From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #779 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Thursday, May 24 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 779 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: PP, SS, Robin, Dave & The Mutts [Robin Adler Subject: Re: PP, SS, Robin, Dave & The Mutts Hi Ken, Thanks for the encouragement. Most of my time these days is spent taking care of my 90 year old mother and learning new Joni tunes. Maybe the key to starting a song is to think short and not epic. Someday we'll make it to the East coast. I'd love to meet some of you Easterly Joni fans. Robin On May 24, 2012, at 5:34 AM, Ken wrote: > Interesting reading about Robin, Dave & The Mutts. I have the DVDs and CDs but > I'm still waiting for the day I get to see these people live (like, is there > EVER going to be an East Coast tour?) Or, do I have to go back out to > California? > > > As for Robin saying: > > I could be happy the rest of my > musical life just performing her songs - they effect me so much. > Unfortunately > it is also probably why I will never write songs of my own. How could I? > I would think there would be some very strong desire to write ONE song, at > least, even if just to prove you could (to yourself), or as some kind of > tribute. I know, when I first started taking piano lessons (at age 57) I felt > good that I finally accomplished something I'd been wanting to do my whole > life, but by writing a short song of my own, I felt even more fulfilled > knowing that I COULD. > > > Kenny B > > > > I've tried so many times to sit down and write to the list about performing > the albums of Blue and Court and Spark. Anita had posed some questions > shortly after the release of our DVD about my experience and I was in the > midst of a major post-partum funk following the concert asking myself "is > that > all there is?" I just could not complete the post. It was one of the most > profound and humbling musical experiences of my career. I knew these albums > were great but having experienced them on a physical and emotional level I > was > totally blown away by their brilliance. Nothing about Joni's music is easy if > you want to do them justice. Nothing is more interesting, beautiful, > challenging, stimulating etc. than her songs. I could be happy the rest of > my > musical life just performing her songs - they effect me so much. > Unfortunately > it is also probably why I will never write songs of my own. How could I? > > We chose, for this concert, to stay as close to the original arrangements as > possible so that the audience members could relive, if you will, how they > felt > when they first heard these songs. For us as a band that was exciting. To > emulate Car on a Hill, Down to You and Trouble Child was a great > accomplishment. Our drummer Danny Campbell bought special drum heads to get > the John Guerin sound. Our multi talented Dave Curtis played those > incredible > harmonic guitar parts on Trouble Child to simulate the waves breaking at > Malibu. He also played most of the orchestrated parts in Down to You. Dave > Blackburn (my hubby) borrowed a 12 string guitar for People's Parties to add > to the quiver of other guitars he used. For my part I was laser-focused, for > about 3 months solid, on memorizing, practicing and trying to get inside each > tune. I watched my diet and did yoga every day, and oh, did I mention > practice? I wonder how much Joni had to prepare for those sessions, but then > again she wasn't 59 years old when she made those records. It takes a bit > more prep the older you get. > > On the night of the concert I was ready, and from the start of All I Want to > the last line of Twisted it was like a magic carpet ride. The time and > practice paid off. My voice came through for me and hit those notes meant > only for the young. I floated in the clouds for about a week following the > concert- then looking down on everything I crashed into the ground. The > continents in my mind shifted, and without exaggeration I have to say that > I've changed. I can't tell you honestly if it's for the better; all I can > say > is that I haven't returned to how I was. Everything seemed so perfectly > aligned when I was preparing for the concert, and now it's not. > > So, Bob this post isn't specifically about PP and SS. I love them both and > was happy I was able to make the tricky segue between those two songs (three > 5/4 bars and one 4/4 - oh that Joni!) All I can say is that I just can > relate > to them. How about you? > > Love, > Robin thanks, Robin - ------------------------------------------------- New CD available now! "Safaris to the Heart: The Songs of Joni Mitchell" by Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet. To listen or learn more: http://www.reverbnation.com/robinadlermuttsoftheplanet To purchase: http://www.robinadler.com/products.html ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #779 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send tojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------