Revival

I'm sure everyone reading this (what, maybe two people???? but that makes you the fav two in the world!) anyway... I'm sure you two know about hard knocks. Maybe I've had some this year. I'm turning 26 next month and my good pal told me 26 was hard for him. You're not in your early twenties anymore, you're almost an adult, and when you were a kid you had a dream of your fabulous Sex-in-the-City life you were going to be living by now, blah fucking blah. I feel like that was me THIS year. And it fucking sucked! I mean, good things happened. And bad things, and I'm sure everyone's life is like that, whether they're rich or whatevs. The only reason why I bring any of this up is because I feel like today's a good day. I woke up, feeling pretty refreshed and actually willing to do something other than lay in my sweats and play stupid geeky computer games. I'm interested in my piano again, and putting in the effort I need to, just to get this next FEW projects off the ground. Let me tell you alittle about them, because Bird knows, I need the help.

First off, I've started doing alittle work with Jesse Peters for the next album. Second off, I need some band members. My fav boys are moving off to Toronto (boo) to try their musically talented hand out east (yay) and keep pursuing their dreams (yay) and leave me to drink alone (boo).



But hey. They've got dreams too. I wish them all the best of luck (with tears streaming down my face)
If you don't check out
http://www.atlasshrug.ca/
then something bad will happen to someone. I won't tell you who.

So I'm searching for a new band. I've already found Nick Lovejoy, drummer extradinaire. I'm obviously spelling queen -inaire, I have no idea if that's right or not. But Nick's hopped on board, so we're brainstorming bass and guitar players. There are a few requirments:
Must like me, which is like, SO totally hard to do.
Must like beer, jager, or anything in that area.
Those are pretty much it. I can't have someone who doesn't want to drink a few pints with me, make up a setlist, and probably a few times, let my Mom buy them rounds and rounds of beers, because she REALLY likes to. Just ask Ian, the old drummer.

Oh, also they must be handsome, especially the guitar player because for some odd reason girls go apeshit for guitar players. It's true. Or piano players too actually, and I have no idea why. I even googled it. There were many-a-discussion, especially on dating websites about whether guitar players got all the girls or not. I didn't post anything, but I read a few posts.
Also, the duelling thing is on the ol brain. But I'll let you know when I've got something more than a few thought bubbles above my curly haired head.
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Work Related

Not too much to blog about, been playing some dueling piano shows, trying to keep the ol' bank off my back... you know how it goes. But we have started talking about the next album. More to come on that when I actually have something to show you ;)

But I've been thinking more about money making schemes. Not the pyramid kind, but the legit money making kind where I start a business and work hard and then have money to pay my bills kind. I've been thinking about how many weddings and things like that I've been playing, and thought that I should start up alittle website so people could check out the dueling piano stuff I do, maybe the cover band stuff I do, and it would be my little wedding/christmas party/any friggin gig that pays kinda business. Me and Kyle put on our thinkin' caps (they have straws and beer cans on the side) and put a small amount of thought into it, I want it to be somewhere in the area of "The Fab Tiff Hall and her Party Machine" or something like that, but Kyle didn't think respectable people would book me for their classy weddings. So still thinking about it. Realistically I've got to be able to support my fame-seeking adventures in music, it's not all booze sex and rock and roll. :( And I really wish it was...

















So if you think about a few names, keep in mind, if you were booking music for your wedding, would you book me with a name like that? Feel free to email me names you come up with, thenewfabmusic@live.ca I'm trying to be slightly "adult" or "mature" or "slightly less retarded" about this little project, cause we need the mullah, and I'm going to be 26. I can't live off KD and Ichiban for the rest of my life.
Luckily Rawlco/Magic 99 still likes me and gave me ANOTHER grant to do ANOTHER cd! So that's some music-makin-mullah that I don't have to worry about! (They are great. I can never thank them enough for their contributions. Especially because I'm crazy and for some reason they like it...?) so on the count of three, everyone say "THANKYOU RAWLCO!"
If only they liked my house as much as my music, then I could have ten thousand dollars to pay rent...
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I want your Sweet Sweet ass to make it down to Avenue Theater Friday Night!

And oooh boy, is it a sweet ass or is it a sweet ass! Let me tell you! So bring it on down! I'm excited, we had a rehearsal the other night. We're playing with Nick the Reverand Lovejoy this friday. My usual boys are (sadly) moving to Toronto this summer, so I'm slowly finding new boys. But I'm open to girls as well... if you know any girls, or boys... send 'em my way. I'm not picky, I'll take what I can get...

They have to be funny. But not funnier than me. I get jealous.

I dreamt that a non-musical friend of mine (we call them muggles) was playing bass for me last night. He was good, but he doesn't really play bass so thanks alot dream.
The point of the story is, come to Avenue Theater on Friday night and watch some wicked musicians putting on a wicked show for you! Theres like, 90 people confirmed on facebook or something...

Also, vote for me on ourstage! I think the "Tiff Team" has set this one up because I don't even know what the password is to log on, so I might as well make my own account and vote for Tiff Hall's Sweet Sweet Lovin' cause its a killer tune. I think I might, and you should too!

http://www.ourstage.com/contests/3992-lilith-local-talent-search-calgary-and-edmonton

go there and find it! Fly!

I'm possibly playing in a "battle of the bands" thingy this month too, but I just heard about that, so I don't have any details for you. You don't like details anyway...

http://www.facebook.com/#!/raymailman?v=info


That's Ray Mailman. The one that booked me for this show, and has booked me for a past one. He and the band are super sweet and super talented, and if you like me, you'll like them.
So we'll see you there! And have a super Thursday!
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I heart Technology

Guess what? Computer poooooooped out. So I had to scrounge up some money to get a new one. I applied for one of those Staples credit cards and they actually gave it to me... suckers. Ohhh man... credit card tiff? Bad friggin idea. But anyway, got a new computer and guess what it has? Working sound!!!! For about... oh.... forever, my old computer didn't have any sound and I couldn't make it work and as you probably know, I don't exactly speak "Computer" very well. But with this new, shiny, WORKING machine, I'm kinda going around checking out some of the stuff that I had wanted to all along, but couldn't because I couldn't hear shit all. Here's a perfect example:

http://prairiebellespodcast.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html

that's a podcast that I'm mentioned in. I believe... that's possibly the first podcast I've been mentioned in, and I think that's pretty sweet. I know, it's an old podcast, you missed that show already, but I still think it's cool and you should follow these ladies cause they're doing something nice for Edmonton's music scene. And anyone helping out Edmonton's local music is gr-r-r-r-reat. Like a Tiger on a Cereal box kinda great.
So if you listen to these kinda things, listen to theirs.
I'm playing in Leduc on saturday, Dueling pianos at La Pisana. I have no clue where it is, but I'll find it. And if you like dueling pianos, you'll find it too :)
The weekend after that, I'm at Avenue Theater with Ray Mailman, The Consonance, Jonek, and The Joe. We're doing alittle thing called "Funky vs. Fresh" with some funky ass tunes and some intellectual rappers. It's an all ages show, which scares the crap outta me cause I get potty mouthed with mics... but we'll see... we'll see. I've never met most of these dudes, and I'm bringing the lady-talent to the stage I believe... maybe we'll all be friends and do funky/fresh shows together in the future...
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Any publicity is Good Publicity. Especially when it's Really Good Publicity

For those of you that found this blog through my website, you're pretty awesome. I hope you're listening to the CD thinking about how wonderful it is, and how it has filled an otherwise empty compartment in your heart/life. Stretching it alittle? Yah, probably. I think I'm bigger than life. But it's a good thing I'm in such a good mood because yesterday I wasn't. Me and the-bf had discussed getting a dog, and I was more than super-pysched. But we decided yesterday that maybe we weren't really ready for one and I was devastated. But thinking of my first CD review makes me happier, because someone liked the CD and told their entire newspaper about it :)
http://thegatewayonline.ca/articles/arts-entertainment/2010/03/31/album-review-tiff-hall-new-fabulous

That's the review. A big shout out to the Gateway for reviewing "The New Fabulous" and saying such nice things about it. And me. I like nice things about me.
And I also wanted to say (better late than never) that the show at the Bluechair cafe was probably the best show I've done to date. Thanks so much for everyone that was there, that played, that bought a CD, that laughed at my jokes, and I really really really hope that I see you again at another gig. Maybe even the Acoustic Open stage I'm doing next week... at the Taphouse in St. Albert... that would be super nice to see you there!
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Cross eyed, and not drunk...

You know those great and rare days when you find your new favorite artist? I'm having one of those days, except over the past two days. I have discovered Alice Russell. And doooodes, you should to. Girl's got soul

Now I'm going to do that blogger thing where I apologize because I've got a life offline and haven't written about every little thing I saw/did/ate/said... blah blah blah. You have a life, I have a life, we all should have lives, so sooooorry :p

Other than listening to Alice Russell obsessively, I've been trying to get some more money. That's right, being almost MuthaF***in' famous doesn't pay all that well in the beginning haha... so I've been looking for interesting ways to make money so I don't have to get a day job, because then you'd REALLY never see any new blogs! But I went to a Women's Wealth Workshop, and met some interesting people, including Casey who has set me up with some teaching. I'm basically going to be Jack Black and the kids will be my school of rock. I know. I'm so f**king cool.

I won't lie though guys... I'm feeling alittle burnt out. My throat hurts as a result, and my libido's dropped. I know, life's bad when you don't wanna hump a stud like Kyle all day long. We're only talking about the past few days, not a month or something dramatic, so don't stress about it. I'm already feeling alittle better with the new job, it means less stressing about monies. I've been trying to find new music to inspire me, I made business cards, and I'm thinking of new ways to help promote myself. Life's looking up.

Getting prepared to do a more laid back show at the Bluechair Cafe, not pumping out crazy jams like we usually do. It's more of a .... somewhat of a "listening" venue. So of course, I'm fighting sickness and stuffiness and will probably hack up some nice loogies for everybody to share... but it's a great little place that's just been renovated this past summer, and you should most def come check it out. Not playing with the usual handsome fellers, but these guys are still cool kats. So hopefully I will see you there, and you can recieve you're complimentary copy of the "The New Fabulous" because I love you. And you will love my CD ; )
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Famous or Institutionalized?

I just read "in over your head" a blog by Julien Smith... he asks what would you do differently if you were invisible? (not rob banks guys... or hang out in UFC locker rooms)(those guys are BU-UFF!) If you already knew you would never get famous, there was no media, no one talking about you... how would your work change? (and he's not talking about slacking off at your Starbucks job either) He mentions that no attention also means no judgement... I was thinking about it... and I'm not entirely sure how my music would change, it probably would (I'd write songs with ONLY swear words in them. I'd write Gangsta Rap)... but I mostly started thinking about what I'm doing right now... the promoting part of it... essentially I'm TRYING to get attention, from media and my peeps. When I first started writing the blogs, posting the status stuff, making the fan page, tweeting... I was pretty concious of what I was writing, and what people would think of it. But I wasn't getting any special attention. Not really anyway. And I started being myself again, cause it was just me and my crazy friends posting anything on any of the sites. So everything started being "Tiff" again. It's alot funner this way... and if only my friends are reading it, then I should just be myself... they obviously already enjoy the whole "tiff" thingy anyway...
It's interesting to think about anyway... especially since the whole point of what I'm doing now is to try to get some attention. I wonder if it would work though? Would just being my CRAZY self get me MuthaF**kin' Famous?
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