We're both sitting here on a beat-up tan leather couch. I (Ris) am watching producer Dave's inspired head bouncing up and down...sometimes swiveling on its axis. No real predictability about where his head will end up - he's not following the percussion blasting out of these awesome, worth-thousands-of-dollar speakers - he's controlled by some dancing geist in his neck. Ange has her beads out, hunched over in her funky Goodwill find of a royal blue blouse with white polka-dots. She's preparing for the day when she opens her music/art/jewelry/djembe circle shop. I'm trying to embrace my promise to only consume 1600 calories today, but I'm starting to get the munchies and those garlic and onion pretzels downstairs look mighty yummy.
We're on our (hopefully) last week of fixing and mixing this labor of sweaty love album we call the Ange and Ris CD 2007 because, just like our name, we can't seem to find a fitting title other than the obvious. CD 2007. It's lined with songs we've birthed and performed, and fought over and still loved - the fruit of "otherness", learning how to partner with the other. Can't wait to hug folks with our babies that, frankly, seem rather more like adolescents these days.
So methinks this will be the spot to share the musings of Ange and Ris, the musical duo without a name, but with a large heart for our sistahs and brothahs, the lovahs of music with ambiance and a story.
Monday, May 14, 2007
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Way to go with the blog. I can't wait to hear the finished product. I am anxiously awaiting the "debute" of the music that has been trapped in your heads and souls so long. Another name rang true after reading your blog. You guys have poured so much of yourselves into this project that it is as part of you as a child you have conceived and birthed together, through patient caress and painful labor. I can't wait to hear her screams as she enters the world for the first time. So many are anxiously waiting to hear the song of your "New Born".
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