I sang with the stars!

A while back, I lent my singing talents as part of a chorus on a star-studded recording of the single “Come Together Now,” co-written by Sharon Stone, Denise Rich, Mark Feist, and Damon Sharpe. The song was released after the Katrina Disaster in New Orleans, and proceeds from the sales of the single and the video of the song went to benefit victims of the disaster. The single was recorded at Capitol Records in the legendary Studio B. Celebrities participating in the collaboration included Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, and Patti LaBelle, among others. "Come Together Now," was the first major all-star collaboration for charity since "We Are The World."

The only thing is, "Come Together Now," wasn't recorded AFTER the Katrina disaster. It wasn't even recorded FOR the Katrina disaster. It was recorded quite a bit before, as a matter of fact. It was actually written and recorded for the Tsunami disaster in Thailand in December of 2004, but I guess the project wasn't finished in a timely enough fashion for the disaster to still be a "hot" enough story to garner any interest in it when it was ready for release.
But low and behold, as fate would have it, along came Katrina, and with a little re-editing, the latest and greatest disaster news story became the perfect subject for this project.

It was an honor to be a part of the project and to have my voice included among such top vocal talent. Toward the end of the video, you can catch a few glimpses of me in the studio belting out the chorus with the other session singers on the gig.

Here's the video:

Long time, no blog

It's been about a month and a half since my last post. It's not that there hasn't been anything to write about. There's been plenty. It's the inspiration and motivation to comment, muse, ramble, observe, reflect, and commisurate that has been lacking. And I don't feel particularly inspired today. However, the guilt over the neglect of my non-readers has gotten the best of me, and I feel compelled to write SOMETHING, just to show I made an effort.

The update on me at the moment in a nutshell is I'm doing a show that closes in a week, and I'm about to start rehearsing for another one. I'm addicted to YOU TUBE. I have a cold sore on my lip due to lack of sleep and an inherited virus that runs in my family. I think my boyfriend is the s*#t (for anyone not familiar with that expression, it's a good thing). I have a new nephew and two more on the way (one will be a nephew, the other we don't know yet). There are two parrots I see every morning who fly around my neighborhood that I assume escaped from a pet store, zoo, or their owner, that I've named Toucan and Sam. I love the new Miss USA, and I'm sick of Sanjaya. I can't get enough Antiques Roadshow and have learned more about "patinas" than one person ever needs to. I won $100 and a key that could have started a 2007 Range Rover Sport off a radio station I listen to (my key didn't start it). I still haven't organized my pictures from my five months in Europe, and I can't believe that this time last year I was about to cross the Atlantic for said five months in Europe.

And like that life-changing, once-in-a-lifetime experience in Europe, there is something big coming, I can smell it. Can you smell it? It's there, in the air. It's coming. I don't know what. I don't know when. I don't know how. But it's coming. And I'm ready for it. Cue the song and dance number...