Pkease note this video has distorted sound. Still need to get my own camera or Ipad with better quality. You can also always view video uploads at Utube channel. Oak Tree Hannah. Hope you have hope and fun watching the posts! They are sure to get better quality as we go a go go. Ready to share with you the process in this open workbook format online.
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Thoughts & recolections from the snow fall week
What a weekend and a week it has been. I have started Saturday and Saturday nights in to focus on music and the like. Pete (previous Thought Creature drummer) has been coming around to jam and we have a fairly good set worked up, which we will perform tomorrow night at the Mighty Mighty.
This weekend just been we also had Nick Clarke stay over and jam out on the shakers, he will join us for the show also! Wooo he loved it. I will be playing the keys, shakers and singing. Pete plays the electronic drum kit, xylophone and shakers. The new genre definition is electronic dream pop.
We were delighted on Sunday as the snow fell! We decided to record ourselves performing! IT was ace. Here we are performing Dear Blizzard with the snow happening. We took this footage about one hour into initial Wellington snow fall. Very exciting! Snow truly is like pure joy. http://youtu.be/GzaMdOJz1Pg
We were listening by chance to a track by a band called Sons of Kora on Sunday the 15th of August the day the snow fell. I stumbled across it in my Itunes as I typed in another track it came up also. The track was the words of Psalm 147, which speaks of snow. Nick said, 'It is going to snow today.' At my place at the time it was really sunny, so we giggled. Low and behold later on at just before 5pm it started. We felt real peace! Amazing! I have been astounded and filled with joy by snow time all week! I think there really is a God looking after us.... there to be called upon.
He Heals the Brokenhearted
147:1 Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, [1] and a song of praise is fitting.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The Lord lifts up the humble; [2]
he casts the wicked to the ground.
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, [1] and a song of praise is fitting.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The Lord lifts up the humble; [2]
he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
make melody to our God on the lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders;
he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool;
he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and rules [3] to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules. [4]
Praise the Lord!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders;
he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool;
he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and rules [3] to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules. [4]
Praise the Lord!
On Tuesday 16 08 2011 when Pete and I jammed we got snowed in. No driving for us anywhere from Wadestown. We just chilled out. I have begun to edit some of the footage we took that afternoon. I will finish and upload this after the gig later in the week. Watch this space......
A time of great intrigue is upon us.....with riots in the UK we watch with batted breath. I have just been granted my visa for the UK, as the riots begun it was given the okay! What do you know? What do you reckon? Music music music for the UK. Oak Tree Music!
A friend called Alex said to me on the street when I was placing gig posters on Friday night in regards to the UK. It will all unfold. I have no doubt that it will. Let it be good..... I will be working hard to get there. If you can help in any way with work before hand or for work when I get to the UK and contacts also for when I arrive I will be really stoked. Email me at sophisticatedladyproductions@gmail.com to make contact.
Okay snow dreams and peace everybody……
Mighty Mighty Thursday 18 August 2011
PRESS FOLLOWS
Thursday night brings the edge to the city at Mighty Mighty with Wellington based musicians Hannah Simpson (a.k.a Cherry’s Gemstones) feat Pete Copeland (Drums Thought Creature) and Porcelain Toy solo (Elizabeth De La Ray).
Hannah Simpson of Cherry’s Gemstones coming out from under the radar after a couple of years invested into youth musicians as Director of the Wellington School of Rock is now ready to perform her new Electronic Dream Pop numbers with Pete Copeland on drums. The sound is fresh and exciting to say the least. Taking audience from honed upbeat ambient mood tracks to joyful high energy inspirational dance tunes.
Porcelaintoy is an innovative two-piece band based in Wellington, New Zealand. Combining elements of indie, downbeat, and glitch led by singer/composer Elizabeth de la Rey coupled with electronica producer Emile de la Rey the group has received recent acclaim in the Sunday star times for their debut album ‘Contrite Elegant Rebel’.
"The vision, sweep and sheer pleasure of Contrite Elegant Rebel make it a candidate for Kiwi album of the year." - 5 stars ★★★★★
- Sunday Star Times (22/05/11)
- Sunday Star Times (22/05/11)
Elizabeth de la Rey of Porcelain Toy will perform a smoky solo set. Be prepared for a soul enhancing experience full of heart.
Blogspot Hannah Simpson: http://oaktreemusic.blogspot.com
Musical Acts: Hannah Simpson Feat Pete Copland with Porcelain Toy
Venue: Mighty Mighty (104 Cuba Street, Wellington)
Day & Date: Thursday 18th August
Time: 10pm start with doors open at 9:30pm
Cost: Five dollars
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