York's most innovative and original shining stars. Buy an album, go and see her... AWESOME TALENT!
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
Producer/Director: Richard Currier (Excerpt/"Clips")
©2008 richard currier
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64, 02:09, 2008-02-22 15:03:08 Description: Words & Music by: Cy Coleman
At 83, the "kid from Omaha" Nebraska and actor (Holt McCallany)'s mother, still tosses her famed "red boa" around like "nobody's (More) Words & Music by: Cy Coleman
At 83, the "kid from Omaha" Nebraska and actor (Holt McCallany)'s mother, still tosses her famed "red boa" around like "nobody's business". This clip, from her Cabaret Show, was filmed at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, in New York City. Undoubtedly "gorgeous" in her teens, Julie won the "Miss Omaha Pageant. Unfortunately she was forced to return her crown when the mother of her runner-up researched the County birth records and found that "little Julia" was 3 months shy of the "pageant age requirement". She's been, "A Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Woman', ever since. Barely enrolled at Omaha University, Julie grabbed the first chance to get out of town when she joined Earl Carroll's Vanities. This eventually led her to the chorus line of the Latin Quarter, and finally the Copacabana. It was wartime, and she was making $75 a week and feeling pretty good about it. After a Copa USO tour in Europe, she was promoted to a singing spot in the lavish Copacabana production numbers, where she introduced, "There's An Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil", ("The Coffee Song").
Miami and Hollywood clubs dates followed, including the famous Mocambo but eventually New York lured her back. There she fine-tuned her stagecraft in musical comedies like Kiss Me Kate, replacing Lisa Kirk as Bianca. When the play moved to London in 1951, so did Julie. In London she appeared in shows such as South Pacific and Bells Are Ringing, and enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. By doing so she gave up the chance to open on Broadway, as Babe in what would become a long running hit, The Pajama Game. (Ironically, several years later, she replaced Janis Paige's replacement in the very role she had rejected.)
Julie returned to Broadway in 1955, appearing in Kismet, and then touring in shows such as Show Boat, Panama Hattie, Silk Stockings, and Hi Fidelity. During the 1950's, Julie made several recordings, and she also made some wonderful black-and-white movies, like, The Strange One, and This Could be The Night, where she played "Rosebud", a blonde nightclub chanteuse.
She had stage roles in Follies, Company, and A Little Night Music but her niche, and her reputation, was for in "the clubs" - the glamorous, romantic rooms of the 'Fifties. There she reigned in the finest rooms in the finest hotels.
Widely recognized as the queen of cabaret, Julie has played:
The Persian Room at The Plaza Hotel, The Maisonette at the St. Regis Hotel, Michael's Pub in NYC, The Russian Tea Room, The Algonquin Hotel 's Oak Room, Rainbow and Stars, Eighty-Eight's and Firebird to name a few. Peter Allen wrote a part for her in his musical, Legs Diamond, for which she was nominated for a Tony. In 1992, PBS ran a special of her cabaret show.
I FIRST MET JULIE IN 1973 at her vocal coach's (Keith Davis) midtown apartment. I was there to audition some of my songs for her. She chose several and began to use one or two at a club she was playing then called Brothers and Sisters. I was playing very regularly at a hot new club called Reno Sweeney's. I opened it with Barry Manilow. We split sets before the owner, Lewis Friedman, had his liquor license. Our regulars were: Karen Akers, John c. Attle, Edith Beale, Barbara Cook, Nell Carter, Blossom Dearie, Baby Jane Dexter, Jackie Curtis, Cab Calloway, Quentin Crisp, Ellen Greene, Lesley Gore, Marta Heflin, Paul Jabara, Gail Kantor, Sally Kellerman, Dianne Keaton, Phoebe Legere, Milissa Manchester, The Manhattan Transfer, Andrea Marcovicci, Meatloaf, Bette Midler, Kim Milford, Anita O'day, Odetta, Jane Olivor, Martha Reeves, Betty Rhodes, Marc Shaiman, Patti Smith, Phoebe Snow, Marlyn Sokol, Luthor Vandross, Cherry Vinilla and Holly Woodlawn and many others. It was a hot spot!
One evening at Reno's I was showcasing songs using singers who were performing my songs around town (among them were Thelma Carpenter and Brandy Lee). Julie agreed to be part of the evening and perform "It's Tough To Be Poor." The deal... I get her a gardenia for the event.
I have loved her ever since.
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
Producer/Director: Richard Currier (Excerpt/"Put Your Hands Together")
©2008 richard currier
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38, 01:18, 2007-10-26 15:08:03 Description: JULIE HAS THE LAST LAUGH!!!
At 83, the "kid from Omaha" Nebraska and actor (Holt McCallany)'s mother, still tosses her famed "red boa" around like "nobody's (More) JULIE HAS THE LAST LAUGH!!!
At 83, the "kid from Omaha" Nebraska and actor (Holt McCallany)'s mother, still tosses her famed "red boa" around like "nobody's business". Julie first headed to New York during World War II and found work in two of Manhattan's leading nightclubs, the Latin Quarter and the Copacabana. She made her Broadway debut in the 1946 revue "Three to Make Ready". In 1951, she moved to London to star in the West End production of "Kiss Me, Kate" and remained there for four years, appearing in shows such as "South Pacific" and "Bells Are Ringing" while studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She returned to New York to replace Joan Diener in "Kismet". Additional Broadway credits include "The Pajama Game" (1954), "Jimmy" (1969), "Park" (1970), and "Legs Diamond" (1988), for which she received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She also toured in "Show Boat", "Panama Hattie", "Silk Stockings", "Follies", "Company", and "A Little Night Music". Wilson's television credits include regular roles on the Australian series "The Young Doctors" and the American daytime soap opera "The Secret Storm". She also appeared in a Hallmark Hall of Fame telecast of "Kiss Me, Kate" and numerous episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1983, she found her niche and forged her reputation as a cabaret performer, known primarily for her dramatic delivery of torch songs and show tunes. Her recordings include My Old Flame, Live From the Russian Tea Room, Julie Wilson At the St. Regis, and collections devoted to the songbooks of Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen, Cy Coleman, Stephen Sondheim, and George and Ira Gershwin. This clip, from her Cabaret Show, was filmed at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, in New York City.
I FIRST MET JULIE IN 1973 at her vocal coach's (Keith Davis) midtown apartment. I was there to audition some of my songs for her. She chose several and began to use one or two at a club she was playing then called Brothers and Sisters. I was playing very regularly at a hot new club called Reno Sweeney's. I opened it with Barry Manilow. We split sets before the owner, Lewis Friedman, had his liquor license. Our regulars were: Karen Akers, John c. Attle, Edith Beale, Barbara Cook, Nell Carter, Blossom Dearie, Baby Jane Dexter, Jackie Curtis, Cab Calloway, Quentin Crisp, Ellen Greene, Lesley Gore, Marta Heflin, Paul Jabara, Gail Kantor, Sally Kellerman, Dianne Keaton, Phoebe Legere, Milissa Manchester, The Manhattan Transfer, Andrea Marcovicci, Meatloaf, Bette Midler, Kim Milford, Anita O'day, Odetta, Jane Olivor, Martha Reeves, Betty Rhodes, Marc Shaiman, Patti Smith, Phoebe Snow, Marlyn Sokol, Luthor Vandross, Cherry Vinilla and Holly Woodlawn and many others. It was a hot spot!
One evening at Reno's I was showcasing songs using singers who were performing my songs around town (among them were Thelma Carpenter and Brandy Lee). Julie agreed to be part of the evening and perform "It's Tough To Be Poor." The deal... I get her a gardenia for the event.
I have loved her ever since.
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
"Cabaret will never die with aficionados like Richard Currier as the keeper of its flame. Bravo!" - Liz Smith
Producer/Director: Richard Currier (Excerpt/"Put Your Hands Together")
©2008 richard currier
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58, 03:44, 2007-05-16 17:05:11 Description: Music: Richard Currier
Words: Jim Piazza
Born Thomas James Tune, Tommy first introduced "New York At Christmas" to the stage in his off-Broadway review, White Tie and Tails, at The (More) Music: Richard Currier
Words: Jim Piazza
Born Thomas James Tune, Tommy first introduced "New York At Christmas" to the stage in his off-Broadway review, White Tie and Tails, at The Little Schubert Theater on West 42nd Street, NYC.
Tommy has sung and danced for three U.S. Presidents, Queen Elizabeth II, The Royal Family of Monaco. In 1991, Gwen Verdon inducted him into Broadway's Theatre Hall of Fame, and Hollywood soon followed suit when three years later he was honored with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame appropriately placed directly in front of the Capezio Dancewear shop. He is both colleague and friend to luminaries worldwide: Twiggy / The Boy Friend / Nine, Liliane Montevecchi / Nine, Lucie Arnaz, Peggy Lee, Lillian Gish, Mary Martin, Morgana King, Howard Keel, Betty Hutton, Edward Everett Horton, Gregory Hines, Perry Como, Martha Raye, Jaye P. Morgan, Barbara Cook, Margaret Whiting, Harriet Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Raquel Welch, Lauren Bacall, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Britt Ekland, Orson Wells, Phyllis Diller, Patrice Munsel, Joan Rivers, Johnny Carson, Stephanie Powers, Richard Chamberlain, Mae West, Angela Lansbury, Dom DeLuise, Michele Lee, Placido Domingo, David Frost, Chita Rivera, Bernadette Peters, Dinah Shore, Eva Gabor, Merv Griffin, Rosie O' Donnell, Lainie Kazan, Van Johnson, Jay Leno, Zero Mostel, Marge Champion, Drew Barrymore, Carol Channing, Josephine Baker, Tammy Grimes, Sir Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright, Lee Grant, Bea Arthur, Shirley MacLaine, Ann Reinking, Ruth Gordon, Mike Nichols... and the list goes on...
The President of The United States presented Tommy with The National Medal of Arts in November 2003. He added this honor to his already unprecedented nine Tony Awards in four different categories plus, eight Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, two (Fred) Astaire Awards, the American Dance Award, the Drama League Award, and the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement... and they keep coming!
In 1965 Tommy first danced on Broadway in the chorus of "Baker Street". In 1967 he was in A "Joyful Noise" and 1968, "How Now Dow Jones". Five years and countless raves later Tommy received his first Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in Michael Bennett's, "Seesaw".
Tune's directing debut was the Off-Broadway hit, "The Club", in 1976. Back on Broadway, but this time as choreographer and co-director Tune gave us "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" followed by "A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine", for which he won his second Tony Award, this time for Best Choreography.
Tommy returned to Off-Broadway in 1981 to direct the highly controversial production of Carol Churchill's "Cloud 9". The next year Tommy brought us "Nine", The Musical for which he won his third Tony, his first for directing a Broadway Musical. A double Tony Award win followed for Tommy as Best Actor in a Musical and Best Choreography for the Broadway hit "My One and Only" co-starring Twiggy. "Grand Hotel", The Musical followed with Tony wins for Best Choreography and Best Direction and the following year, Tommy did what no artist had done before when he won the same two prestigious honors back to back this time for, "The Will Rogers Follies".
Tommy has shied away from Hollywood moviemaking, appearing in only two films early in his career. Tommy played Ambrose Kemper in "Hello, Dolly" starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong and directed by Gene Kelly. Tommy played "Tommy" in Ken Russell's "The Boy Friend" and starred with Twiggy.
In 1997 Tommy wrote, Footnotes, a memoir about his life in the theatre. The same year he recorded Slow Dancin', a CD compilation of his favorite romantic ballads. The end of the millennium was the beginning of a dream come when Tommy made his Las Vegas debut as the star of EFX, the ninety million dollar spectacular at the MGM Grand Hotel.
Tommy's latest production, Doctor Dolittle, toured the US in 2006. He resides in New York City and is currently preparing two original musicals for the near future. He spends the rest of his time painting
I first met Tommy through our mutual friend Michel Stuart in 1974. I went to his loft, "Giraffe House", to audition some new songs for him. Years later, Tommy chose to sing "New York at Christmas". My mother passed away a few days after his opening night at The Little Schubert. Tommy and his assistant, dear, dear Peter Glebo were kind enough to find me last minute seat whenever I called. The music to the intro would come up, it began to snow onstage, Tommy would begin to sing and I would cry, every time... I forgot to mention that
Tommy is 6' 6 1/2" tall, a really big guy! Tommy is a truly brilliant, sweet and very kind man.
I hope you enjoy the song,
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
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24, 07:09, 2008-04-22 09:06:54 Description: Serge Meseth, aka Serge 47 - This "rock & roll funky show dimension cybernetic flute boy"('s), first time in a recording studio. THIS NYC MESSENGER and Street musician from Lima, (More) Serge Meseth, aka Serge 47 - This "rock & roll funky show dimension cybernetic flute boy"('s), first time in a recording studio. THIS NYC MESSENGER and Street musician from Lima, Peru can really make a "sweet sound" with his flute. I first EXPERIENCED Serge and his flute, at "Le Bar Bat", 311 West 57th Street in New York City. Fortuitously, the space was full of "good vibes" and had previously been the "world famous" recording studio, Media Sound... and before that it had been an old Manhattan Baptist Church. Everyone from Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, Guns N' Roses, Kool & the Gang, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel, BB King, John Lennon, Meatloaf, Jane Oliver, Yoko Ono, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and Stevie Wonder (to name a few) recorded multi-platinum records there. I produced several projects there. Media Sound was owned and founded by John Roberts who had put up the money and produced The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Of course, those appearances at "Woodstock 69" i.e. "Woodstock" by Richie Havens, Swami Satchidananda, Country Joe MacDonald, John Sebastian, Sweetwater, Incredible String Band, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Quill, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, Canned Heat, Mountain, Janis Joplin, Sly & the Family Stone, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, The Band, Blood Sweat & Tears, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha-Na-Na, Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young are all legendary today. Serge's energy is electric and intense. He was running around the club from one stage to another playing his flute and bouncing off the walls. He was singing and playing his "original songs" on the flute completely without accompaniment all at the same time. It was wild! I figured maybe he was on serious drugs. QUITE THE CONTRARY, later after his set I introduced myself. It was really refreshing to meet someone so "clear thinking" direct and original. He had never taken drugs; he was clean! After talking with him I felt compelled to interview him on camera. I have rarely encountered a person as "talented and unique" as Serge. I'll qualify this by saying I've hung out with Andy Warhol, Judy Garland, George Harrison, Salvador Dali, Harry Nilsson, Vladimir Horowitz, (who would have adored Serge), Richard Nixon, (he loved music), and, Peggy Lee, (Of course, they were not in the same room) and Serge has the same kind of quality of original thinking. As it turns out Serge played regularly on the corner where I live. His flute playing was so distinctive (like hearing George Young playing sax) that I began hearing him everywhere. He worked the, East Village, Union Square, and all over Central Park. He rode his bike all over the City, chained it, opened his flute case and was in business. He is innovative and his sound comes from deep inside. There is such a joy in his playing. I was surprised to find that he had never recorded any of his songs and more surprised to find, he played the guitar, keyboards and seemingly any instrument. I decided he was either crazy or brilliant. He explained that is father is French (a professional saxophone player) and his mother is from Peru. He grew up in Lima hanging out in music stores where he learned to play. You might be surprised while watching the video to know that has never owned a guitar or a keyboard but he REALLY CAN PLAY! VERY COOL! Although my film budget was very limited, it seemed the perfect way to find out who "the man behind the music" is, was to let him loose in a recording studio. I decided that I could record him at my Friend Benjy King 's home studio. Benjy, a "Former Pop Star" and keyboard player of the 80's band, SCANDAL, with Patty Smyth, has a really wonderful home studio and can produce a really good sound. My favorite memories of working with Serge 47, including filming him build his tracks, were following Serge around town on his bike, his "Studio", in the basement of THE PIANO THEATER on Ludlow Street and his neighborhood haunts. I really enjoyed our interviews and listening to him talk about his "LOVE OF MUSIC" and especially his "experience with, (UFO)'s"! I'm not sure what planet he's from but I'm pretty sure, HE'S... AN ALIAN. That might explain his EXTRAORDINARY TALENT. I haven't run into Serge, herd or seen him playing in his old spots for a long time. Serge, if you're out there, get in touch... "ET Phone Home!" Hope you enjoy the film and meeting this GIFTED MAN. Sincerely, Richard Currier Produced & Directed by Richard Currier. 1st of 4 Parts. (Excerpt/THE MESSENGER) ©2007 richard currier (Less)
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26, 03:27, 2008-04-22 09:48:02 Description: music: Richard Currier words: Jim Piazza Eddie Rambeau was one of those rock & roll vocalists of the mid-'60s who held sway for a couple of years, until the band acts overwhelmed them on the (More) music: Richard Currier words: Jim Piazza Eddie Rambeau was one of those rock & roll vocalists of the mid-'60s who held sway for a couple of years, until the band acts overwhelmed them on the radio and as live attractions. A rival to such figures as Tommy Roe, Gary Lewis, and Bobby Vee, he was one of a brace of "Eddies," "Tommies," "Bobbies," and other male pop/rock crooners who succeeded the likes of Frankie Avalon et al. in the mid-'60s. He may have been one of the most talented of them, however, for although Rambeau only saw one major national hit (ironically, a cover of "Concrete and Clay"), he was a reasonably successful songwriter for much of the 1960s. He was born Edward Cletus Fluri in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of would-be singers from the Keystone State, took his aspirations to Philadelphia. He was signed to the Swan Records label, the poorest of the three majors in the city (after Cameo-Parkway and Chancellor) in the hope of being another Frankie Avalon or Fabian and re-christened Eddie Rambeau, chalking up a regional chart single with "Skin Divin'." He recorded for the label into the early to mid-'60s, but never broke on any charts outside of Pennsylvania. In contrast to a lot of other aspiring singers in that era, Rambeau had other talents, including songwriting, and it was in partnership with producer/writer Bob Crewe that he enjoyed his first success as a composer, with the song "Navy Blue," which was a Top Ten hit for Diane Renay in 1964 on Mercury Records. Rambeau also co-wrote her next hit single, "Kiss Me, Sailor," but success as a vocalist eluded him until the spring of 1965. He was signed to Crewe's DynoVoice label when he heard "Concrete and Clay," an original song by the British acoustic/electric rock group Unit Four Plus Two. Rambeau's version, hastily recorded and released to catch up with London Records' issue of the British original, followed an identical path up the charts and peaked at the same level as the original in the same week, both making the Top 20 and elbowing each other on radio station playlists up and down the East Coast for much of that spring and summer. Apart from the slightly more spirited reading and perhaps a little less hint of melancholy than the Unit Four Plus Two version, the two records sound almost exactly alike and Rambeau released a virtually identically arranged follow-up song of his own, "My Name Is Mud," co-authored with Crewe and Bud Rehak, as well as a Concrete and Clay album. On his first long-player, Rambeau did lively, if unthreatening, versions of "It's Not Unusual" and "Save the Last Dance for Me," and the early Al Kooper co-authored "I Fell in Love So Easily," which gets a smooth, sophisticated rendition; perhaps the best cuts on the album were "(Look for the) Rainbow" and "Don't Believe Him," on which he sounded uncannily like Gary Lewis. And that pointed up Rambeau's limitations as an artist, as rock music evolved past him. He saw more releases on Dynovoice through the mid- to late '60s and then moved to Bell Records, but most of Rambeau's success after "Concrete and Clay" was confined to songwriting, and he later became a music producer, before turning to acting in the 1970s Rambeau recorded a few more singles for DynoVoice, including "Good Morning, Starshine," in 1968 which was released under the name Eddie Hazelton (as a nod to Rambeau's hometown of Hazleton). Coincidentally, a few years later Rambeau would appear in the Broadway production of Hair, the musical which spawned "Starshine" among other songs that went on to become hit records. By the early 1970s, Rambeau had turned his attention to acting, and in addition to Hair, he was also a cast member of Jesus Christ, Superstar and Heathen. He also made a guest appearance on the television show The Secret Storm. In 1976, Rambeau produced the single "The Big Hurt" by The Front Runners, on Tom Cat Records. During the 1980s and 1990s, Rambeau (now going by the name Ed Rambeau) broadened his repertoire to include the easy-listening genre and Broadway show tunes, and he resumed his live performing, mainly on cruises. In recent years, he also added photography and painting to his artistic portfolio. In the early 1990s he began recording and marketing his own albums on cassette and CD. Today Rambeau continues to record and to keep in contact with his fan base by way of personal appearances, interviews, and the Internet. ©2007 currier/piazza music DiscoverEddie@: http://www.craftweb.org/web/ed/ ************** (Less)
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12, 03:27, 2007-10-19 17:21:59 Description: music: Richard Currier
words: Jim Piazza
Eddie Rambeau was one of those rock & roll vocalists of the mid-'60s who held sway for a couple of years, until the band acts overwhelmed them on (More) music: Richard Currier
words: Jim Piazza
Eddie Rambeau was one of those rock & roll vocalists of the mid-'60s who held sway for a couple of years, until the band acts overwhelmed them on the radio and as live attractions. A rival to such figures as Tommy Roe, Gary Lewis, and Bobby Vee, he was one of a brace of "Eddies," "Tommies," "Bobbies," and other male pop/rock crooners who succeeded the likes of Frankie Avalon et al. in the mid-'60s. He may have been one of the most talented of them, however, for although Rambeau only saw one major national hit (ironically, a cover of "Concrete and Clay"), he was a reasonably successful songwriter for much of the 1960s.
He was born Edward Cletus Fluri in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of would-be singers from the Keystone State, took his aspirations to Philadelphia. He was signed to the Swan Records label, the poorest of the three majors in the city (after Cameo-Parkway and Chancellor) in the hope of being another Frankie Avalon or Fabian and re-christened Eddie Rambeau, chalking up a regional chart single with "Skin Divin'." He recorded for the label into the early to mid-'60s, but never broke on any charts outside of Pennsylvania. In contrast to a lot of other aspiring singers in that era, Rambeau had other talents, including songwriting, and it was in partnership with producer/writer Bob Crewe that he enjoyed his first success as a composer, with the song "Navy Blue," which was a Top Ten hit for Diane Renay in 1964 on Mercury Records. Rambeau also co-wrote her next hit single, "Kiss Me, Sailor," but success as a vocalist eluded him until the spring of 1965.
He was signed to Crewe's DynoVoice label when he heard "Concrete and Clay," an original song by the British acoustic/electric rock group Unit Four Plus Two. Rambeau's version, hastily recorded and released to catch up with London Records' issue of the British original, followed an identical path up the charts and peaked at the same level as the original in the same week, both making the Top 20 and elbowing each other on radio station playlists up and down the East Coast for much of that spring and summer. Apart from the slightly more spirited reading and perhaps a little less hint of melancholy than the Unit Four Plus Two version, the two records sound almost exactly alike and Rambeau released a virtually identically arranged follow-up song of his own, "My Name Is Mud," co-authored with Crewe and Bud Rehak, as well as a Concrete and Clay album. On his first long-player, Rambeau did lively, if unthreatening, versions of "It's Not Unusual" and "Save the Last Dance for Me," and the early Al Kooper co-authored "I Fell in Love So Easily," which gets a smooth, sophisticated rendition; perhaps the best cuts on the album were "(Look for the) Rainbow" and "Don't Believe Him," on which he sounded uncannily like Gary Lewis. And that pointed up Rambeau's limitations as an artist, as rock music evolved past him. He saw more releases on Dynovoice through the mid- to late '60s and then moved to Bell Records, but most of Rambeau's success after "Concrete and Clay" was confined to songwriting, and he later became a music producer, before turning to acting in the 1970s
Rambeau recorded a few more singles for DynoVoice, including "Good Morning, Starshine," in 1968 which was released under the name Eddie Hazelton (as a nod to Rambeau's hometown of Hazleton). Coincidentally, a few years later Rambeau would appear in the Broadway production of Hair, the musical which spawned "Starshine" among other songs that went on to become hit records. By the early 1970s, Rambeau had turned his attention to acting, and in addition to Hair, he was also a cast member of Jesus Christ, Superstar and Heathen. He also made a guest appearance on the television show The Secret Storm. In 1976, Rambeau produced the single "The Big Hurt" by The Front Runners, on Tom Cat Records.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Rambeau (now going by the name Ed Rambeau) broadened his repertoire to include the easy-listening genre and Broadway show tunes, and he resumed his live performing, mainly on cruises. In recent years, he also added photography and painting to his artistic portfolio. In the early 1990s he began recording and marketing his own albums on cassette and CD. Today Rambeau continues to record and to keep in contact with his fan base by way of personal appearances, interviews, and the Internet.
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22, 07:09, 2007-05-20 18:36:18 Description: Serge Meseth, aka Serge47 - This "rock & roll funky show dimension cybernetic flute boy"('s), first time in a recording studio.
THIS NYC MESSENGER/MUSICIAN and "Street (More) Serge Meseth, aka Serge47 - This "rock & roll funky show dimension cybernetic flute boy"('s), first time in a recording studio.
THIS NYC MESSENGER/MUSICIAN and "Street Player" from Cusco and Lima, Peru can really make a "pretty sweet sound" with his flute. I first "experienced" Serge and his percussive style of playing, at "Le Bar Bat", 311 West 57th Street in New York City.
Fortuitously, the space was full of "good vibes" and had previously been the "world famous" recording studio, Media Sound. Before that, it had been an old Manhattan Baptist Church. Everyone from Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, Guns N' Roses, Kool & the Gang, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel, BB King, John Lennon, Meatloaf, Jane Oliver, Yoko Ono, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and Stevie Wonder (to name a few) recorded multi-platinum records there. I produced several projects there. Media Sound was owned and founded by John Roberts who had put up the money and produced The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Of course, those appearances at "Woodstock 69" i.e. "Woodstock" by Richie Havens, Swami Satchidananda, Country Joe MacDonald, John Sebastian, Sweetwater, Incredible String Band, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Quill, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, Canned Heat, Mountain, Janis Joplin, Sly & the Family Stone, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, The Band, Blood Sweat & Tears, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Peru (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha-Na-Na, Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young are all legendary today.
Serge's energy is electric and intense. He was running around the club jumping from one stage to another. He was singing and playing "original songs" on the flute and accompanying himself seamlessly. His music is both "aggressive and sweet". Wild! I figured he was "spun out" on "serious drugs".
QUITE THE CONTRARY, later after his set I introduced myself. It was really refreshing to meet someone so "clear thinking" direct and original. He has never taken drugs; "he's clean"! After talking with him I felt committed to interviewing him on camera. I have rarely encountered a person as "talented and unique" as Serge.
STREET MUSICIAN - As it turns out Serge played regularly on the corner where I live. His flute playing was so distinctive (like hearing Ian Anderson on flute or George Young on sax) that I began hearing him everywhere. He worked / The East Village (by the Cooper Union Cube) / Union Square / Columbus Circle / Central Park and all over New York City. He rode his bike around the City, chained it, opened his flute case and was instantly in business. He is innovative; his music has a rich, magical and joyful resonance in it's sound.
I was surprised to find that he had never recorded any of his songs and more surprised to find, he played the guitar, keyboards and seemingly any instrument he could get his hands on. I decided he was either "crazy or brilliant". He explained his father is French and a professional saxophone player, his mother from Peru. He grew up in Cusco and Lima hanging out in music stores where he learned to play. You might be surprised while watching the video to know that has never owned a guitar or a keyboard but HE CAN REALLY PLAY! VERY COOL!
It seemed the perfect way to find out who "the man behind the music" is, was to let this "Street Player" loose in a recording studio. I decided that I would record him at my Friend (Benjy King)'s "Home Studio". Benjy, a "Former Pop Star" and keyboard player (of the 80's band, SCANDAL, with Patty Smyth) has a comfortable studio in his apartment on Lexington Avenue and he produces a "really good sound".
My favorite memories of working with Serge 47, including filming him while he built his tracks, were following Serge around town on his bike, seeing his "Studio/digs" (in the basement of the former, Piano Store Theater, 158 Ludlow Street, NYC) and his neighborhood haunts. I loved our cam interviews and listening to him tell about Machu Picchu, Cusco and Lima Peru, "His love of music" and his experience with UFOs in Peru. Not sure what planet he's from but I'm convinced he's an Alien. That might explain his EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
I haven't seen or spoken with Serge in quite some time. He hasn't been playing at his old haunts around town. I miss hearing his flute playing and seeing his honest face. The City Streets don't feel quite the same without his electric energy.
Someone once told me, "Talent is like cream to milk, it rises to the top". If that's true, I know we'll be hearing a lot more about Serge Meseth. I hope you enjoy the film and meeting THIS GIFTED MAN.
Serge, I know you're out there... ET Phone Home!
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
Produced & Directed by Richard Currier
1st of 3 Parts - (Excerpt/THE MESSENGER)
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12, 03:20, 2007-10-19 07:55:04 Description: Music: Richard Currier
Words: Jim Piazza
Christmas in the air and my heart is here and there
The Yellow Rose of Texas is mistletoe to me
But come December, I suddenly remember
That Manhattan (More) Music: Richard Currier
Words: Jim Piazza
Christmas in the air and my heart is here and there
The Yellow Rose of Texas is mistletoe to me
But come December, I suddenly remember
That Manhattan is the only place to be...
A Santa Claus on every block, Radio City
Skyscrapers wrapped with a bow
It's Christmas Eve around the clock, In New York City
Wish you were here for the show
Thought it won't be as merry without you tonight
I've still got Broadway to make Christmas bright
The neon glow of falling snow lights up the city
New York is Christmas to me
If dreams come true and here they do
Soon I'll be seeing
New York at Christmas with you
If you long for the song of a snow crested lark
It's just a subway to old Central Park
The neon glow of falling snow lights up the city
New York is Christmas to me
If dreams come true and here they do
Soon I'll be seeing
New York at Christmas with you...
Light up the City!
New York is Christmas to me.
©2007 currier/piazza music
Born Thomas James Tune, Tommy first introduced "New York At Christmas" to the stage in his off-Broadway review, White Tie and Tails, at The Little Schubert Theater on West 42nd Street, NYC. THE MUSIC TO THE INTRO WOULD COME UP AND IT BEGAN TO SNOW ON STAGE!
The President of The United States presented Tommy with The National Medal of Arts in November 2003. He added this honor to his already unprecedented nine Tony Awards in four different categories plus, eight Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, two (Fred) Astaire Awards, the American Dance Award, the Drama League Award, and the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement... and they keep coming!
Tommy has sung and danced for three U.S. Presidents, Queen Elizabeth II, The Royal Family of Monaco. In 1991, Gwen Verdon inducted him into Broadway's Theatre Hall of Fame, and Hollywood soon followed suit when three years later he was honored with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame appropriately placed directly in front of the Capezio Dancewear shop.
In 1965 Tommy first danced on Broadway in the chorus of "Baker Street". In 1967 he was in A "Joyful Noise" and 1968, "How Now Dow Jones". Five years and countless raves later Tommy received his first Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in Michael Bennett's, "Seesaw".
Tommy's directing debut was the Off-Broadway hit, "The Club", in 1976. Back on Broadway, but this time as choreographer and co-director Tune gave us "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" followed by "A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine", for which he won his second Tony Award, this time for Best Choreography. He returned to Off-Broadway in 1981 to direct the controversial production of Carol Churchill's "Cloud 9". The next year Tommy brought us "Nine", The Musical for which he won his third Tony, his first for directing a Broadway Musical. A double Tony Award win followed for Tommy as Best Actor in a Musical and Best Choreography for the Broadway hit "My One and Only" co-starring Twiggy. "Grand Hotel", The Musical followed with Tony wins for Best Choreography and Best Direction and the following year, Tommy did what no artist had done before when he won the same two prestigious honors back to back this time for, "The Will Rogers Follies".
Tommy has shied away from Hollywood, appearing in only two films early in his career. He played Ambrose Kemper in "Hello, Dolly" starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong and directed by Gene Kelly. Tommy played "Tommy" in Ken Russell's "The Boy Friend" and starred with Twiggy.
In 1997 Tommy wrote, Footnotes, a memoir about his life in the theater. The same year he recorded Slow Dancin', a CD compilation of his favorite romantic ballads. The end of the millennium was the beginning of a dream come when he made his Las Vegas debut as the star of EFX, the ninety million dollar spectacular at the MGM Grand Hotel.
Tommy's latest production, Doctor Dolittle, toured the US in 2006. He resides in New York City and is currently preparing two original musicals for the near future. He spends the rest of his time painting.
I first met Tommy through our mutual friend Michel Stuart (original cast member of A Chorus Line) in 1974. I went to their loft "Giraffe House" to audition new songs for Tommy. Thirty years later, Tommy chose to sing "New York at Christmas" and I became an "Overnight Success".
I forgot to mention that Tommy is 6 foot 6 and 1/2 inches tall, a really big guy! He is a truly brilliant, sweet and a very kind man.
Wishing you a White Christmas... Ho, Ho, Ho!
I hope you enjoy the song.
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
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55, 01:05, 2008-06-01 06:58:26 Description: She'll put you "in stitches" as she reenacts her childhood in Indonesia where she worked (for Cathy Lee) as a Sweatshop Girl in a "small town" in Northern Sumatra (where (More) She'll put you "in stitches" as she reenacts her childhood in Indonesia where she worked (for Cathy Lee) as a Sweatshop Girl in a "small town" in Northern Sumatra (where snakes ran down the street during monsoon season). Filmed at a Costume Shop and a Dry Cleaning establishment on the West Side of Manhattan, New York City, she "channels" the plight of her youth.
From Indonesia to Canada and then Australia, Kate's comedy career began after she graduated with an acting degree from The Juilliard School. The "club scene" drew her to Caroline's Comedy Club, NYC, where she quickly was "slotted" for a series of appearances and features showcasing her particular brand of character based comedy. She has brought her funky urban Asian sensibility to The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institute, Chicago Museum of Modern Art, and The Public Theater.
She has preformed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, the Toyota Comedy Festival, The Marshalls Women in Comedy Festival, and developed her first comedy and music revue for NBC's PSNBC in New York, and the HBO Time Warner workspace in Los Angeles. This show "Kate's Chink-O-Rama: featuring the chinkorama dancers" is a New York city favorite at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater. Her follow up "Birth of a nASIAN" played at the Mark Taper Forum's Summerfest (developed at La Mama ETC, New York City), MACLA in San Jose, the New World Theater in Massachusetts, the Vancouver Comedy Festival, Women in Theater Conference Toronto, ConWorks Seattle, OutNorth Alaska, MACLA, CCE Portland and the Comedy Central Theater L.A as part of their 2007 season.
As a standup, Kate has appeared on NBC Late Friday, CTV Women of The Night, NPR, CBC Radio, Sirius Radio, STAR TV, National Lampoon's International Comedy DVD, Comedy Central, SEX TV, PBS, Latin American TV, vH1, as well as being profiled in the film Race is the Place Alongside Amiri Baraka and Danny Hoch (aired at festivals and on PBS). She has produced numerous comedy shows for RIPE TV and Time Warner on demand, and The Naughty Show Bad Girls of Comedy Show, which is in international release on DVD by Eagle Rock Entertainment.
Her Hip Hop band, Slanty Eyed Mama has toured the US, Canada and Australia, notably at the Perth International Arts Festival in Australia, the Eurasian Nation Festival, the Asian Film Festival at University of Michigan, the A/PI heritage fest in Union Square NYC, LA's GRAND Performances at City Center, The Asian American Jazz Festival in Chicago, Girl Fest Hawaii, Soundfest NYC, The Philadelphia Fringe Fest and the Women in Performance Conference and the Smithsonian Institutes' keynote 2007 Asian Heritage Month Performance.
Kate was a 2004 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) fellow as well as a 2005 NEA grant recipient to develop new work. In 2006 she won the Urban Arts Initiative Grant through the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Ludwig Vogelstein Award to develop new work and one of the Asian Women's Giving Circle's Inaugural Grants to Artists for her work in the Asian American community. She has been awarded grants and prizes by The Toronto Arts Council, The Canada Council, The PatsyLu Fund for Women in Music, Dixon Place, The Australia Council for the Arts, The Norma Epstein Foundation, The Juilliard School Interarts Program, and the University of Melbourne.
As an actor she recurs on Law and Order, Fox's Family Guy, and starred in the New York premieres of Dogeaters at the Public Theater, and BFE at Playwright's Horizons. Off Broadway she was in the Vagina Monologues at the Westside Theater, The Most Fabulous Story Every Told, at Minetta Lane and Sez She, at the Mark Taper Forum. She frequently hosts events, some of which include: The Coalition of Asian Children and Families Benefit (NYC), The Asian Women's Giving Circle Awards (NY), The Asian American Recovery Services Mentor Luncheon (San Francisco), The Sistering Shelter for Homeless Women Benefit (Toronto), Eurasian Nation's Launch Party (NY), Queen's Pride, The Dinah Shore Weekend VIP Pool Party, The Heritage of Pride NYC Rally, Bryant Park, The NYU Asian Heritage Month Fashion and Arts Show, the A/PI Heritage Month Conference Smith College, A/PI Heritage Month New York in Union Square Park. She has appeared on Damages, QVC, Hey Paula, TOP CHEF, Flavor of Love, Big Love, Reaper, Three's Company and Arrested Development. She has spoken or/written about Asian American culture and representation in: Time Magazine, The Globe and Mail, On and Off Magazine, BUST, The San Francisco Examiner, THIS Magazine, NOW Magazine, CBC Radio and A Magazine.
Beware; Kate could bring mayhem and the curse of laughter on your "small town" if she comes there. She is a very talented
"lady".
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
Produced & Directed by Richard Currier. (Excerpt/Clips)
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21, 02:14, 2008-11-20 22:15:37 Description: WINGS OF DESIRE
vocals: Cecilia
music: Richard Currier
words: Jim Piazza
Earth, Wind, Fire, The Wings of Desire
Enfold you. A whisper of Angels
Voices in seashells
Console you
Those who (More) WINGS OF DESIRE
vocals: Cecilia
music: Richard Currier
words: Jim Piazza
Earth, Wind, Fire, The Wings of Desire
Enfold you. A whisper of Angels
Voices in seashells
Console you
Those who can hear them
Are those who don't fear them.
I feel them, lifting me,
The Wings of Desire
Glorious Rapture, Glorious Rapture,
Glorious Rapture, Forever After.
The Angels make way for the dawn of the day of love
Those who believe them
Are those who will see them.
I feel them, lifting me,
On Wings of Desire.
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Spiritual author Stuart Wilde was the first to recognize the special quality of Cecilia's voice when he met her after one of his seminars. Later that evening she "wowed everyone" when she stood on a table and sang "Amazing Grace" a cappella. Wilde generously organized her first recording, "Voice of the Feminine Spirit" and included her on his tour of Australia with several other "collective conscious" authors, including: Louise Hay, Marianne Williamson, Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Wayne Dyer.
When I first listened to "Voice of the Feminine Spirit," I was struck by Cecilia's unique sound like Enya, Celine Dion or Sarah Brightman. We began writing one another and a few months later I got a call "Hi, Its Cecilia I'm in New York and in front of your building." She came up. I had discovered a "soul-mate". The album continues to be one of my favorites.
I "made" this song "Wings of Desire" with my friend Jim Piazza a few years later and after the untimely death of my "life partner", Dr. (Saint Peter) Brothers. Peter and Cecilia had met several times when she was either visiting or working in New York City and they really liked one another. He was very sick when she brought two healers by on one of her visits to the City. Their names were Margaret and Peter and as a team, had co-authored books, they gave seminars and were on lecture circuits. Apparently, they were very credible folks in their business.
Peter practiced Family Medicine. He had "little faith" and "no experience" with folks who "channeled" for a living. When her "spirit guide" took over, she began to talk like a sailor. I remember thinking her "guide" was one crusty old geezer! "A little spooky" but I remember we all had a really good evening. Cecilia genuinely wanted "to heal" Peter by bringing these folks by. I felt comforted by her "Complete Faith". She became my Saint Cecilia that night. Whatever transpired, Peter seemed to have fun and we went to bed feeling hopeful. He died a few months later... forever my "Saint Peter".
I was completely inspired after seeing the 1987 film "Der Himmel über Berlin / Wings of Desire" by the German director Wim Wenders. Set in the late 1980s, toward the end of the Cold War, it follows two Angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander), as they roam the city, unseen and unheard by the people, observing and listening to their diverse thoughts. A subplot of the film follows Peter Falk, cast as himself, who has arrived in Berlin to make a film about Berlin's Nazi past. As the movie progresses, it turns out that Peter Falk was also once an Angel, who renounced his immortality to become a mortal participant in the world after he grew tired of always observing and never experiencing. The film's title and Peter's death were inspiration for the song. Cecilia was kind to demo the song some years later while staying with me.
Archangel(s): Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Barachiel, Jeremiel, Raguel, Saraqael, Phanuel, Chamuel, Jophiel, Zadkiel, Raziel, Metatron, Raziel, Sandalphon and All Angels... welcome them into your life. Trust your Guardian Angel and I pray the Spirits: of Allah, Buddha, Christ and Mohammad will walk with you always.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
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2, 03:47, 2009-09-01 21:55:27 Description: IT'S NOT ENOUGH words, music & vocals: Richard Currier You are everything... To me... You are wonderful All I hoped that love could be I adore you It's true... But since you said good-by (More) IT'S NOT ENOUGH words, music & vocals: Richard Currier You are everything... To me... You are wonderful All I hoped that love could be I adore you It's true... But since you said good-by And told me we were through [CHORUS] It's Not Enough to say I love you It's Not Enough to say I care It's Not Enough to say Im sorry Life without your love... It's Not Enough to say I love you It's Not Enough to say I care It's Not Enough to say Im sorry Life without your love... is not enough Too many ... (Less)
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32, 02:10, 2007-11-06 07:48:32 Description: Music: Richard Currier
Words: Jim Piazza
Spiritual author Stuart Wilde was the firstto recognize the special quality of Cecilia's voice when he met her after one of his seminars. Later that (More) Music: Richard Currier
Words: Jim Piazza
Spiritual author Stuart Wilde was the firstto recognize the special quality of Cecilia's voice when he met her after one of his seminars. Later that evening she really wowed everyone when she stood on the table and sang "Amazing Grace" a cappella. Wilde generously organized her first record "Voice of the Feminine Spirit" and included her on his tour of Australia with several other "collective conscious" authors, including: (Dr.) Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Marianne Williamson and (Dr.) Deepak Chopra.
I met Cecilia in 1995. She contacted me while on that tour. She had bought a copy of "New York Nights" an album I had written and produced for Sean McDermott, a friend and Broadway star. He was touring Australia at the same time as Cecilia and co-starring with Marina Prior in a lavish production of "West Side Story." He played Tony, she was Maria. We were promoting Sean's album in the AU on Larrikin Records.
Cecilia bought "New York Nights" at the theater after seeing "West Side Story." After listening, she went to see the show a second time. This Time she went back stage to meet Sean. She introduced herself to Sean by saying, "Hi, I'm Cecilia and I've sold over 5,000 albums in the last 4 weeks." She gave him a CD and asked if he would give it to his producer. Me! Weeks past before Sean told me the story of his ever meeting "Cecilia from Norway" or her backstage gift for me.
When I first listened to "Voice of the Feminine Spirit," I was immediately struck by Cecilia's wonderful vocal gifts that were distinctive like those of Enya, Celine Dion, and Sarah Brightman. "Voice of the Feminine Spirit" continues to be one of my favorite albums today.
Cecilia and I began writing to one another and A few months later I got a call "Hi, Its Cecilia I'm in New York and I'm in front of your building." She came up... and we became immediate friends.
I "made" this song "Wings of Desire" with my friend Jim Piazza a few years later and after the untimely death of my Life Partner, Dr. Peter Brothers (ie: Saint Peter).
Peter and Cecilia had met several times when she was either visiting or working in New York City. They really liked each other. He was very sick when she brought two healers by on one of her visits to the City. They were an odd couple... They worked as a team, had written books, were on lecture circuits and very credible for folks in that business. The clearest memory I have of the evening was that the wife part of the team, "the medium", after drinking a lot of red wine, would go into a trance.
Peter practiced Family Medicine. He had "little faith" in folks who channeled for a living. Her name was Margaret her partner was also Peter. When her "spirit guide" took over her body she started talking like a sailor. Her "spirit guide" was a tough old geezer... A little spooky but I remember we all had a really good evening. Cecilia genuinely wanted to help Peter by bringing these folks by. I felt comforted by her "Complete Faith". She became my (Saint Cecilia) that night. Whatever transpired, Peter seemed to have fun and we went to bed feeling hopeful. He died a few months later, forever my Saint Peter.
BACK TO THE SONG - I don't claim to have a "spirit guide" but I didn't write "Wings of Desire"... it came through me. After Peter's death, I went looking for Angels everywhere. I began my search by re-reading The Holy Bible, and then discovered H.P. Blavatsky, The Esoteric Tradition (Ancient Wisdom of The Secret Doctrine), Theosophy and the lessons of Kabbalah.
I was completely inspired after seeing the 1987 film "Der Himmel über Berlin / Wings of Desire" by the German director Wim Wenders. Set in the late 1980s, toward the end of the Cold War, it follows two Angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander), as they roam the city, unseen and unheard by the people, observing and listening to their diverse thoughts. A subpart of the film follows Peter Falk, cast as himself, who has arrived in Berlin to make a film about Berlin's Nazi past. As the movie progresses, it turns out that Peter Falk was also once an Angel, who renounced his immortality to become a mortal participant in the world after he grew tired of always observing and never experiencing. The film was definitely a great part of the inspiration for the song.
It was kind of Cecilia to demo the song it few years later while she was staying with me. She is a kind soul and has a great talent.
Archangel(s): Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Barachiel, Jeremiel, Raguel, Saraqael, Phanuel, Chamuel, Jophiel, Zadkiel, Raziel, Metatron, Raziel, Sandalphon and All Angels... welcome them into your life. Trust your Guardian Angel and I pray the Spirits: of Allah, Buddha, Christ and Mohammad will walk with you always.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Sincerely,
Richard Currier
©2007 currier/piazza music
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