Long time no post...

It's been a long time since I posted on here but I'm going to start doing it again.

I haven't been as motivated but feel like writing at the moment.

I hope you'll all enjoy the posts, I'll try to keep them short so as not to bore you senseless :-)

Next holidays

So in May I'm off to Bali in Indonesia for about 3 weeks. I'm going with 2 girls friends, Nadia and Catherine. It should be an amazing trip!

Concert News

So the concert was a great success!! My Mum loved it and the place was packed out!

Amp Fiddler-sexy motherfunker

For the website www.wegofunk.com I did my latest interview a couple of weeks ago. I interviewed the gorgeous and amazingly talented Mr Amp Fiddler. He's been around for over 20 years in the music biz, being amongst other things the keyboard player for M.George Clinton for many years. He's just brought out his 2nd solo album called Afrostrut, his first album was called "Waltz of a Ghetto Fly"- even his albums have cool names. I asked him how he chose his very individual style and he replied simply 'If you got the funk, you got the style"- can't argue with that;-)

Concert March 2007

My next concert is the 21st March 2007, the same week my Mum is here, that's why I'm doing it!

I've added 8 news songs to the playlist and am re-doing many of the songs from last time. I've added a new song of my own called "17 ways to kill someone, you chose love"- a funky soulful rant. Love is such an easy subject matter!

Ze concert

So the concert I did was a success!! The place was packed out and there was a great atmosphere! When I look back at the video there are so many things to improve but next time will be even better.

The following Saturday I also sang for the Telethon and the sound system there was even better than in the cafe. I sang in front of the beautiful town hall in the 13th arrondissement, my voice was much better because I hardly even had to make a sound and the microphone was so good that it just carried the voice all on its own.

Now I'm preparing one for February 2007 with more of my own songs. I did 3 of my own at this concert and they were the songs that people preferred! Where's the scout from Sony BMG when you need him, it would be byebye to Eurosport in a second if I got spotted!

Latest concerts

For my latest Interview I interviewed TY, a UK rapper who is absolutely amazing, he's been on the scene in the UK forever.

He's just released a new album called Closer, his 3rd and it's really worth buying it if you like that kind of stuff.

Check this out: http://www.bigdada.com/artist.php?id=33

I'll let you all know when it's on line.

I also recently went to Quantic Soul Orchestra's concert featuring Spanky Wilson, a soul songer from the 60s/70s. The best concert I've been to all year I think.

I also went to see Lo'Jo (and not J Lo!) last week, a kind of Serge Gainsbourg mixed with orietntal sounds, it was really unusual.

3 concerts in 10 days, typical nights out, that's what I love about being here. All my friends are involved in this kind of stuff, which is very handy!

and my concert this week!!!

My concert

Yes at last I'm finally doing a concert! This Thursday I will be playing at Les Cariatides with a guitarust friend of mine who is originally from Algeria.

For this first time we'll mainly do covers with a couple of my songs. Here's the playlist:

Promise Me- Beverley Craven

Jezebel- Sade

I'll stand by you- The Pretenders

Fever- Elvis Presley

Venus- Bananarama

Wonderwall- Oasis

Because the Night- Patti Smith

Losing my Religion- R.E.M.

The Boxer- Simon & Garfunkel

Beatles Medley

Apparently Nothing- Young Disciples

Killing me Softly- Roberta Flack

Thorn in my Side- Eurythmics

Simply the Best- Tina Turner

Time after Time- Cyndi Lauper

Ironic- Alanis Morrisette

Is this Love?- Bob Marley

Manchild- Neneh Cherry

Heard it Through the Grapevine- Marvin Gaye

Mustang Sally- Wilson Pickett

3 of my songs and 3 Kablye songs

I've got loads of friends coming I hope I don't balls it up! I'll keep you updated with photos and feedback from the crowd!

Open doors to 500 artists

Where I live just on the outskirts of Paris is called Montreuil. It's a working-class area which has a communist town hall and is extremely left wing as you can imagine. Trendy Parisians come here to buy old factories to live in- I just have a small flat!
Montreuil is famous for cinema and artists and this weekend is the annual weekend where all the artists in Montreuil open their doors to the publc so you can go and have a nosy around their workshops and homes! I love it! I'll check in later to tell you what I saw or bought. Last year I discoverd there were about 8 artists just in my street!

All in a typical week

So what's life been like since my last post?

Well, the President of our company 'resigned' this week with immediate effect. Strange isn't it? Who leaves from one day to the next without saying goodbye to the 600 employees (1400 with commentators) he has lead for over 10 years- not even a sorry glass of wine, a few vol-au-vents and some smelly cheese at a goodbye "do". Nothing, nada.
Our President just went from one day to the next for "personal reasons", back to Italy. Oh I'm not worried about him professionally- he has his own TV station over there, is a close friend of Berlusconi and has several other business interests I imagine so he won't be kipping down on the streets of Rome, but still it was kind of big news this week- it just came out of nowhere- so tension amongst management must be pretty tightly strung at the moment...
Why do things like this always happen just when you need to get loads of things validated by management? All of a sudden your things become so insanely insignificant on their list that you may as well just not go into work (mmm good idea)

Apart from that I have seen a few friends this week:
Catherine: French, 34 single, graphic designer, funk obsessed. We ate world food at Zonga's (see photo above) and then went to our local bar where another friend, Nadia, works.
Nayla: Lebanese/French, 30, lives with bfriend, production assistant in sound studio. We ate at Mrs.Fuung Malaysian restaurant. Absolutely beautiful- 3 course meal for 15€. her friend is going into an obesity clinic and was having her last fatty meal- contrary to popular belief yes there are obese women in France- not all are size 8! (size 4 in USA)
Zohra: Morrocan/Sudanese/French, 34, single, various jobs. We ate French at a restaurant near the Père Lachaise cemetery- called Mère Lachaise. Lovely meal we put the world to rights, again.

Yes that's a typical week, going out, hanging around, going to different restaurants that don't cost the earth- Paris is not expensive!!

I also have been a sport freak this week- 2 hours of biking, 45minutes of swimming today and I'll do one hour of gym tomorrow and then even more this week- I want to get slim!! Is it too much to ask??? Just 6.36 kilos (14 pounds).

Anyway not much to report really...sorry it's not passionate, just rambling really, time to go to bed with my book of the week:
"Nice girls don't get the corner office- 101 mistakes women make in their careers" so this time next week I may have got a promotion, a raise and a company car...check in to find out!

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