12 Comments »Published by Mostly Lisa on May 18th, 2008.
Here are some photos I grabbed with my trusty Canon Xti/400D (with the 50mm f/1.4 lens) of the 604 Records Showcase last Friday at the Red Room for New Music West. It was great to see Jessie Farrell et al. as they rarely play their hometown of Vancouver. In fact, I heard them play more in Jamaica than in Vancouver! But, as always Miss Jessie and her rock star band looked and sounded smokin’ hot!
Jessie Farrell and Jesse Tucker rockin’ it.
Miss Jessie is lookin’ super fancy.
Ryland Haggis knows which ace is bass.
There were also other bands who were totally indie stylez like:
2 Comments »Published by Mostly Lisa on October 10th, 2007.
The lovely and talented Jessie Farrell released her debut album, “Nothing Fancy” yesterday. There was a fantastic tea party with friends, family and industry sorts at 604 Records.
Then we headed to the Cactus Club to celebrate and i didn’t take many pictures because i was celebrating… boo. bad photog. but i did snap this nice one of Tom and Jessie snuggling up in the last moments of the night when we all felt very sleepy.
The last snap of the night in front of the shaggalicious wallpaper….
8 Comments »Published by Lisa Bettany on June 3rd, 2007.
(according to Jesse Tucker, guitarist extraordinaire, co-writer of Jessie Farrell’s first single “Let’s Talk About Love”, and lover of all things pocket vortex with a mild to extreme crackberry addiction)
This is my first time restringing my lovely Larrivee so let’s take it from the top…
Step One: Acquire some new guitar strings. I was very lucky to have these bad boys given to me by Tucker. Thanks Muck. You’re Awesome. The strings are awesome too. They are coated with Nanoweb (not exactly sure what that is, but it seems pretty high tech and kinda makes me feel like a superhero… “ah ha! You try to infiltrate my layer Beast Master, but what you do not know is that I am protected by an ultra thin Nanoweb… stronger than a thousand steel spider webs and wired with a million tiny electrode sensors!!!! Hiyah!!” Anyway… geeknerdgeek.
Step Two: Unwind guitar string with “stringer tool” (which looks like a New Year’s noise maker and probably has a name…)
Step Three: Take pin out the bridge with the other end of the “stringer tool” which will release old string. Take old string off.
Step Four: Get new string and unravel it.
Step Five: Line up the the ball end (looks like an eyelet) of the new string in the hole of the bridge and use the peg to push the eyelet down into the hole. Push down on the peg to make sure the string is secured.
Step Six: Stretch the string into the nut and thread string through tuning pegheads (make sure that the eye of the tuning peg is parallell to frets.)
Step Seven: Kink string to prevent it from slipping. Remember to give the string some slack for winding. The “E” string needs about 2 full wraps around, “A” string needs about 3..etc. If you wind it to tight it might snap! SNAP!
Step Eight: Wind it up (counterclockwise) a lot. Make sure that each wind of the string goes below the previous one. I had to hold the string and tug on it a little to keep it winding properly. Also, keep a watch on the pin in the bridge to make sure it doesn’t pop out. I had to push it in a few time during the winding to keep the string in place. You should stretch the strings a little with your thumb and index finger and then re-tune a couple of times until the string settles into its groove.
Step Nine: Cut string with wire cutters as close to tuning peg as possible (cuz those ends are sharp… ouch!)
Hooray! You’re done.
(All photos taken by the Beast Master himself, Ryland Haggis)
No Comments »Published by Lisa Bettany on May 24th, 2007.
Jessie Farrell’s first music video for “Let’s Talk About Love” was released today on CMT. She looks simply stunning in it. And there is lots of footage of my favourite Jessie boy, Ryland. Check it out!
Here’s a shot I took behind the scenes. More to come soon!
PS. I make a small cameo in the last stage shot of the video…
4 Comments »Published by Lisa Bettany on May 23rd, 2007.
The Place: East of Main. Vancity. Note the presence of the motorhome. We are not in Kits anymore. It’s a good thing I brought my lulu “peace and tranquility” yoga mat… cuz being even four blocks from Capers makes me edgy. Without my ginseng infused wheatgrass shots, I’m unable to focus my eyes.
Loading in at sunset on May 10th.
The Venue: La Casa del Artista = Mexican kitsch meets band portable. Strange, but oddly festive. Watch out for that cactus. It’s a mean one. Ouch.
The Main Man: Samuel Davidson. Clarinet. He’s that kinda good that is almost so ridiculously good in its awesomeness that you’re like “whoa, are you serious?” But he is serious. A seriously skilled player. And, I’m pretty sure that his likeness to John Mayer hits a serious sweet spot with the ladies.
Parker on Keys.
My Jazzy Guy, Ryland on Bass.
Brendan (somewhat engulfed by a gigantic Mexican flag) on drums.
Show stealing moments were in abundance, with three of note. Following Sam’s heartfelt dedication of the fourth number to his friend, Will, he began with a minute-long clarinet solo of wrenching beauty. It wasn’t clear whether any one took a breath the whole time, it was that good. A pin drop could be heard.
The second show stealer belonged to Ryland for his bass soloing during the first song of the second set, “Two Ways Out”. The element of surprise was involved as Ryland had been relatively unassuming with his playing up to that point. He let loose though, playing a dizzying array of string and note patterns resulting in raucous applause from the audience.
The third moment worthy of mention goes to Brendan for his superior roles and break downs on drums during “Cambie Bridge”. Working off of Parker’s held notes on the keyboard, Brendan built a precise storm of climbing and crashing fury, carefully setting up pauses throughout that drew anticipation from the listener without being predictable. Again, the audience, as they were all set, was hugely appreciative of Brendan’s skill.
I’m sold! When is their next gig? Saturday June 2nd at Rime (1130 Commercial Drive). Should be a great show! I am looking forward to hearing some more raucous applause from the audience.
& Lotus Child, who were awesome
& Aaron Pritchett, who has some huge guns.
