StreetcredMusic...This blog has followed a quote I heard many years ago..."Sometimes you must leap first, and build your wings on the way down". From nothing it has become a blog containing dozens of Indie artists. Follow me as I introduce you to them, from the place where they breed, New York City! ....and come with us as we document it on film!!
Pianos, unlike people, sing when you give them your every growl.
They know how to dive into the pit of your stomach and harmonize with
your roars when you’ve split yourself open.
And when they see you,
guts shining, brain pulsing, heart right there exposed in a rhythm that
beats need need, need need, need need, pianos do not run... And so she
plays.
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori
around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the
strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer
material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early
pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard,
which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down
or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the
hammers to strike the strings.
Get to know the artists I support and work with. That's the purpose of this blog. If you know them you will probably take more interest in them and their work, that's the mission here. #Support. Non profit support.
So take a look here at a familiar face Kayce Laine an original #Pianowoman. Four years now after the first #Pianowomen shoot, we got together to see what's been going on in her life.
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We did not know it but just days after we were in New York City shooting this, Covid devastated the area we were staying in. Kayce went back to Nashville and spent a week with a flu like illness. Me I got lucky I guess, I was fine.
Eleven years of StreetcredMusic: In 2012 I wanted to document the stories of several women who came to New York City from other countries, to make music.
In the eleven years of #StreetcredMusic, this was my first attempt (2012) at documenting the trials and tribulations of women as Indie Musicians, coming to New York City from other states and countries.
It was certainly a learning experience for me, and we had fun.
Please take a minute to read the final credits. All those wonderful people who helped me, coming out of the blue, knowing nothing about film.