Lyrics, vocals, and keys: Kimberly Bourgeois. Bass arrangement on One Eye Open by Geoffroy Bélanger. Mix on One Eye Open by Jean-Sébastien Brault-Labbé.
Learning to Fly is an unedited home recording.
Fresh songs in the works with new Dreamtime collaborators, Sean Madden (bass) and Myles Hildebrand (guitar). Stay tuned!
Influences
Leonard Cohen, The Pretenders, Etta James, Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith, Cat Power, Ani DiFranco, Beth Orton, The Clash, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Kills, PJ Harvey, Nina Simone, The Sex Pistols, The Doors, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, The Violent Femmes, John Lennon, The Brunswick Playboys, Charles Bukowski, Anaïs Nin, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Éluard, Dorothy Parker, Simone de Beauvoir, Erica Jong, Henry Miller, J.D. Salinger, Carl Jung, Frida Kahlo, Tinkerbell.
Sounds Like
you've saved
the best
for last
kiss
on the lips
of timeless
tomorrows
Twinkle, twinkle little star/Baby, you can drive my car…
The room is still cool and dark, but musical metaphors are scratching the surface of sleep, like a cat pawing at a bedroom door, impatient for its first feeding of the day. As usual, I got to bed far too late to be woken at this hour, but since I’m nearly as fond of poetry and song as I am of cats, I reach for the handheld recorder next to my bed and try to imitate the chorus that’s been colouring and looping through my dream like a movie soundtrack: It’s a gauzy screen of sapphire, indigo, and purple, laced with lavender and silver pearls; a ruby accent here and there… But, what was that line? Oh yes… My voice is more of a whisper than a melody, and I wonder if I’ll be able to make sense of this recording later. I reach for my notebook as a backup, but my eyes are still sticky with sleep, making my scribbles unintelligible.
Let me be, silly cat; I’m dead tired. I pull the covers up to my chin and curl back into a ball—pencil, notebook, recorder, scattered round me. But as I close my eyes, the bed feels crowded. The same images, lyrics, and melody keep skipping through my mind, like a record, stuck on the song that’s asking to be born. I roll over, thirsty for the warm, creamy contours of sleep, but the corner of my notebook digs into my back. Then it’s my pencil. Ouch.
It seems the cat won’t take no for an answer. This time, it’s the ghost of my Russian blue who’s returned for a visit.
"Hello, old friend," I say. "Nice to see you. But could you come back later? No? All right then. Welcome home."
I’m up now, hunched over my keyboard, fingers still stiff and awkward as they fumble for chords. I reach for my teapot, trying to warm my hands, and pour green tea into my favourite cup; scratches in its golden finish reveal an underlying silvery hue, suggestive of alchemy—small consolations for missed sleep. Jasmine-scented steam curls upward, mingling with the vapours of voice. What does this all mean? I wonder, lyrics spilling from the fleeting vespers of my dream, moistening morning with verse. But there is no time to figure it out. Sunlight is already fluttering across hardwood floors, reminding me that I need to get ready for work. I glance over at my Russian blue, now bathed in a honey pool of light, but he is too busy grooming to notice. “Do you know?” I ask, standing to get his attention. Barely pausing, he shoots me a vaguely annoyed look that seems to say, “my work is done.” He takes one last lick of his paw before turning his back and curling up on the couch for a nap. As he dozes off, his silver fur affords a spectacle of rainbows in the morning sun. Visiting hours are over.
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Bon soir Kim Kim! How are you tonight? I loved your email. Good stuff happening! If you're around tomorrow, maybe we can chat? I'm working on the horoscopes. Have sweet dreams! xoxoJordi
Kimberly!!!! How are you? I had so much fun last night! It was to hang out! I went out tonight for the electronic show which was really neat too! Happy you are enjoying the cd! Wishing you a sweet Sunday x o x o Jordi
Let's have a good phone chat this week Kim:D!!!! I want to hear your news!!!! I loved your writing and the reviews etc. Congratulations! Happy Sunday!!xoxooxJordi
Hi Kim!!!!!! Thank you!!!! Your page is beautiful. How's it going? The week went so fast!!!!!!! I sent you a comment, but maybe it never reached you :( Mercury is in retrograde, so strange delays etc. can happen. I got my friend's email for you for photos while she is here... She does more candid shots. The photos up mow are a friend that lives in T.O. I am trying to find the paper with the email that I put here. I'll write you when I find it. It was on the table before. I love your voice!!! xoxoJordi
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