prepping for the playa :: Burning Man ’08
Current mood: inspired

We head out to Black Rock City in Nevada this week - for the ever-expanding annual Burning Man Festival. The theme this year is "AMERICAN DREAM" . . . and I think there may be more than 50,000 participants this year, based on camp reports...

"the perimeter fence has grown from 7 miles long to 9 miles long. Now, all you geometry buffs have probably already figured out that's ... well ... a lot bigger. The inner playa is much bigger too ... the distance from the Man to the Esplanade Road has grown from 2,200' to 2,700', making the length of the Esplanade itself 2,500' longer. Getting the picture?"

I am performing at dawn (6AM) at the Center Camp Performance Stage in Black Rock City on Sunday morning Aug 31 after the burn! So glad to welcome the transition from night to day . . . ;)

...and one more cool thing - (as I will be singing "MARY" in this early morning hour) - I just found out how Burning Man all began! Larry Harvey & Jerry James built & burned a wooden man effigy on Baker Beach in San Francisco on the summer solstice in '86, following a tradition begun by MARY Grauberger, in regular solstice circles. It moved to Nevada in 1990.

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Burning Man is an annual art event and temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. LEAVE NO TRACE - radical sustainability is practiced as well. "Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind." It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening. The event is organized by Black Rock City, LLC. In 2007, 47,366 people participated in The Burning Man Project.

Stories from the playa coming soon...
Looking forward to the adventure...

Namaste,
Amy

Currently listening : Tetrasomia By Holmes Ives Release date: 2004-09-01

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Wed 8/6 The Derby 8PM, Amazon Radio & BURNING MAN!
Category: Music

Good news! I just found out my music was featured again on Amazon Radio (WKPN CT / WKPM NY) this past weekend. Thank you, Pam & Amazon!

Wednesday night, August 6th, 2008, at 8PM, I am going back to my roots and performing a solo, mostly-acoustic set w/Serena, my trusty Yamaha S90 synth keyboard, at The World Famous Club Derby in their newly redesigned VIP room.

Shout it Out Promotions & TK Promo present:
*AMY CLARKE* w/John M., Rainfall, Cian, Beth Jean, and more...
WED AUG 6 2008
8PM, $8, 18+
THE DERBY
VIP Room
4500 Los Feliz Blvd.
Los Feliz, CA 90027
www.clubderby.com

I am pretty excited to premiere a brand new song and to play a new Ani Di Franco cover I have not yet tried out. It will be a great night of music!

Though I was accepted to showcase in the Indiegrrl! Conference for Women in The Arts in VA this year, timing & circumstance is keeping me on the West Coast, so I am just surfacing for this timely occasion at The Derby, then back into recording studio before taking off for the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert at the end of August! Please arrive by 7:45 for parking (valet and on-street available)- I look forward to seeing you there and sharing new music!

P.S. Did you know you can get yummy food (salads, sandwiches, etc.) from the attached restaurant Louise's and bring it in to the VIP room at the Derby? Well, you can ;)

P.P.S. Did you also know there is a special archaeo-astronomical event during my set? The Summer Cross-Quarter. So be on time!
www.archaeoastronomy.com

P.P.P.S. Thanks to everyone who came out for the Gaia Grove concert at Tangier.
We made a nice-sized donation to The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation and had a wonderful evening of music. ;) www.gaiagrove.org for pics of the event...



Amy Clarke
MAAT Music, ScorpFaery Productions

www.AmyClarke.com
www.myspace.com/amyclarke
www.ScorpFaery.com

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Gaia Grove 7/17 Benefit at Tangier!

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July 17, 2008
GAIA GROVE presents…
A Benefit for The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation
at TANGIER RESTAURANT & LOUNGE
2138 Hillhurst Ave, Los Feliz, CA 90027
323-660-1033 for reservations
www.tangierrestaurant.net
www.ftpf.org
www.gaiagrove.org
8PM-11PM
$10, $8 w/flier

www.amyclarke.com/gaiagrove717.gif

featuring: Art & Apparel from Nance Broderzen, Julie Staub, Griot Apparel & Trickydame Productions

Music by:
Amy Clarke www.amyclarke.com
Annette Conlon & Doug Conlon www.theconlons.net
Dan Holman of brightmillion www.myspace.com/brightmillion
Jennifer Vazquez www.jennifervazquez.com
John Romano of The Sugarmen www.thesugarmen.com
Marina V www.marinav.com
Moonchild www.myspace.com/moonchildtheband

Gaia Grove – "helping heal the earth"
www.gaiagrove.org
www.myspace.com/gaiagrove

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) is a unique nonprofit charity dedicated to planting edible, fruitful trees and plants to benefit needy populations and improve the surrounding air, soil, and water. Please watch this youtube video to familiarize yourself with the work of the Foundation – it is fascinating and inspiring!
www.youtube.com/user/upzirons

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South Park Music Tour in Colorado!

Just got back into LA from a fun music festival in Colorado - the South Park Music Tour! Highlights included the most gorgeous scenery, good friends to stay with, a great set on a nice outdoor stage, CDs sold, many new wonderful bands, musicians, songwriters, and music lovers befriended. Another fun part of the festival included the Songsalive! co-writing session in which I was paired with Huck, the lead singer from the rock band Inelements and Amy Mathesius of Amy & The Rock Sisters and we managed to crank out a great song in under two hours titled "Changing The World" which we then performed later in the evening at The Fairplay Hotel along with the other songwriters/musicians. Photos and more to come . . . xoxo, Amy


P.S. THURS JULY 17 at TANGIER in LOS FELIZ! 8PM-11PM Gaia Grove presents a benefit concert for the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation... www.gaiagrove.org

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STUDIO TIME

Studio Time! Taking things into my own hands...after David Kershenbaum (Grammy Award Winning Producer/Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Joe Jackson) expressed interest in my Belmont Blues song, and I played many of my other songs for him at my house, we were both in agreement that a real grand piano was vital for many of the tracks, so I explored all around Los Angeles...

And I have fallen in love! This time, with the grand piano at 4th Street Recording! This "groovy little hideout" just blocks from the Pacific Ocean has a wonderful Yamaha grand piano (Fiona Apple recorded demo here) with a response and touch that I just adore. The studio owner Kathleen Wirt is down to earth and tremendously cool, and with Colombian rock star Sejo Navajas of the Vicious Licks engineering the piano recording sessions, I have been in excellent hands. Here are some shots from first day on the keys on the scorpfaery blog...check out my Brooklyn shirt! NYC in the house ;)

www.scorpfaery.com

Then I spent some time with my friend Steve Leavitt (Don't Call Us Tori) at THUD Studios in North Hollywood CA cutting some vocals and making a rough mix of one of the tracks "HER STORY (Mary)". THUD is owned by Jeff Abercrombie from the band Fuel, and we had a blast catching up with stories about the East Coast including the DC-Balto-Philly alternative music scene in the 90's, HFStivals (99.1 WHFS, you will always be in my heart) at RFK stadium in DC, Nation, and much more.

We had a blast!

There is a rough mix of HER STORY (Mary) up in the player. More to come...

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Amy Clarke on Radio Crystal Blue: Sun June 22

One of Amy Clarke's songs will air during the next edition of Radio Crystal Blue!

Here's how to tune in:

Live show is Sunday 6/22/08
12am-5am or so GMT (UK)
7pm-12am or so EDT (East Coast)
4pm-9pm or so PDT (West Coast_

(1)LIVE on LIVE365 INTERNET RADIO www.live365.com/stations/142950
*Click the yellow 'mic' button on the station page during the time the show
airs live. This opens the listening window. Radio Crystal Blue is a 4-5 hour show.
*Ignore the "this station is currently not available" statement on this page.
*Turn off all pop-up-blocker software

NEW: Remember you can listen to Live365 with your favorite audio player.
Live365 now features mobile streaming!

(2) ARCHIVED shows are at http://cblue.lunarpages.com
*Click the .ram streams or the .mp3 downloads at the beginnings of each playlist.
*Listen with the free (basic) RealOneplayer www.real.com
*Both shows will be uploaded just hours after its completion.
*All archived shows are being kept for several weeks after the live ones.

(3) PODCASTS :
Stream shows after-the-fact in my FeedPlayer at http://cblue.lunarpages.com
Click the different glyphs to hear earlier shows, get the mp3 and RSS feeds.
RSS http://www.bigcontact.com/radiocrystalblu/rss
www.bigcontact.com has other ways to make the audio accessible.

*As with the archives, the shows from the last several weeks are always available.

Please spread the word, and thanks for listening.

Dan Herman/Radio Crystal Blue....
Indie freeform internet radio since October 2000.
cblue456@optonline.net
www.radiocrystalblue.com
www.myspace.com/4668691

Live365 live show: Sundays 7pm-1am or so ET
www.live365.com/stations/142950
RCB Novus Ordo show (for CD debuts):
Sundays 545pm-645pm EDT, & syndicated thru Moozikoo Radio,
Tuesdays 6pm ET, & Fridays noon ET
www.moozikooradio.com
Archives/ Field Recordings/Podcasts: http://cblue.lunarpages.com & the FeedPlayer at www.radiocrystalblue.com

Sponsored by District Records www.districtrecords.com
Ariel Publicity www.arielpublicity.net and
Miles High Productions www.mileshighproductions.com

www.amyclarke.com

www.scorpfaery.com

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Check out this video: Belmont Blues - Live at Kulaks

First of all, SANTA MONICA is where it is at, Friday night at Nette Radio & TK Promo's Keyboard Night at The Talking Stick. W/Shannon Hurley, Danielle Egnew, Kelda, Lea Marie!

www.thetalkingstick.net

FRI MAY 30 7PM-10PM all ages FREE
food and drink available

Now, on to the video teaser...

Playing live on the grand piano (also on the webcam) at Kulak's Woodshed in North Hollywood is always fun! Since the video converter & condenser is being funky, we can only get about a minute of this great live clip from May 12 up - so:
Please take 60 seconds right now and watch! For more about Kulak's and to learn about their cause to keep this eclectic venue open: www.kulakswoodshed.com Next thing after their legal battle, perhaps we can help them develop a stream for Mac computers on their site...Check out this video: Belmont Blues - Live at Kulaks - edit

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Add to My Profile | More Videos
xo, Amy

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House of Blues, Keyboard Night next Friday
Category: Music

Well, blink and you miss it! I played both in Mexico for Mother's Day, and in a last minute gig with Voyce on percussion in The Parish Room at The House of Blues last Thursday which was a lot of fun - hence the new profile pic! Never fear, I will also be playing at 'Nette Radio, TK Promo, and Daisy Rock sponsored KEYBOARD NIGHT next Friday May 30th at the Talking Stick in Santa Monica - this show has a fantastic lineup - you should come out to hear Lea Marie, Kelda, Shannon Hurley(*Top 25 band on Myspace!), and Danielle Egnew in addition to yours truly; Serena the S90 will be the backlining keyboard for the night, the event is free, and there is tasty food and drink there. www.thetalkingstick.net from 7PM until 10PM hope to see you there ;) love, amy

PLUS! I have finally found the grand piano I will be recording on - I fell in love! more soon...

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GAIA GROVE Int’l Benefit Concert for Zonas Verdes de Punta Banda
Current mood: grateful
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes

First "Gaia Grove" International Event in Cantu, MEXICO on Mother's Day Weekend, 2008

Amy is headed down south to play the magic grand piano in Cantu! And how often do you see Amy & Jesus on the same bill...guess I will have to play MARY!


***In from Los Angeles, CA for one night only!
AMY CLARKE, piano/vocal
& Jesus Cardenas, solo piano
SATURDAY MAY 10
6PM-9PM
$10 suggested donation to benefit: Zonas Verdes de Punta Banda, Cantu, near La Bufadora, Baja MEXICO

Zonas Verdes de Punta Banda is the first Civil Association established in an area known as Punta Banda which covers the region of the road from Maneadero to La Bufadora.

The association was formed with the aim of protecting the environment and upgrading the living conditions. This non profit Association wants to help on the conservation of the delicate components of the ecosystem and preserve the beauty of the surroundings, with the active collaboration of its inhabitants.

The main objective of the association is to protect the environment and to improve the conditions of social well-being by means of the restoration and preservation of the ecological balance in Punta Banda and its bordering areas, working on programs that permit the participation and inclusion of the different sectors of the community. The association aims to to promote a healthy life style and to face the development of the area using the resources in a sustainable way.

For more information: zverdes.pb@gmail.com

SHARKY'S RESTAURANT
Kilometro 9.5 en Ejido Esteban Cantu, MEXICO
www.amyclarke.com

www.gaiagrove.org

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LINKS! Free Music for FANS...Facebook, Reverbnation, YouTube, MySpace
Current mood: blissful
Category: Web, HTML, Tech

OK - So I am spreading my music around the world...through the web...want to help? Be a fan! Be a friend! Get new music free and gain access to new album mixes before release...

FACEBOOK: I have a new musician page here! (Amy Clarke, Musician)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-Clarke/10770410339

THIS NEW PAGE includes archival video from After The Fall EP Release party at The Bitter End in Oct '06 of "WITHIN YOUR EYES" LIVE SOLO ACOUSTIC

REVERBNATION: www.reverbnation.com/amyclarke  
Become a fan here on reverbnation (FREE to join) and get exclusive downloaded tracks - including the only place you can hear "MARY" LIVE from the recent Bitter End Show in NYC, 3/26/08

ALSO - New Album Mixes will be posted here as the music progresses!

YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/scorpfaery  

MAAT MUSIC now on myspace!

www.myspace.com/maatmusicworldwide

ADD US!  ENJOY THE MUSIC!
www.maatmusic.com

LOVE...
Amy
music@amyclarke.com

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