Cinti

About me:

It's March 20th and while we did not win the OWN-TV competition we entered last June all of the good reasons why we should BRING THE MUSIC still exist. Not to mention the jobs creation and economic stimulation that such a film and or television series would generate. We've partnered with Kickstarter.com to raise funds and you can contribute at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/652976123/bring-the-music-the-movie?ref=live We are also interviewing with Venture Capitalists who invest in film and television projects like BRING THE MUSIC so if you know of any good people who want to explore this venture have them hit us up at: BringTheMusic@CintiLaird.ws I am excited about the prospect of working with so many different musicians and hearing all of the unique sounds and promoting them to see what the world really wants to hear as things change. Stay tuned! Something good is brewing! Monday night March 28, 2011 starts the 3rd Season of Nurse Jackie on Showtime Networks where I work as a core member of the nursing staff. http://www.sho.com/site/nursejackie/about.sho LAST SUMMER's NEWS: It's June 16, 2010. Let's BRING THE MUSIC to the Oprah Winfrey Network. BRING THE MUSIC is a Battle of the Bands Reality Talk Show with audience participation and a dance floor so that the in studio can not only vote along with our home audiences, but they can get their dance on in front of millions of home viewers. Celebrity guests artist will compliment the happenings on BRING THE MUSIC with an element of talk. WHY Bring The Music? Music is used for healing, teaching, preaching, weddings, births, funerals and every major event in our lives. So why not take a pro-active stance and get involved with your own voice to determine what music gets selected for air waves? You can do this by popular vote because the bands will all play and compete with their ORIGINAL music. Vote right now to BRING THE MUSIC to the Oprah Winfrey Network, because seriously, this could mean a big break for so many bands.. Click on or cut and paste the link below to your browser. http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=7290&promo_id=1 After you've voted please go back and look to the right of the green highlighted VOTE & share this opportunity to make something extraordinary happen for musicians all over by sharing the video and the ability to vote for BRING THE MUSIC with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. You already have the power to share this with your Myspace friends. All it takes is one click! Let's do this... Yes We Can! Actually I've attached the video here so just click on Cinti's Audition.. .. .. *********************************************************** Since June 28, 2008 I've been working on my own movies. The first title is I SEE YOU which was written in 2004 inspired by Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary. Initially it was a short play written specifically for the Going To The River Festival at Ensemble Studio Theater. If Elizabeth Van Dyke had not called me regarding my short play submission it might not ever have come about. Thank you Liz. It's an educational film about bullying, peer pressure, community and personal responsibility. It features some young talent from Brooklyn and Long Island check out their stories: Http://CintiLaird.ws My meetup group shot the film. Low to no budget...Oh, yeah, there is a sneak peak here on MySpace - somewhere and also on YouTube. I SEE YOU a short film. During the Writers strike I appeared in Who Do You Love? A gospel musical at the Richmond Shepard Theater 309 East 26th Street at 2nd Avenue Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8pm until the end of March, 2008. It's was a spiritual delight. I've been writing songs for most of my life but never viewed it as a way to earn a living until I heard one of my songs sped up note for note recorded without permission by a popular group that made mad money with it. By now I've performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Town Hall and Madison Square Garden. Still looking to hook that solo ticket at these great venue which gives me more to work for! :-) I have been a soloist for many years in church and other professional, yet lesser known venues. Like so many others I started singing in church at a very early age - before I went to school. Been singing ever since. With practical parents, I was not allowed to study music or drama as a major at university - (I did get some voice studies in toward a minor.) Pushed to study journalism - and film and television production/direction, my parents didn't understand that getting a job in those fields for a black woman with no connections would be just as difficult as getting an acting job. My advisor at NYU insisted that I double major in acting and film/tv. It was difficult enough to just get through school - with Mother's terminal illness weighting heavy on me. She was my best friend. With 3 females in a family of 6 males, you bet the 3 fems were really tight. Mom made all of our clothes and we dressed similarly - often with the same fabric to individualized patterns. I never knew the term "off the rack" until I came to NYC to attend university. I did all that I could to be the first child in my family to complete a BFA and tried to rush through it before my mother died so that she could appreciate it. After-all, we had the biggest fight when I said that I'd run away to NYC to become an actress if she wouldn't sign the necessary documents so that I could attend NYU. I'd been accepted at Cornell - that being a hick town was fine with her. But I'd lived in small towns my entire life and was looking forward to something new and exciting. Where the direction of the wind would not be the hottest topic of the day. I graduated - or so I thought I had - but Mom was by now far too ill to travel into the city to see her youngest child receive the diploma that she so desperately wanted me to have, so we sat side by side on her bed and watched the televised graduation ceremony together. She died less than a year later.