"Miss Behave and The Irresistibles" with Evert Willemstijn and Marcel Koster, myspace.com/marcelkosteranddenisemarie, Trio in Italy with Alessandro Fabbri...others past and present: William Terry, Eric Lucero, Sam Price, Gwendolyn Colman, Bart Ramsey, Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, "Washboard Chaz" Leary, Neti Vaan, Dave Easley, Cori Walters, James Singleton, Johnny Vidacovich, Kufaru Mouton, Rob Halverson, Pete Amahl, Glenys Rodgers, Lori Jenaire, Chris Calloway, Andy J Forest, Myshkin, Jack Fine, Mike West, Patrick O'Flaherty, Beth Patterson, Colin Seddon, Mike Isaacs, Big Sam Williams, Leon "Kid Chocolate"Brown, Saya Saito, Peer Wassenaar and more.....denisemarie.com
Influences
the wind whispering or howling, dreams, walking by the water, sniffing the roses, chirping birdies, long and lonely roads, clouds, cats, friends, lovers, books, spicy food, any good music from the far corners of Ma Earth, la luna and el sol, the live oaks and crepe myrtles of the American South, the sunsets of the American West, train rides in Europe, childhood memories, little kids, old folks, corn fields, farmers, neighbors and city lights at night from the 28th floor...and musical influences in no particular order... John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Billy Holiday, Emmylou Harris, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, Prince, Memphis Minnie, Christy Moore, Wes Montgomery, Big Maybelle, Sarah Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton, The Allman Brothers, Dinah Washington, Blossom Dearie, Pat Metheny, Dakota Staton, Ray Charles, Lunasa, Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones, Erykah Badu, Django Reinhardt, Jo Privat, Emily Remler, Chaka Khan, Cesaria Evora, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Miles Davis, Herb Ellis, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Joan Armatrading, The Neville Brothers, The Subdudes, and many other artists...
Sounds Like
I've been told I have a unique sound all my own (hey, thanks who ever said that!)...some people say I remind them of Macy Grey, Joni Mitchell, Blossom Dearie, Bonnie Raitt, Billy Holiday,...don't know...but I love all of those artists so it's cool...
Songbird, guitarist, chanteuse, percussionist, writer, poet, bicyclist, walker, train rider, traveler, teacher, gardener, cat lover, citizen of Planet Earth.....
Denise Marie was born with a Gypsy soul. The Upstate New York farm couldn't hold her so at sixteen she moved to the wild west of New Mexico where she befriended Hippies, Cowgirls, Indians and studied jazz guitar. But when she learned to finger-pick the blues a whole new universe of possiblities opened up. In 1995 she moved to the center of music on planet earth, New Orleans, where she was encouraged to perform the original songs she had hidden in an old shoe box. There she embraced trumpets, saxophones, Cuban percussion, violins and well..... just about everything to do with music, BIG HUG. She recorded with such legends as Johnny Vidocovich, James Singleton, "Sunpie" Barnes and has worked with a list of talented musicians too long to mention here! By 2005, she had toured in Europe several times and was there when hurricane Katrina blasted old New Orleans. As a result she lived in Europe for almost two years and now divides her time between N'awlins and Europe. "Miss Behave and The Irresistibles" was born in a bar in Rotterdam and DM has just released a new CD "Backbone" with them (October 2009 recorded in The Netherlands). DM was named "Miss Behave" (for obvious reasons) by a Dutch medicine man who taught her the secret of good olliebollen. You wanna know the secret? keep listening.....
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Hola como estas. Te informo que ya está mi nuevo disco a la venta. Puedes pedirlo por solo 10 euros con los gastos de envío incluidos, en el mail: ELCHINCHILLA@GMAIL.COM
Hi Denise, I wanted to let you know that the Alien Graffiti "Lyrics-to-Song" project is ending with the third song built around the lyrics by Mike "Bass" Geren. It was a honor to write those three songs!
- Crazy Hat (Lyrics by Tiffanie Stevenson - posted on August 15th) - The Strangers Face (Lyrics by Jamie Watson posted on September 13th) - If You Were A Song (Lyrics by Mike "Bass" Geren sent on September 14th)
If You Were A Song (by Mike "Bass" Geren and Alien Graffiti)
I thank you for your support and interest in this project!
NUEVOS TEMAS!! Hola, te informo que acabo de colgar en primicia dos nuevas canciones de mi nuevo disco, el cual estará disponible en cuestión de días. La primera se llama "El Escote del pecao", es una rumbita con aire desenfadado que da nombre al nuevo trabajo. La segunda se llama "Dímelo" y es la mas lentita del disco, una canción a medio tiempo que a mi parecer ha quedado bastante bonita. Espero que te gusten. Un saludo
Hi Denise, Alien Graffiti is happy to invite you to listen to the #2 song of the "Lyrics-to-Song" project. This song has been created around the lyrics written by Jamie Watson and we hope you'll enjoy listening to our song!
Many thanks for the add. Hope you enjoy the music and message behind it. My mission in life is to fight Human trafficking...understanding the individual pain of others is sometimes to painful for an other individual to touch and that is frightening ... what i mean is that someone whose life is not traumatized and brutalized as a regular sequence of every day events unconsciously seeks the camouflage and shelter of apathy and banality from the reality of such devastating anguish and terror ...but the spirit of young people who are used as sex slaves in the systematized global industry of human trafficking is now reaching out to the human fellowship in hope and desperation and through technology ...
it is scary when humanity turns a blind eye to this horror ...its like ignoring genocide whilst it is happening ...
what i am asking is that if you hear the cry of these young people who are existing in an environment of torture and brutality each and every day that you then please do not turn away from them ...
please reach deeply into your heart and soul and join a movement that challenges modern slavery in the 21st century ...
Hi Denise, do you remember that last month I started the "Lyrics-to-Song" project and promised my friends on MySpace to write and record a song based on their lyrics?
Today I want to keep my promise with the first song of the Alien Graffiti "Lyrics-to-Song" project. The lyrics have been written by my friend Tiffanie Stevenson and we both hope you'll like our song!
Crazy Hat (by Tiffanie Stevenson and Alien Graffiti)
Thanks to all friends of Alien Graffiti for all the wonderful and inspiring lyrics posted!!!
If you don't remember what this project is all about, please see my blog titled "Your Lyrics + My Music = OUR SONG (no joke)!". And if you want Alien Graffiti to continue working on the "Lyrics-to-Song" project, drop me a comment or message.
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