We are excited to be performing at the 2010 Lake Tahoe Green Fest on July 10th and 11th at King’s Beach.
From Sigba.org: GreenFEST is an education in sustainability with green exhibits from renewable energy, interactive activities for children, and organic food vendors. There will also be beer and wine tasting.
Either they changed the rules or I was hallucinating, but I just downloaded the official rule sheet from OurStage.com and we need to be in the top 20 to make the semi-finals by Monday night! Impossible? Hardly. With your help, we got this! Here’s how:
If you want to guarantee our track, Right Here Now, will come up at least once a day in your judging process, simply make Catherine Scholz your “favorite artist” by clicking the green button above once, then click it again when you get to the OurStage website.
Then,
Judge on OurStage or Judge on Facebook
If you want to guarantee our track, Right Here Now, will come up at least once a day in your judging process, simply make Catherine Scholz your “favorite artist” by clicking the green button above once, then again when you get to the OurStage website.
We’re only 4 spots away from making the semi-finals in the Lilith Fair Competition! Have you been judging online? THANK YOU!!!!
We’re at 117/634 – getting so close to the top 100 – and the top 20 is where we need to be by Monday to make semi-finals. This is so exciting to think we have a shot at playing at Lilith Fair on July 5th in San Francisco. The thought of putting together a band and rehearsing a full set, then performing for thousands on people seems like it’s actually within reach!
Would you be willing to spend 20 minutes or more judging tracks until Monday to help us reach the semi-finals? If you get to our track, take a screenshot and send it to us and we will send you some goodies!
Another couple of ways you could help:
1) Leave a comment on the page for our track
2) “Like” the track while you are logged into Facebook
THANK YOU!!
If you have been judging online,
We would like to know more about your experience:
1) How much time have you spent listening to and judging tracks?
2) Have you come across our track, “Right Here Now“? If so, how many times?
3) What do you think of the music you are hearing from other artists?
Leave your response here as a comment.
We submitted our track, “Right Here Now” to the 2010 Lilith Fair Local Talent Search: California at OurStage.com Friday afternoon, about 3 hours before the judging officially started. Within 2 days, our track jumped from 580/580 entries to 204/580!
If you would like to have an influence on how this contest turns out, you may begin judging tracks yourself at OurStage.com in the California category. The judging process will be happening all month-long. Here are the rules for judging:
You may also track our ranking in the contest directly on the OurStage website.
The San Fransisco winner will perform at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on July 5. 2010. Thanks for your support and stay tuned to my blog, my email list, and/or Facebook for updates!
Michael Logue and I have put in some more hours on Right Here Now, the track we are submitting at the end of this month for the Lilith Fair Contest on OurStage.com. Give this new version of Right Here Now a listen and let us know your thoughts here on my blog. Last time we posted a sample, we got some great, practical feedback from Barry Friedman (shorten the intro.) and Julie Maria Madrona (less reverb on the vocals). Thanks for listening and sharing the production process with us! Here is the new sample of Right Here Now (version 2):
[audio:RightHereNowV2.mp3]Enjoy! – Catherine and Michael
(update 5.29.10: Semi-Finals are almost over for the top 20)
Announcing… I am entering a contest at OurStage.com to compete for a spot on the 2010 Lilith Fair tour. If you would like to see me and my band perform live on the Lilith Fair Tour, please consider giving some of your time and attention over the next few months in the judging process. This would involve registering at OurStage.com, then visiting the site over the next few months to listen and judge in the Lilith Fair category.
Currently, we are leaning towards entering the song, “Right Here Now” and we would love to hear your thoughts. Please contribute your thoughts as a comment here on my blog.
Listen to “Right Here Now”:
If you are excited about this and would like to begin the process and register now, you may do so here: http://www.ourstage.com/register?register_as_fan=true. And please mark your calendar: judging at OurStage will officially begin on May 1st, 2010.
Many thanks for your support!
-Catherine
Announcing: I have been asked to perform “Right Here Now” live at the upcoming See Jane Do Passion into Action Conference to be held at the Holiday Inn Express in Grass Valley on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010. The song is currently being co-produced with Michael Logue at SunSound Studios and “Right Here Now” will be available on compact disc at the conference. Samples of the track will be available on my website soon and MP3’s will be also available for purchase as well. Check out the video of a live performance of “Right Here Now” with co-writer, Michael Logue at the See Jane Do Soiree last year (it’s about 22 minutes into the video).
Here is my first attempt at making music for all you dancers out there…
[audio:/new_scratches/YouAreLoved.mp3]
Special thanks to Michael Logue for guidance with some of the more advanced aspects of audio engineering!
Feeling the muse speaking and recorded some new music tonight. Listen here:
[audio:PianoClarinetMusette1.mp3]
This is a live performance of “Nothing’s Wrong” by Catherine Scholz at LadyFest Nevada County, 2008.
This is a live performance of Hammer and the Chimes by Catherine Scholz at LadyFest Nevada County, 2008.
Nothing’s Wrong
Music and lyrics by Catherine Scholz
Nothing’s wrong,
nothing’s right.
I think I’ll sleep on the floor tonight.
In the dark, there is a place
where a labyrinth was once a maze
where dreams were born and dreams have died
I lay me down to sleep tonight.
Nothing’s wrong,
nothing’s right,
Good night.
Nothing’s wrong,
nothing’s right,
I think I’ll sleep with the stars tonight.
In stellar arms, in Love’s embrace,
I’ve got the moon to stroke my face.
I know I’ll find another rhyme
and some peace for this heart of mine.
Nothing’s wrong,
nothing’s right,
Good night.
(optional 3rd verse)
Nothing’s wrong,
nothing’s right,
I think I’ll sleep with this song tonight.
This tender heart wears no disguise,
and thankfully, Love never dies.
Like the sun, when on the rise,
I will return to the open skies.
Nothing’s wrong,
nothing’s right,
Good night.
Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz
So you’ve added up the figures
and counted all the costs.
but a shade of memory lingers
as the dew becomes the frost…
A love of no undoing
has caught you in its web.
Would you like to keep on crashing
Or brave the waves instead?
You’re a pearl – I will meet you by the ocean
You’re a pearl – I’ll be standing by the sea
You’re a pearl – I will meet you by the ocean
You’re a pearl -Meet me in D.C.
Now it’s time to make some choices,
pick your heart up from the floor,
put the sordid past behind you,
chase those ghosts back from your door.
You’re a pearl – I will meet you by the ocean
You’re a pearl – I’ll be standing by the sea
You’re a pearl – I will meet you by the ocean
You’re a pearl -Meet me in D.C.
Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz
I am a butterfly
sailing on the wings of night.
This is how I fly.
Up above the city lights,
far beyond the rain.
I caress the sky.
This is how I fly.
I am a butterfly
sailing on the wings of night.
This is how I fly.
There’s no peace like I feel inside,
I’m far beyond the pain.
My love fills up the sky.
This is how I fly.
I am a butterfly
sailing on the wings of night.
This is how I fly.
Through the struggle I fight.
But look how much I’ve gained.
Don’t have to know why.
This is how I fly.
I am a butterfly
sailing on the wings of night.
This is how I fly.
