lefty Unplugged doesn't often sing cover songs at Cat's Art MusikCircus but anything he does he will do the same way: all out. I don't think anyone knew Thera D would be singing a duet in the performance last night until arriving for the show and, well, this is a surprise, isn't it. I've never heard lefty do a duet before in well over a year so, ok, let's take a listen to this.
This may not be exactly correct but the information I picked up during the show is that Thera D is from Madagascar. That alone is pretty cool as the MusikCircus draws people from lots of countries but I'm fairly sure this was a first for Madagascar.
If I got it right, Thera D now lives in The Netherlands and the part about how she got from Madagascar to Holland to lefty's studio, well, that part isn't so clear but it's pretty damn cool that it happened.
Together they did a set that was all cover songs but what else will you do when you only have five or six hours to put it together. Covers aren't necessarily bad unless you try to mimic the original recording and then they're not too compelling ... but ... lefty Unplugged doesn't mimic anything and neither does Thera D. Together they made a joy-filled hour of singing these covers in whatever way they felt would be best and they did it beautifully. (You can find Thera D Singer and Kevin Farrell on Facebook)
There was a question of what about lefty's originals but give them time, just give them some time. Thera D asked if she should fly over from The Netherlands each week and the audience agreed, oh yes, definitely do this. She said she would need a sponsor as that would get expensive so maybe not every week. Bi-weekly, then?
The extra-beauty part is that Robert69 Little was there and he's the Once and Future King of Second Life video as he has shot thousands of them. This is not promoter grandstanding as when I say thousands I do mean thousands. The video at the top is what he gave us. (Ron Bizzle channel on YouTube / Ron Bizzle on Facebook)
Nobody makes much of anything on this. The performers get tips but you won't hear about any using the proceeds to buy a hot-rod BMW. If you're working SL, you'll probably be shopping for Matchbox cars, honey. But that's cool as performers know this ... and do it anyway. Cat doesn't make anything as any tips she gets she turns around and gives to performers. Robert Little doesn't make anything on the video he shoots and he uploads it for free.
Music Love doesn't get any more pure than that. They don't make any money on it and they won't ... but that isn't why any of them do it. That made for a wonderful synergy beyond the actual music and that's all part of the magic of Cat's Art MusikCircus.
No comments:
Post a Comment