tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88700065124943528242024-03-12T23:35:14.618-07:00The Life of a Lonely Jazz SingerWhat does a Melbourne Jazz Singer wear to gigs? The search for quality and uniqueness is never ending. This blog is a collection of gig outfits and videos.Connie Lansberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662098197455389643noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870006512494352824.post-21716452462611776212011-08-27T02:19:00.000-07:002011-08-27T02:19:11.576-07:00All the Things You Are<span style="font-size: x-large;">This was a special request from one of my youtube subscribers but I can't remember who! Pete forgot all the mic stands (I don't know how that happens!!) but that's OK. There's a certain freedom when you're not standing still behind a mic stand. Not that I have ever stood still. I can't!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm wearing one of my oldest dresses from Sportsgirl, bought at a time when they had a real designer working for them. It's a beautiful wash of different colors and 100% silk. I'm wearing a pair of David Campell boots (they were a substitute for the D-Squared I really wanted but couldn't afford).</span><br />
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Connie Lansberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662098197455389643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870006512494352824.post-12885834383050604192011-08-04T01:25:00.000-07:002011-08-04T01:25:28.469-07:00Fab 50's Fashion<span style="font-size: x-large;">I just love the style of the fifties and none more so than my huge collection of hand beaded tops and dresses. This is one of the jewels in the crown worn with a cropped Jill Sanders suit jacket and some Nine West green pumps. </span> <span style="font-size: large;">(That's all beading on a wool background!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This weeks video is How High the Moon and gives a great close up of Tom's masterful piano playing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So, Cry me a River is a fitting tune to post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I teamed it with a pair of Morrison velvet harem pants and my Sam Edelson platform sandals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It looked great on my normal Zoom Q3 which broke less than a year old and looks fine in the photos, but now I have an Zoom HD which really does no one any good! Makes everyone wide!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">It was freezing cold so I wore lace leggings and boots when I should have worn my lovely little red Karen Millen shoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I thought the video would only get the top half in. I can't see anything through the lens so it's always hit and miss whether I have all the band in.Well, I got more than the whole band in so here is </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This week was just the trio so I did one of my originals for you. It's called Twinkle Twinkle to go with the leggings!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I also had to take my migraine medicine because I used a new hairspray and it set off the aura that precedes a migraine. I'm always thankful when I actually do get an aura because at least then the medicine seems to work. Usually it doesn't and I'm laid up for four days in pain and extreme agony! </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">The point being that the medicine fries my brain and I forget all the words and come in at the wrong place to boot! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Fashion wise I finally got to wear the beautiful Allanah Hill yellow sequined bolero with a silk, watermelon pink Seduce dress I found on Ebay. I teamed this ensemble with a pair of Stuart Weitzmen pink and black swirl slingbacks. Very wedding appropriate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I realize that I don't really talk about my lonely life because I don't feel the need to complain. I was alone all day today but I wrote a very complicated song using the chords of No More Blues, it took about four hours and I was exhausted!</span> <span style="font-size: large;">I also saw a doco on a Canadian pianist Glen Gould that was really interesting. He had control issues which I could learn from! I just let the boys do whatever they want with my songs but I like that. I'm quite limited and they bring my stuff to a whole new level.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The clip this week is "Georgia" which is on my album at iTunes because I love hearing my lovely Norwegian genius pianist Tpm Hanssen play the blues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather warmed right up again so I pulled out my special dress, a gorgeous silk Trelise Cooper in a bouquet of colors and tiny ruffles. There is an olive green running trough it and I teamed it with olive green tights that ran right into my Jeffery Campbell olive green boots. My drummer called it the glamorous combat look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I topped that with a little short sleeved jacket and a pair of Dolci Vita boots. I was accused of not being dressy enough in the last post but really, we are performing in a cafe not Carnegie Hall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week my Review long ruffled maxi arrived from Ebay and was fabulous. I teamed it with an old Armani jacket in a lovely grey blue (one of my favorite hues) which was a perfect match. I was able to pull out my Dolci Vita blue suede shoes that I got last winter from shopbop.com but had not worn yet and there you have it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;">HOW DID I FALL IN LOVE </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;">WITH A BOY </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;"> </span> <span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;">SO DETERMINED TO FAIL ?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;">WHEN ALL I SEE IS HIS BEAUTY </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;"> INSIDE AND OUT THOUGH HE DRESSES IT IN DOUBT</span> <br />
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</div>Connie Lansberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662098197455389643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870006512494352824.post-36716666296871543972011-03-08T18:32:00.000-08:002011-03-08T18:39:20.811-08:00Pretty in Pink<span style="font-size: large;">I got accused of being very pink last Friday. I was wearing a little Sass dress that I love. It's very feminine being white with a small pattern of pink and green flowers with a silvery grey leaf pattern with little sequins and diamante buttons. I was wearing a hot pink slip that I found in an op shop for $2 ages ago which showed through the white material and then topped it with a hot pink cardi with little dogs beaded onto it that I found on ebay for $6. Thus...very pink! Mind you, I saw lots of pink in the audience as well so it must be in the zeitgeist. The shoes were an Ozsale.com.au purchase so very on sale. Very high, very pink!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4xFpGGQoYENYIqfdHHeihxC0Umt97W8eKlymHhIYhyphenhyphenOtj7_2qsgy1pRw8qc_x1Uc0etWW-T-rnWtnx9ofZ4jNwMoQdB9LiFZeaRTRWfshR4LF3YQFx1DQKXxYs6h8usH9u5s5d00tw0/s1600/DSCN2371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4xFpGGQoYENYIqfdHHeihxC0Umt97W8eKlymHhIYhyphenhyphenOtj7_2qsgy1pRw8qc_x1Uc0etWW-T-rnWtnx9ofZ4jNwMoQdB9LiFZeaRTRWfshR4LF3YQFx1DQKXxYs6h8usH9u5s5d00tw0/s400/DSCN2371.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">This weeks video is a special request from one of my You tube subscribers. I love it when they ask for a song and I can accommodate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, here's Deed I Do. I love this song and we had a special guest, Howard Cains on the double bass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's the band with This Can't Be Love.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.caricole.com/">http://www.caricole.com/</a> <span style="font-size: large;">I haven't looked at her other stuff but the exercises are really good. If you're singer I highly recommend them as a daily workout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week I chose the first two songs because the crowd wasn't too noisy yet. It really is the only disadvantage working in a big cafe. People won't shut up! Plus the coffee machine...one day I will have my own venue! Here's Sometimes I'm Happy (think Sarah Vaughan) and My Foolish heart (think Carmen McRea)</span>.<span style="font-size: large;"> I wore a lovely little dress that I found on Chapel Street about 4 years ago and just hadn't worn yet. My bad. I teamed with some Italian Fem Blu lavender pumps which come from an outlet shop not too far from me and my fantastic HUGE flower ring that I found on the Modnique website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.modnique.com/">http://www.modnique.com/</a> Just remember, though their shipping is cheap, it takes at least 8-10 weeks for the object of your desire to arrive.</span><br />
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</span>Connie Lansberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09662098197455389643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870006512494352824.post-22449281201378916472011-02-07T21:35:00.000-08:002011-02-07T21:40:56.369-08:00Harem Scarem!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGOzZlOWHY_jIRoV3EUuuJckvkJBku3j3R_GyU6MLKyja8dqCoDuiYUpVI_FvRyNigXiuHumeyZ7eSO18TgC5gJbXGVTQMlDji43aSzG6J_GTG_F2PJyxEt70MRrliomkC01KBenY9Bw/s1600/Lisa+Ho+Blouse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGOzZlOWHY_jIRoV3EUuuJckvkJBku3j3R_GyU6MLKyja8dqCoDuiYUpVI_FvRyNigXiuHumeyZ7eSO18TgC5gJbXGVTQMlDji43aSzG6J_GTG_F2PJyxEt70MRrliomkC01KBenY9Bw/s320/Lisa+Ho+Blouse.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I admit it. I'm hooked on <b>Harem Pants!</b> I love that draped front </span><span style="font-size: large;">and the tight ankles in all types of fabric and I hope they stay in fashion for a long time because I have a lot of them now. I made an attempt to do some Ebay selling to pay for my new pants but no joy. So if you see something on the blog you like just contact me directly and we'll work something out! I'm wearing my Y3's (which you'll see in the video) that I got from THE OUTNET <a href="http://www.theoutnet.com/">http://www.theoutnet.com/</a> which lets you choose from a US site or an English site. The US site is the same in currency so I'd head for that site. Once again it was a hot night and I had another shirt planned but I decided to go with a pretty little Lisa Ho top I found on Ebay. Oh, and the lovely little yellow sandals are Cole Hann that I picked up in the states a couple of years ago out at Camarrillo Outlet shops which is more like a small city. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(That's the lovely Vincent there on Bass)</span> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The video this week is Pixie Lott's little tune Mama Do which I'd like to record with my jazz band!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and the necklace was a vintage find on Ebay.</span><br />
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My piano player , Tom Hanssen, who I just think is fabulous, loves Bill Evens, so I have been doing my best to learn as many of his tunes as I can. It's really important that your band likes the material you pick, (as well as each other). The boys in my quartet get to do a fair amount of instrumentals too. I'm hoping that keeps them happy. So this week I'm posting "Waltz for Debbie" which is a gorgeous song that I love doing.<br />
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It was in between hot and cool so I wore a silver sequined trapeze top I found on sale at Saba <a href="http://www.saba.com.au/">http://www.saba.com.au/</a> with a cute take on the boyfriend jacket, (although I'm not wearing the jacket in this clip) by The Edge-Supertrash (doesn't that say it all!) The sleeves are very intricate and a great piece to bring down the bling just a little. This was from THE OUTNET <a href="http://www.theoutnet.com/">http://www.theoutnet.com/</a><br />
The shoes are Robert Robert from Myers. I don't know why I can always find them in my size and on sale. (I really am going to start my Ebay store soon!)<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I USED TO BE YOUR GIRL <b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">YOU USED TO BE MY WORLD<b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">MY WORLD HAS COME APART<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I HAVE A BROKEN HEART</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">MAYBE IF I SIT STILL</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">AND KEEP MY EYES CLOSED TIGHT<b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">AND I DON’T TAKE THOSE PILLS<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">THEY GIVE TO US AT NIGHT<b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">THEN MAYBE I’LL SEE YOU<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">LIKE I DID TODAY<b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">LOOKIN’ BEAUTIFUL<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">AS THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I USED TO BE YOUR GIRL <b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">YOU USED TO BE MY WORLD<b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">MY WORLD HAS COME APART<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I HAVE A BROKEN HEART</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;"><b><span> </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I WHISPER IN YOU EAR<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">YOU DON’T SEEM TO HEAR <b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">THERE’S SOMETHING IN MY HEAD<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">BUT NOTHING IN MY BED <b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I WANT TO GO OUTSIDE<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I NEED TO FEEL THE SUN <b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">BUT I SHOULD RUN AND HIDE<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">MY HEART’S COME UNDONE</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I USED TO BE YOUR GIRL <b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">YOU USED TO BE MY WORLD<b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">MY WORLD HAS COME APART<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 11pt;">I HAVE A BROKEN HEART</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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I was hoping that APRA, our collection body in Australia would bring her out here for a workshop.<br />
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Now, I wanted to take a close up of the fabulous, well I can only call it a bib, that I got from one of my favorite on line shops, Shopbop.com, but I dropped my camera and broke it! Very upsetting. I shall just have to describe it and you can see it in this weeks' video.<br />
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It is a oblong shaped bib covered in amber and brown beads that ties around your neck to create a front piece for any plan top or dress you might be wearing. I did a little alteration on it though. I sewed the cloth tape ties together so they were at a certain level and I took the excess and sewed them on either side to turn it into more of a string vest. I think you can see it in vid. Made it much more comfortable to wear since it's rather heavy. The piece is from a designer called Haute Hippie which you'll find at Shopbop and Polyvore. I teamed with my Basikke (pronounced basic) harem pants and a silky little top from Aus label Basque. It was extremely hot that day and it's always hard to dress up when it's hot.<br />
Here's Both Sides Now with my A team band. Once again, this is a very busy and popular cafe so it's always noisy!<br />
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