The wedding was great! It was the crazy assed wedding party that I hoped it would be. The guests were a wonderful mix of baby boomers and young folks, and just real dancing ass soul music lovers. It was joyous. I had the horn section there and we ( Lynne Jordan & the Shivers) were on fire: laughing, groovin, and making money - bonus!! I ain't jaded yet. Weddings are fun. And these folks were such a tight wild group. Love that!! …
Making Plans and Taking Baby Steps
I also had a lovely conversation with a new friend (Chicago vocalist Andrea Love) who has done a lot of House track vocals and gave me some sound advice. I was feeling a tiny bit anxious over the whole thing cause I didn't quite know how it all worked. The dance music scene is a different animal. The DJ/producer, who lives in Amsterdam, wanted me to listen to the track and come up with the vocals & lyrics! And though it felt like that's the way it works, I had no point of reference. Andrea …
Here Comes The Bride
I am performing at a wedding reception tonight. Some of you might thinking: EEUU!, but I am really grateful for the work. Lots of musicians are not working tonight and I am just feeling grateful that I can still pay my guys good money at this time of year. It is officially our slow season for a couple MORE months.(hope nobody gets on my nerves tonight)I am hoping it'll be one of those crazy ass weddings where we just feel great afterwards. And it does happen. I get a lot of pleasure playing …
Check out my web gallery on mac.com!!
I've just uploaded three photo albums on a web gallery. Check them out! I may put all my Amsterdam photos up there as I travel. This gallery will be different than my photo gallery on my web site. These will be photos of my own, shot by me and not necessarily music & performance related! It's fun! Love my MAC!! You can link to it from this blog entry or just look under "Lynne's Links" to the right margin of this page.my web gallery.mac.com …
Jersey Boys
I saw "Jersey Boys" tonight in Chicago. It was wonderful! "Jersey Boys" is not an oldies revue nor is it some overblown, typical Broadway fare. It's a story about four boys from da hood (New Jersey) who happen to make it in the music industry. It's funny and human. It's another "American Dream" tale that happens to be true and chock full of great tunes. It never struck me as nostalgic nor corny. I loved it because it was so clever and because the characters use the "F word a lot." These are …