September 30, 2008 – 6:32 pm
There’s something to be said for the old way of making records: rehearse a lot, bring everybody into the studio, and get it all down on tape as quickly as possible. That’s how the Beatles’ first album was recorded - something like 12 songs live to 2-track tape in a single day, starting with Paul’s [...]
September 23, 2008 – 9:56 am
Ok … truth be told … there was only one blister, which is healing nicely, as are my knuckles and arms. But my weekend in the studio recording drum parts for our upcoming “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” record was a whirlwind for me. We are currently planning on 18 tracks on the record (note: [...]
September 9, 2008 – 7:32 am
Since closing night in May 2007 of the first production of SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES in LA, we’ve been wanting to make a GrooveLily album of songs from the show. Many of you (especially people we met by the stage door at the Kirk Douglas Theatre after a performance of SBW) have asked us about it [...]
A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily
Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin
Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals
Gene Lewin: drums/vocals
G r o o v e L i l y E - N e w s # 5 6
Thanks to everyone who came out to our late-April shows in NJ and NYC. We had a blast, and will be gigging [...]
A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily
Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin
Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals
Gene Lewin: drums/vocals
G r o o v e L i l y E - N e w s # 5 4
Almost out of hibernation, people…
1. April 26 Show In Maplewood, NJ: “Petal Pusher” Gig
2. April 27 Show at Joe’s Pub, NYC
3. Gene [...]
February 1, 2008 – 7:46 am
A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily
Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin
Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals
Gene Lewin: drums/vocals
G r o o v e L i l y E - N e w s # 5 3
Writing, writing, writing, making sheet music, making demos, making plans, making coffee, fending off frostbite, teaching Mose about “please” and “thankyou” (his [...]
December 17, 2007 – 8:01 am
G r o o v e L i l y E - N e w s # 5 1
December 2007
A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily
Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin
Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals
Gene Lewin: drums/vocals
Happy holidays, everyone - and thanks for an amazing 2007. Details on “Striking 12″ in NYC between Christmas and [...]
November 19, 2007 – 9:44 pm
I have had the distinct experience - I was going to write “distinct pleasure,” but it’s pleasure mixed with a bit of squirm-inducing - of having two articles about me over the years in my college’s glossy, quarterly magazine. The first was shortly after I graduated in 1993, and it was a reprint of an [...]
A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily
Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin
Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals
Gene Lewin: drums/vocals
G r o o v e L i l y E - N e w s # 4 6
Our premiere production of “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” wraps up this coming Sunday, May 20. If you’re in the LA area [...]