Hi friends, I've been playing alot of gigs out of town lately, like this weekend, when I opened up for City of Sparks in Salmon Arm BC! And a coupla weeks ago when we played in Banff, Canmore and Red Deer. One thing I've noticed that caught me off guard... people in these other places were nice and quiet and listened to me play, and clapped in the appropriate places, and liked me in general.
I know, I was shocked too!
Where's the drunk guy yelling "Bon Jovi!" at me?! Where's the couple in the back who want it turned down, and not because they happen to be in a place that advertises live music, or they think that one girl with one piano is too loud, or because I'm swearing and saying something inappropriate (I would never)but I have no idea why... and by the way, where's my friends that don't think anything other than country is music? Where's that guy?
Instead, there were these nice people that enjoyed what I did, listened, never yelled anything other than "woo!" at the end of a song they really liked (some were even originals!!??) and enjoyed the music of the next band as well! They liked everyone playing anything! They were so nice! It was amazing and fun!
Now I have played to some very loving friends in Edmonton as well, but alot of times not so loving, and I think I've developed a slight attitude and have come to a few gigs with a game face ready to wage war on idiots that are yelling shit at me... but I remember now "hey some people do like music!" and "I CAN have fun playing music!" I probably used to have this much fun... and it feels good again!
So all my lovelies that have never heckled me and enjoy whatever the crap I play, I hope you come out to the CD Release I have finally booked. May 5th (Ajay's bday! But don't get him shitfaced until he's OFF stage!) at the Artery with Seanburns.ca and we will enjoy music and friends and life TOGETHER! Instead of me wanting to slap my own face until I work in an office somewhere.
heart tiff
Showing posts with label Edmonton Alberta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edmonton Alberta. Show all posts
Monday, March 5, 2012
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Love and other musical schmoopy stuff
Not gross kinds of love, love like when a puppy walks by and you get all "Oh my god! A puppy! schmoopyloopywoopyoopy!" kind of gross stuff. So not too bad unless you're crazy about dogs like I am. 
I think I like music again! I say this with a sly little eyebrow raise. It feels good! I got to do alot of things musically that I liked, that pushed the musical end of it rather than the gotta-make-rent-and-get-these-shit-heads-drunk-to-make-ANY-money-let-alone-rent kinda music stuff. Maybe it doesn't hurt that theres a possibility one of my nemisis's (nemisi...? whatevs grammar geeks, I can play the fucking piano) is actually leaving town!
Have I told you about my nemisis? (somehow make that plural, I have more than one) Kyle told me I have let too much anger and hate into my heart and that I'm on the path towards the darkside. (starwars. What? You live under a rock or something?) I'm Anakin Skywalker. Not quite darthvader, because I'm not evil, just heading there. I can't help it. I don't like these people and Kyle (or you for that matter) can't make me. So poo on you.
Either way, one of them is leaving, and it lets all this love and rays of sunshine and puppies and singing cupids into my heart, which I guess counteracts the hate and scary darkside stuff. So maybe I'm cured?
I just have to get rid of everyone I don't like, and crush their careers (don't worry, it's no one you like either so I'm not robbing you of good music) and take over the world.
Actually that's probably how the whole MuthaFuckin Famous Campaign started.
Dunno. Can't remember. Got too drunk this weekend.
Make sure you're checking out www.Tiffhall.com for my gig dates! There are ALOT this summer! (woot! make money money make money monaaaay!)
heart tiff
I think I like music again! I say this with a sly little eyebrow raise. It feels good! I got to do alot of things musically that I liked, that pushed the musical end of it rather than the gotta-make-rent-and-get-these-shit-heads-drunk-to-make-ANY-money-let-alone-rent kinda music stuff. Maybe it doesn't hurt that theres a possibility one of my nemisis's (nemisi...? whatevs grammar geeks, I can play the fucking piano) is actually leaving town!
Have I told you about my nemisis? (somehow make that plural, I have more than one) Kyle told me I have let too much anger and hate into my heart and that I'm on the path towards the darkside. (starwars. What? You live under a rock or something?) I'm Anakin Skywalker. Not quite darthvader, because I'm not evil, just heading there. I can't help it. I don't like these people and Kyle (or you for that matter) can't make me. So poo on you.
Either way, one of them is leaving, and it lets all this love and rays of sunshine and puppies and singing cupids into my heart, which I guess counteracts the hate and scary darkside stuff. So maybe I'm cured?
I just have to get rid of everyone I don't like, and crush their careers (don't worry, it's no one you like either so I'm not robbing you of good music) and take over the world.
Actually that's probably how the whole MuthaFuckin Famous Campaign started.
Dunno. Can't remember. Got too drunk this weekend.
Make sure you're checking out www.Tiffhall.com for my gig dates! There are ALOT this summer! (woot! make money money make money monaaaay!)
heart tiff
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Bloggity
I've subscribed to an interesting little musicians blog, and they send me newsletters right to my email (which I check a ton) and I just thought you dudes might find it interesting:
www.thornybleeder.com
go there, subscribe if you're interested in reading up about what the "experts" are saying and suggesting about being an indie musician. I read a few here and there, but for the most part I've decided that no one's telling me what to do with my life, and this whole being a musician thing has turned into my life, not my job. So you're not the boss of me!
Also, I've got alittle gigarooni coming up with an interesting band: REND
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/REND/146270328751809?sk=info
That's their facebook page, you should start stalking them immediately. Like this friday at Expressionz cafe. You know a band's going to be fun to play with when you meet up with your pal Jesse Peters and he says "You're playing with REND? She's got a killer voice" Jesse doesn't just like anybody, so good on ya Carol-Lynn Quinn! (she's the lead singer guysssss)
They've got a soulful, groovy jazz thing going on for themselves, so I think it'll be a good show. I also promised the boys in my band there would be trunk beers. That is beers from the trunk of my car, for anybody out there with money that can afford to buy booze inside of the bar you're hanging out in.... (we're not in that category)
Anyway, check out REND, and thornybleederbloggy thingy! Or don't and be miserable.
heart tiff
www.thornybleeder.com
go there, subscribe if you're interested in reading up about what the "experts" are saying and suggesting about being an indie musician. I read a few here and there, but for the most part I've decided that no one's telling me what to do with my life, and this whole being a musician thing has turned into my life, not my job. So you're not the boss of me!
Also, I've got alittle gigarooni coming up with an interesting band: REND
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/REND/146270328751809?sk=info
That's their facebook page, you should start stalking them immediately. Like this friday at Expressionz cafe. You know a band's going to be fun to play with when you meet up with your pal Jesse Peters and he says "You're playing with REND? She's got a killer voice" Jesse doesn't just like anybody, so good on ya Carol-Lynn Quinn! (she's the lead singer guysssss)
They've got a soulful, groovy jazz thing going on for themselves, so I think it'll be a good show. I also promised the boys in my band there would be trunk beers. That is beers from the trunk of my car, for anybody out there with money that can afford to buy booze inside of the bar you're hanging out in.... (we're not in that category)
Anyway, check out REND, and thornybleederbloggy thingy! Or don't and be miserable.
heart tiff
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Juno Fun!
I lay on the couch watching the junos last night, I missed the first bit, but Drake was pretty funny... I think they need to do more cut-toos like the grammies and oscars and that stuff... lets see our Canadian "celebs" out in the crowd, what are they wearing? Whose their date? Whose sitting next to them? You know that stuff is my favorite at the other award shows. I like Canadian content and we had some great people up there, but I like fancy clothes and knowing whose buds with who, I like thinking of them all friends and bullshitting with each other in little breaks between announcers or whatevs. It was a nice little break though, I felt like a had a crazy weekend. I got called up Friday evening by Ajay (bass smackin' pimp daddy) they needed a singer stat for that night. Oh no! We hadn't played three sets with each other yet! And the drummer hadn't even heard a bunch of the originals! But we were a brave little band, and we did some shots and drank some beer and made it work. Surprisingly well actually.... pretty hilarious for the sound dude who got the special treat of watching Ajay and Drew calling out changes and sections to Kurtis (beat boss robot) so he knew what the hell was happening. And me too, someone usually had to give me an eyebrow if a bridge or something was coming up. Nothing wrong with getting alittle face time with either of those handsome studlies! wink wink Then we played for the National Wheelchair Curling Championship and that was also a blast! I just tried to post a video of the fun gladiator shots that Erin Craig and her hilarious mom Cathy were pouring up all night. Here's a link so you can see it: it was pretty funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTHK3uZE2k&feature=player_embedded
I laughed anyway. And drank...uh 4 atleast haha!
Now I'm preparing for a rehearsal tonite for the Crown and Anchor with Sean Burns this thursday night. Fun fun fun times at Crown and Anchor, every time. Phil likes to tease me that no one gets drunk like Tiff Hall at the Crown the night before she has to do Breakfast TV at 6 the next morning... but its not true haha! I stayed soberish that night ;)
Come on out though! We'll be playing origials for one set and then Sean Burns takes the stage and I met him once. He was funny!
heart tiff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTHK3uZE2k&feature=player_embedded
I laughed anyway. And drank...uh 4 atleast haha!
Now I'm preparing for a rehearsal tonite for the Crown and Anchor with Sean Burns this thursday night. Fun fun fun times at Crown and Anchor, every time. Phil likes to tease me that no one gets drunk like Tiff Hall at the Crown the night before she has to do Breakfast TV at 6 the next morning... but its not true haha! I stayed soberish that night ;)
Come on out though! We'll be playing origials for one set and then Sean Burns takes the stage and I met him once. He was funny!
heart tiff
Thursday, March 10, 2011
One day at a time!
So I am not exaggerating when I say I have $2.07 in my bank account haha!!! Damn rent time...
But I'm surprisingly having one of the happiest weeks I've had in a long time. And I only have to wait til this saturday before I have mullacka again. So it's good that I'm enjoying myself. I had a lesson with a little girl I teach, she must be about 9 or 10 or something like that, but she's more organized than me. I want her to run my life actually, but she'd probably take one look at it and run the fuck away. Even her 10 year old judgement is probably better than mind haha! But we were learning a new song, and she played it through hands seperately and then I asked if she wanted to give it a shot hands together. She kinda looked at it and was like uhh, no I don't think I'm ready, it's too hard. So I told her we were gonna break it up into smaller chunks and just play hands together for two bars, then we'd stop, look at the next two bars, then play all the way through til there and so on. We just broke it up and did little bits until we'd gotten half way through the song. Turns out it wasn't as big and scary as she thought. I'm like see? That wasn't so bad! We can play anything no matter how hard it is if we just break it down into managable little chunks! And I think "oh em gee... did I just say something profound? Even just a little profound? Shut up no way" And that's the way I've been living my life this week, just tiny little chunks at a time.
And it's worked so far. None of my bills are going to get paid any faster if I'm freaking the fuck out about them... I know when the money's coming in and I'll pay them then. I can't until then anyway...
I also recieved donations on my indiegogo campaign, which boosted me up alittle too. Not much, but people are poor like me, and STILL believe enough in my work to give what little they could to help move this thing forward. It really gave me the warm tinglies.
You know what else gives me the warm tinglies? Collaborating. And for some reason, opportunities have started showing up in my inboxes to do things, make music, create stuff with other talented people, and I really really enjoy that too. I think music is a community thing... back in the tribe days we'd all be playing together as one, and I like to do things that way today too.
So I've stopped stressing and suddenly things are coming my way. Oooh... oh so spiritual or something. All my praying to the porcelin God must be paying off... or I just have a drinking problem.
heart tiff
Don't forget to check this out! Help me make happy music for happy days!
But I'm surprisingly having one of the happiest weeks I've had in a long time. And I only have to wait til this saturday before I have mullacka again. So it's good that I'm enjoying myself. I had a lesson with a little girl I teach, she must be about 9 or 10 or something like that, but she's more organized than me. I want her to run my life actually, but she'd probably take one look at it and run the fuck away. Even her 10 year old judgement is probably better than mind haha! But we were learning a new song, and she played it through hands seperately and then I asked if she wanted to give it a shot hands together. She kinda looked at it and was like uhh, no I don't think I'm ready, it's too hard. So I told her we were gonna break it up into smaller chunks and just play hands together for two bars, then we'd stop, look at the next two bars, then play all the way through til there and so on. We just broke it up and did little bits until we'd gotten half way through the song. Turns out it wasn't as big and scary as she thought. I'm like see? That wasn't so bad! We can play anything no matter how hard it is if we just break it down into managable little chunks! And I think "oh em gee... did I just say something profound? Even just a little profound? Shut up no way" And that's the way I've been living my life this week, just tiny little chunks at a time.
And it's worked so far. None of my bills are going to get paid any faster if I'm freaking the fuck out about them... I know when the money's coming in and I'll pay them then. I can't until then anyway...
I also recieved donations on my indiegogo campaign, which boosted me up alittle too. Not much, but people are poor like me, and STILL believe enough in my work to give what little they could to help move this thing forward. It really gave me the warm tinglies.
You know what else gives me the warm tinglies? Collaborating. And for some reason, opportunities have started showing up in my inboxes to do things, make music, create stuff with other talented people, and I really really enjoy that too. I think music is a community thing... back in the tribe days we'd all be playing together as one, and I like to do things that way today too.
So I've stopped stressing and suddenly things are coming my way. Oooh... oh so spiritual or something. All my praying to the porcelin God must be paying off... or I just have a drinking problem.
heart tiff
Don't forget to check this out! Help me make happy music for happy days!
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