Excited About The Band!!!

Wow!  It's a brand new year and all the celebrations have been had and the decorations have been put away....but my music, my work, my passion, my gift, continues.  What I mean by that is there is no stopping, relaxing and celebrating there!  I've had some vocal rest which is always a good thing for a busy vocalist, but there is really no rest for the weary!  I'm still practicing and rehearsing while the recording studio waits!!  I have 3 full CDs and 2 EPs to record!!  Yikes!!  Did somebody mention vocal rest?  LOL.  The gym hasn't been fun either.  Ugh!  To say the least, I've been a little bit lazy and enjoying myself eating, cooking, and baking EVERYTHING!  However, nothing a few kickboxing and spin classes can't fix.  I must, I must, I must increase my ---- *workouts* Haha!  The great news I have to share with you is, about my band!  I've been compiling my band for a while now and they've been rehearsing, playing, and learning all the songs from my record "Reckless Heart", along with some of the songs from my debut CD, "Vicki Vann", and some material I haven't recorded yet but that I want to put on the next record and include in my live shows.  Hopefully I'll have some dates for all of you soon!  I can't wait, but all in good time.  The players I plan to work with in my band are extremely talented and dedicated to good quality music, excellence, and professionalism.  It's all a very big deal and I'm so thankful to my manager for helping me pull all these guys together!  Whew!  I think you'll be very happy with them and I do hope you can manage to come on out and see a show in the future.   I'll keep you updated.  We have everybody in place except a mandolin/fiddle player and Mr. manager already has someone in mind that we're meeting with next week!  My songs have a lot of mandolin and fiddle...You probably already guessed I really like it that way.  All the players sing background vocals too.  How cool is that!  Oh, and I almost forgot, a pedal steel player. Yeah!  I gotta have one in my band!  My manager plays the banjo and we'll be lucky to get someone who plays the Dobro because I just love the way it sounds immensely, with its tremulous, moaning sound and many of my songs have it.  I'll continue to have fun with my tambourine on stage, a la Stevie Nicks, and I'd say we're just about ready to take this show on the road!I  So, like my daddy used to say, "Whoooaaaaa Nelly!"

I think, it's all gonna be sweet Loves!
Happy New Year!  Muah!

~ta ta....until next time,

V V