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tired-missive from a UK recording cave.... (Patreon)

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2016-06-06 21:31:11
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hello loves


i am so tired - just clocked 8 straight hours of train travel into studio recording with edward with some baby juggling and now trying to catch up on my email while i still have a little bit of brain left and i'm like wait: i don't have any brain left. it's gone. so fuck it i'll do email tomorrow and tonight i'll just write to you.


you don't need my brain right?


right.


i'm deep into the edward recording...we're on song #8 and into the layering of the recording...instead of just writing and doing basic tracks we're getting detailed. we spent 4 hours today on a single vocal for a single song, holed up in imogen's basement. it sounds WONDERFUL. i can't wait to share this shit.


some of you in london (HELLO! HELLOOOO!!!) got a sneak peek of some of the edward music - just bits and pieces of the piano songs....the actual record is going to sound much more loop and electro-ish. (electrish?)


and in general - the london show was MAGNIFICENT. on just three weeks notice we managed to get 1,000 to koko, which felt full, and my dad songs sounded beautiful and the whole night just felt like a sweater. my SISTER ALYSON also got up and sang (we did a cover of "the end of the world" made famous by skeeter davis) and it was all just too fucking cute for words.  (i know a few of you new people here must have joined the patreon because of the show. THANK YOU, and welcome....)


neil also guested (he read from his new book) and ash guested on piano (with his feet...and hands). somewhere there may be footage. i filmed the night on the cheap and hopefully i'll get some of the clips up before i forget :)


(and this  photo by yet another family member...elliott franks, neil's cousin).


i signed after the show and met quite a few of you - THANK YOU all for being kind and wonderful when i was so fucking tired. it was my first really long signing line after a real show since having ash. and i still fucking love it. so nothing's changing, apparently :)


a reminder if you haven't pre-ordered the dad record...you still can, HERE.


....


there's a couple little things i wanted to share before i forget!


NEIL'S NON-FICTION BOOK, "the view from the cheap seats" IS NOW OUT:

here.


...........


the "purple rain" track got a standing ovation all over the web. 

thank you guys for being you and making it happen, in your patron-y way...

AND, the prince painter, sarah beetson, is SELLING PRINTS. 

PRINTS OF PRINCE. 

get it?

a portion of proceeds  goes towards the ELEVATE HOPE FOUNDATION. own and love it:

www.sarahbeetson.com/products/afpprince


if you missed the track, it's here, forever.


,.........


IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE NEAR SEATTLE....YOU HAVE TO GO TO THIS.


jason webley is doing a three-day non-festival festival of jason-ness,

ON AN ISLAND, called "once".

it's june 10,11 & 12...with a gazillion artists, and the tickets are only $11, because jason is awesome like that.

all info:

http://www.hereatonce.com/


if any of you go, meet each other. jason always brings the magic.


...........


by the way i rehearsed  ON A BOAT the other day. all you $10+ backers, i think i may try to do a little boat-webcast next week (there's a piano!!!) if i can get the boat happening. watch your inboxes in a second. ON A BOAT, I TELL YOU. a boat. boat boat boat.



xx

a

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Wong SauYan

It seems impossible that I might have any chance to make it to the UK, but I do love these email letters from you, and thank you for the Facebook Live from a boat! That is just so indescribably amusing! Thank you for being you, Amanda, and I do hope a world tour might happen whenever in the future!

RiverVox

Amanda McBoatface

Anonymous

The London show was incredible! I can't thank you enough for putting it on. I love your intense foot movement when you play piano and I was so happy to see you play, and your family too!!! I've never been to a show quite like it. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Cecilia Tan

I'm so tired too m'dear. I'm almost done writing a book and oh I am not yet done writing a book but I will be soon and then I will have brain cells for other things like maybe seeing PWR BTTM at The Sinclair.

Anonymous

I loved the Koko show. That moment when you stopped playing and said "I don't know what to do" because you'd heard Ash making noises – impossible to describe., but probably the most authentic moment I have ever seen on stage. Thankyou.

Amalija Vitezovic

Shikes. I don't log in to Facebook for a few days, and you go live from a boat. Oh well...

Lily Tomson

Thank you so much for the Koko show.. I'm in the midst of finals, ran away to London for the night, and had the most extraordinary time.. 'Glacier' has been getting me through a rough patch recently, and 'Machete' is similarly so important to me right now.. it was perfect.

Laura Waite

I loved the boat clip. God it was funny!

kristen

Thank you for the tired missive! It made me smile. Today was a miserable day. I felt stressed out, overwhelmed, incompetent and like a total failure. I cried a lot in a hotel room, alone, and felt really stupid about it. In an effort to try and chill out I decided to listen to purple rain. I put in earbuds (as suggested) and it was meditative. I felt better. It was the brightest part of my day. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making the things and the art :)

Katie Valentine

My nephew loved the boat video. He is two. He's still talking about Amanda playing piano on a boat. 😍 I don't want to take from you when you are so tired, but I'm so so so so so grateful that you're still present here with us. Like you were at Koko, and at the Sunday sermon. It's why I want to be like you, Amanda. Thank you. I gave away my 7th copy of the Art of Asking today. I keep buying it and giving it away, buying it and giving it... I maybe am not meant to have my own physical copy. They keep flying out of my hands into those of the women in my life who need it. For that too, I am grateful. Thank you.

Anonymous

Hi Amanda - a big hello from a boatie. I'm not sure of the best way to reach you say thank you to you so I figure I'll try here. A few years ago we met at a Dresden Dolls gig in New Zealand and you very kindly gave me permission to use the lyrics from In My Mind in a book about sailing, the pacific islands and being a bit cray cray. Long story short I got a publishing deal and Which Way is Starboard Again? was born <a href="http://www.batemanpublishing.co.nz/ProductDetail?CategoryId=98&amp;ProductId=1526" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.batemanpublishing.co.nz/ProductDetail?CategoryId=98&amp;ProductId=1526</a> I sent one of the first copies to a PO Box I found for you but I'm not sure if you got it (I also figure you'll probably have no freaking time to read anytime soon) Anyway you were with me in spirit the other night when I did a talk at the Auckland Library. I write , I don't public speak, and I was utterly terrified. I was due to read the chapter with your lyrics in it and I was just going to read them out but then I though 'fuck it' and sang them badly. The audience loved it and I sold a few books! It also did huge things for my self confidence. So thank you, thank you so much. You are in the acknowledgements in the front and one day I hope to see you at a gig again so I can give you a signed copy personally. If you would like a copy in the meantime though - you can reach me via my blog <a href="http://seamunchkin.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://seamunchkin.com/</a> and all the social media contacts in the side bar and I will send it wherever in the world you would like. Thank you so much for being so freaking inspiring! Much love, Anna xx