Set Yourself Up For Vocal Success, DE-STRESS For The Holidays!!

What if you could replace your jitters and upset stomach with confidence and excitement to OWN THE STAGE? Carve out some time for your singing goals so YOU can receive the gift of music.

Before you start comfort eating, binge watching and late night Amazon spending, take a moment to DE-STRESS and set your voice up for SINGING SUCCESS with a BONUS class I am offering NEXT WEEK called “Own Your Voice, Own The Stage: A Modern Day Toolkit For Voice Artists”.

Do you ever notice performance anxiety choking you up to the point where it’s hard to breathe? 

Or even though you know what you WANT to communicate when you actually start to speak or sing, you get dizzy, sweaty, uncomfortable and sometimes even forget your lines?

Stage jitters are just like stress before the holidays. There are some people or songs which you are excited to see, some gifts and sections of the music you feel inspired by and other parts/parties which just stress you out! 

Singing can feel like a mixed bag when you compare the pleasure of belting in the shower to the vulnerability and nervousness of performing in public with people watching and potentially judging you!!

That’s why I am offering a new experience entitled:

“Own Your Voice, Own The Stage: A Modern Day Toolkit For Voice Artists”.

To jump start your singing success, join me this Thursday, December 12th at 11am EST. Click here, to find out further details.  

*To receive this bonus offering all participants must attend live. 

**If you cannot attend live, sign up for your first class by December 13th and receive a special discount!

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

This class is for you if you are wanting to learn how to become an Embodied Artist TM so you can make the music that you REALLY want to make and sing it with confidence.

THE VINYL IS HERE!! THE VINYL IS HERE!!

…THANK YOU!!

I just want to thank everyone who helped to make this vinyl release of “Head Full Of Hair, Heart Full Of Song” possible. It is SUCH a dream come true to see these records in person! Thank you to Christina Jones, Bonu DeCaires, Amber Nowling, Eileen & Johannes Moderbacher, Pierre Emmanuel Seguin, Candice Anitra, Tina Urso McDaniel, Yana Wagg, Rebekah Maysles, Kristen & Murat Lynch-Ozcan, Richard Smith, Allan & Maria Ludgate, Michel Borely, Mariam Mouna and Auntie Janis Lane Ewart. Your contributions helped to cover the cost of 

1. Remastering the album for vinyl with Blackler Mastering

2. Updating artwork by Luisa Muhr for 12” LPs 

3. My time reconfiguring songs to fit vinyl 

4. Manufacturing this limited run of LPs

So thank you again! It is not an easy feat putting this all together as a one person small music business/record label/performance studio:) Your copies of the album should be arriving in the next week.

Also, if you are feeling inspired to share, please help spread the word about the album. Post a selfie of yourself on social media with your copy of the album with your community.

Albums will be available for purchase starting this Sunday. January 27th from 6-8pm at the Vinyl Listening Party at The Gold Star Beer Counter in Brooklyn at the latest. Come on out! There is NO COVER and Andy Bianco and I will be kicking it off with an acoustic number before we put the needle to the vinyl and press PLAY!

If you live outside the New York area, you can place your order for $35 plus shipping by writing me here.

VINYL FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Do you ever miss just hearing or getting lost in a story? At the end of a long day, in the midst of winter. As the days are growing shorter. You come home and your body is tired and your mind too. It’s hard to remember but you are not the only one. You’re not alone. Many others have come before you, in your family, in the world. Your story is part of a larger story a shared history we are all still trying to make sense of, still trying to fully embrace...and own and reconcile. 

Wouldn’t it be nice to sit back and remember where you came from? The challenges you have faced, others have faced. To journey through song and time. To remember how far you have come and remember that there is a world full of young women who are still battling it out, wanting to be reminded that they too matter...just as your voice matters.

For all you vinyl lovers, all your art lovers out there, all of you seeking warmth in the midst of the cold we are living in. The warmth of music and storytelling.

This holiday season why not invest in the making of art with a powerful message? The message to stand up for young Brown women’s voices. The message to stand up for the women who came before us. Their power, pleasure and pain and what ties us all together. Make a record for the holidays! 

This year I am completing the final steps of making my album “Head Full Of Hair, Heart Full Of Song” by pressing this album to vinyl! You can be one of the first to receive this limited edition run along with digital download and bonus track. Donate $200 and receive two limited edition LPs (one for you and one to uplift a friend) with 2 digital downloads, mention on my website and a subscription to my monthly newsletter on all things voice, movement, creativity and performance.

So here’s your chance…make a record and make a living impression on art today. 
Art matters. 
New Porch Music. 
A new kind of album.
#artmatters #newporchmusic #anewkindofalbum #thepowerofstory #thepowerofmusic #theempoweredartist #pyengthreadgill #pyengnyc

BIRTHDAY CONCERT IN BUSHWICK!

Last Saturday, I had a pre-birthday concert at the New Revolution Arts Salon in Bushwick. It felt great to get back into the music and stories from “Head Full Of Hair, Heart Full Of Song” and I just want to thank those of you who came out to support living music. It was also a special treat to have my daughter, Luna Starr Threadgill-Moderbacher, join me on backing vocals:) along with Nikhil Yerawadekar on guitar. There were a host of others including the Cataclysmic Commentary and Carlo Costa and John McCowen who lit the space that evening. I hope to see you at our next show. But in the meantime, feel free to continue to share this album.

Head Full Of Hair, Heart Full Of Song CD RELEASE PARTY!

It's here you all! It's finally here! Tuesday, July 17th at 8pm the cd celebration for Head Full of Hair, Heart Full Of Song is happening. If you haven't bought your tickets, then grab some now. There will be good vibes, good grub and of course good music. I have the pleasure of having so many wonderful musicians from the album join me as well as some special guests such as Kassa Overall who will be Dj-ing, the talented hair stylist Ayaba and a few others who shall remain nameless at this time:) Anyhow, make sure to arrive on time at 8pm so you can get your drink and enjoy the video installations. Til soon!...oh and if you didn't see it before this event will be outdoors.  

HELP MAKE A RECORD FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!

This January (2018!) I go into the studio to record my new album “Head Full of Hair, Heart Full of Song.” I am so psyched about this project and doubly psyched because I have several new PERKS to offer! Check, check it out (And share with a friend:)

*Make your contribution to pyengnyc@gmail.com via PayPal as a FAMILY/FRIEND and include a note with your chosen perk

** For those wanting to pay via check, please email me. 

VIP Studio Pass - Cocoon time. For $500 experience the making of an album live and in person for an entire day. See what it’s like for a five musicians to tap into their inner caterpillar. Witness how introspection, intuition, technical skill and humor all play a part in creating a live recording. *Must be over 18 to attend.

The Porch Sessions - Up close and personal. For $1000 book a guitar/voice or keys/voice duo to perform a 45 minute set in person/virtually at your house. Experience a personal premiere of this music with a Q & A. Think NPR’s Tiny Desk Series right in your very own living room. 

The Golden Ticket - Deep cocoon. For $2000 attend the studio sessions for all four days. Observe the quiet and electric music making process right on the spot with the band and film/photography crew.

The Porch Sessions Deluxe - Enveloped in the sound. For $2500 hire a full band with voice, keys, guitar and drums to perform a 55 minute premiere set in person. Have a chance to meet the musicians on this album, learn about our musical heritage and how we created this music together.

Indiegogo Here We Go!!

"The Music Is The Magic..." 
Abbey Lincoln

Hey, newcomers and familiar faces, today I am psyched to announce that I am launching my FIRST EVER Indiegogo album campaign! It has been nearly 10 years since I released my third solo album Portholes To A Love & Other Short Stories. My first record Sweet Home, The Music of Robert Johnson earned me national and international exposure as well as many positive reviews including having "put a novel spin on the Blues" by Downbeat Magazine. While I have written a collection of environmental inspired music entitled Songlines: Singing The Land  in the time since my last album, I chose not to go to the studio to record. I needed to rebuild my energy, raise my family and take care of my health. But NOW with Head Full of Hair, Heart Full of Song I really feel ready to share this project in a big way because it means that much to me. It literally pulls on me, like a child, to be completed.

Everyone needs a positive role model and our society needs a wide span of storytelling to represent the full range of experiences lived in this world . From slogans like "Black Girl Magic", to Solange's "A Seat At The Table" album, to a rise in women of African descent "going natural" and much more, even pop culture is seeking to re-envision what we want to say about race, gender and equality. Young women need to know that who they are and what they are feeling is acceptable and that many of our ancestors who came before us had valuable stories as well. That tight, curly hair is just as interesting, raveled, beautiful, messy, mysterious, misleading, and misunderstood as straight hair. 

African/African American/Afro diasporic women and young girls need safe centers to reflect and rejoice. Like Oshun, the Yoruban Goddess of beauty/fertility/music and art, looking in her mirror, we all seek to face ourselves and find peace. Any pledge you make to this project is a pledge towards reframing a part of our global history. Everyone needs a positive role model. Someone with stories and feelings and songs. To find out more information about how you can contribute (either through a donation or by helping to spread the word), please visit my campaign page and THANK YOU for pledging to Head Full of Hair, Heart Full of Song.

Qi Gong In The Spring!

Hey you, wonderful person taking-the-time-to-read-my-news-page, I am psyched because next month I am going to be offering a weekly Qi Gong class in Brooklyn. If you have been feeling increasing amounts of stress, low energy and or lack of flexibility, then you are going to want go to this class. It's gon "be lit!" as my daughter would say. Drop me an email to ask any questions or just reserve a spot...

Massive Round Robin

Hey All, How's it going? I'm going to sing a little song and I hope you can make it out. Wednesday, March 29th, I will be joining the incredible Brooklyn Raga Massive for a special program celebrating women in music at the Art Cafe in Brooklyn.

I have a new Website

I HAVE A NEW WEBSITE!

I have a new website!…and it’s my birthday!...and today there’s a supermoon…largest in 70 years!…I'm lovin' it! How about you? Please peruse the site and let me know where you spent your time and what more you would like to see. 

Thank you to the wonderful work of  Salty Anchor Design, Aria Isadora, Kate Sonders, Mimi Kamara, Paula Witman, Nhumi Threadgill and other friends/family. 

LOTS TO CELEBRATE!

• I am working on a new album and I hope you will join me. I always I believe you are in the band. Please write to join me in the writing, recording and pressing of my new multi media project "Head Full of Hair, Heart Full of Song". This album is like my other baby. I look forward to sharing so many of the stories that impress upon young, women oF African descent today. Email to find out more about hair, adornment and ancestry. 

• I am super excited to be a new voice over artist for Access Talent a NYC based voice over and spoken word agency.  

• I also I just recorded my first audio book with Hachette Audio Look for “The Evening Road” by Laird Hunt coming out in 2017.

WORLD EVENTS

The Election has happened. Yes....exhale....and now, it’s time to get to work! Together, we are limitless. Connect to one another and make some positive collective change by visiting some of the links below.

• https://secure.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2639#_ga=1.98003419.514263363.1478892860
• http://standwithstandingrock.net
• http://www.nfdw.com