me, and sometimes other people but it is constantly transmogrifying
Etkilendikleri
The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Edith Piaf, the Oldies station and singing along to it with my mom, Rosemary Clooney, Keith Jarrett, MC Hammer, Bobby McFerrin, Bjork, Radiohead, Kitka, Regina Spektor, The Boswell Sisters, Donna Summers, Alicia Keys, India Arie, Madonna, Alison Krauss, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, Siddhartha, Joshua Redman, Nelson Mandela, Matre, Vagabond Opera, Kyrstyn Pixton, and of course, everyone else...
Neye Benziyor?
...like a singer songwriter girl preaching to herself on how to keep awake through all the minds busy bull@$%^&.
Another human story...mine goes like this sometimes:
I was born in Santa Monica, CA on July 30, 1981. I played with blocks and balls for a while and then I got into piano and singing. Looooooved to sing, and not much has changed in that department. Piano was alright but after about five years I decided to play a "cool" instrument (these are my wise, older sister's words heavily influencing me at age 12). Thus began my love affair with the alto saxophone. I figured out how to play Amazing Grace on it and I was hooked. This new woodwind friend of mine, and my parents appreciation of music (e.g. Ella and Louis, Benny Goodman, Paul Simon, The Beatles, Bob Dylan...) helped tip me off into a hot and heavy romance with music. I listened and danced, joined every band and choir I could, competed in solo competitions in middle school and high school, and then shipped off north to Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR.
In the moss and mist I got a BA in Music Composition with the help of a very dear mentor named Forrest Pierce. Then upon graduating, I decided to changed it all up and ran off to South Africa to help with the AIDS Crisis. I was pretty sure that that was it and I'd live there for the rest of my life. That was my thinking before I actually went there, and then after four months in the Limpopo Province, a few hours north of Johannesburg, I found myself extremely ready to come home. I moved back to Portland to join a wild, energetic mock-marching band called The March Fourth Marching Band and started performing and touring and writing music in a whole new way. It was such a thrill to perform in clubs and bars and festivals! To perform for people who were actually up and dancing! To write music for people besides my professors... you get the idea. So meanwhile, I got the notion to start taking singing lessons because people kept asking me to sing, even though I was always hired as a saxophonist. I started studying with a most magical woman with lots of flowing white hair named Barbara Skipworth. She taught me how to sing operatically. I told her I was sure I didn't want to learn opera, but she insisted that it was going to be a very helpful tool for any type of singing, and right she was! To me, opera singing is the place where Yoga and Bootcamp meet.
This opera doorway turned out to lead to all sorts of delicious trouble. Before I knew it, I was the female vocal diva for a bohemian/cabaret/klezmer band called Vagabond Opera, and five talented musician dudes and myself started touring the country and making up a lot of hilarious games to play in the van. I stayed in that band for three years and got to learn to play Balkan and Arabic music on the sax, and most of all I got to sing my favorite Edith Piaf song "Milord." That brings us to now.
Now I've got my second solo album of original music coming out this fall 2008... (Oops did I forget to mention that I put a first album out in 2006?!) The first solo album I made is called Undulating and it consists of mostly a capella layered vocal folk/pop songs. The music was performed a few times by a group called The Jellyfish Choir. This next album called The Pickle Jar is with a full band of crazy talented Portland musicians including Drew Shoals on drums, Jamie Stillway on guitar, Arthur Parker on bass, and Skip von Kuske ..o. I do hope you'll check out some of my music to see how it feels to your liver and fourth chakra. The music is available at CDBaby... just go to www.cdbaby.com/cd/kernochan or check out my website at www.maplesyrupmusic.com.
Blessings from the place where we are most lost and whole,
Lesley.
Reviews for my first album Undulating:
"Filled with unending smile-inducing brilliance! This cd is the best surprise of the year so far. There are moments here where Lesley is simply unbelievable...and she was already amazing before she took the sax out of her mouth!" - Daniel Flessas, KBOO 90.7FM Portland, OR.
"Lesley Kernochan's "Undulating" is simply stunning. Her ability to use so many vocal textures, coupled with her highly original arrangements of her ground breaking compositions makes for an exceptional CD. Each song has a message and is a wonderful glimpse into the world of this gifted, up and coming artist. WOW!" - Emily Sanders, Los Angeles, CA.
Please take a moment and go see the new animation for the song "Black Santa". If you enjoy the animation, please send it to everyone you know, it would be great to have this go Viral! As well please give it HIGH ratings and comments as well! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EndL-FJww as
well there is a Blurb book for Black Santa anyone who needs a good
Christmas gift, the softbound is $30.00 for an 8x10 full color book! http://www.blurb.com/books/981571 My new cd is available to purchase at the Louisiana Music Factory. http://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/showoneprod.a sp?TypeID=72&ProductID=6590 it will soon be available via iTunes.
The Separation of Church & Stadium House Concert Series proudly invites you to hear Lesley Kernochan & Hallie Packard in Concert, Fri. July 17!
Doors open 6:30PM Concert from 7-9ishPM Suggested Donation: $10-15 (all proceeds to the artists) My house is 1260 Folsom St., Boulder, CO, 3 buildings north of Colorado Ave. Across from Folsom Field. Park in the lot behind Wesley Chapel (at corner of University Heights Ave.)
Some wine & cheese will be provided, but feel free to bring your own to share! : )
I heard these lovely ladies perform at the Laughing Goat and, WOW! I was blown away by their talent, spunk, and charm. You will be too!
Lesley Kernochan is a singer, composer/songwriter, saxophonist, and saw player. Her B.A. in Music Composition at Lewis & Clark College introduced her to a rich community of musicians in the Portland area. This led her to three years of composing and touring on saxophone and voice with The March Fourth Marching Band. Meanwhile, she studied opera with Barbara Skipworth and from there joined the internationally-touring music group Vagabond Opera as their cabaret and opera singing, saxophone and saw playing, diva. In addition to her performing life, she has two independently released solo albums oforiginal music including Undulating (2006), and The Pickle Jar (2008). For more information on Lesley's upcoming shows, music, or story please visit http://www.myspace.com/lesleykernochan or http://www.maplesyrupmusic.com.
Hallie Packard is an accomplished singer/songwriter/guitarist whose style incorporates elements of folk, rock, and a heavy dose of her own medicine. Her vocal credits include commercials, session work, and an independent feature film. She is currently writing and producing her debut solo CD, to be released at the end of August. Learn more about Ms. Packard at http://www.myspace.com/halliepackard.
We're playing an EARLY show this FRIDAY @ The Know with Bumtech and No Go Know! We plan to start @ 8pm so be there on time! The Know is at: 2026 NE Alberta in Portland. Hope to see you there! ~~C
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