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Hi (strictly personal) |
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Sarah Savoy |
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May 11, 08 - 10:40 AM |
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90.46.44.95 |
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lesyeuxnoirs@gmail.com |
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http://www.sarahsavoy.com |
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http://www.myspace.com/sarahsavoythefrancadians |
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http://www.myspace.com/sarahdoversavoy |
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I've been missing all the crazy (and, of course, even more often interesting) messages than run around in here. I haven't been around in about a year, I guess. I broke my computer in January, two days after I moved into my new apartment. Finally found a place in Paris--yay! Spent a great 18 days at home with the family in December and am still thankful for it, but happy to be back in Paris now as the weather warms up, the sun is out every day, and I spend mornings drinking tea and listening to the birds singing in the courtyard and the church bells chiming the hours.
We finished our CD in March and it is available now at our gigs, if any of you are planning on coming to Europe. All dates are on the band's MySpace page, but, with the computer broken, not on the website. There are also tracks from the new CD there. We recorded it in 1 1/2 days, while I had the flu, we had a brand-new fiddler, and the drummer had only practiced with us twice the two days before we headed into the studio. Now THAT'S rock-n-roll!! haha Hope you'll enjoy the tracks I put up.
I'm actually starting to make it as a musician here, doing nothing but, and that's exciting, although exhausting. In my "spare time" (as in when I'm not playing with the Cajun band or doing cooking demos), I'm playing a mix of Cajun, country and Tex-Mex (and what a mix, huh?) in a duo, singing in English, Cajun French, and Spanish. I'm also learning to play banjo, which I've always wanted to do--Mom and Joel play. Finally fluent in French, too, although I'm afraid I've forgotten my Russian.
Sorry to those of you who have sent me requests for song lyrics to my personal e-mail in the last few months and haven't received replies. I've been very, very busy. I'll really try to get on them, the ones I know, anyway, but I don't have time to listen and try to transcribe the ones I don't know--I'm working on learning new songs myself!!
Wanted to bring my accordion back to Paris with me to get back to trying to learn to play it, but Dad didn't let me, as he was unsure I'd stick around long enough to warrant lugging it overseas again. He's usually right, but for now things are going well and we'll see what happens. Oh, and I got to see the guitar Joel's making for me while I was home--his first acoustic!! It's very beautiful and perfect, like everything he does, excellent craftsmanship. Just a little smaller than my Martin DM, but I'm dying to hear the sound of it!
Don't know yet if I'm going to make it down to Saulieu, but those of you who do, if you don't see me there, come up and hang out in Paris for a couple of days after the festival!
Cheers
Sarah |
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Hey Sarah! by JimPettijohn · May 11, 08 - 10:21 PM
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