BlogInSong » Film http://bloginsong.com Write. Perform. Share. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:20:29 +0000 en hourly 1 Happy New Year? YES YES YES!!! http://bloginsong.com/2012/01/04/happy-new-year-yes-yes-yes/ http://bloginsong.com/2012/01/04/happy-new-year-yes-yes-yes/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:18:35 +0000 Camille Bright-Smith http://bloginsong.com/?p=998 Some of you, dear listeners, blow my mind.  I’ve been MIA. I’ve been underground.  I’ve been downright invisible.  And still, I see your lovely $4 a month memberships rolling in with the consistency of spring after winter, and filled with the faith of dear friends, and people that believe in independent art.  THANK YOU. I owe you some music!

The end of 2011 proved even a bit challenging for me, the eternal optimist.  In the end, the optimism helped a lot, and as I knew it would, everything worked out okay.  Now I have moved into a sweet little house, close to work and Escuela and am just this weekend going to start plugging in again…literally.  The guitars are looking at me longingly.  The keyboards seem sad set up on their sides, and without any connection to the wall.  Rock and Roll is comin’!

In the meantime here are some fun little bits of info from 2011 that you probably have not heard yet.  The first is a neat little film made by Kim Shively about the panel I sat on at the ever-entertaining and fun Feminism and Co. talks at the Museum of Contemporary Art.  What a BLAST!

And here is a fun little song I did for a client this year to remind you all about the Custom Songs that I do and what a fabulorific gift they are.  This couple was kind enough to let me share their 10th Anniversay Song which they hired me to write.  They provided the story and musical references, and I provided the ditty!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO:  Hey Blackjack

Hey Blackjack Its Lilly
I’ve got some things to say to you
Remember
The Phoenix day that I was smiling
I couldn’t stop smiling I couldn’t stop smiling at you
 
I fell for a cheese head
I guess the Viking in me
Fell for the Packer in you
Picked up our backpacks
Headed over the pond
To adventure in Europe
We were young and free
With nothing better to do
Hey Blackjack
 
From the bungalow on Julian
To the Denver Square
And Breckenridge
Hey Blackjack
I’d do it all again
 
Now Kramer
And Jacqueline
And Russell
Keep us laughing
And you still blow my mind
When you bring my wine
With your crazy hair
 
Were good on the road babe
Were good in Denver, Atlanta in Napa or Wales
So lets set sail
 
Hey Blackjack
Take off your shoes
Run across the wet grass
I wouldn’t want this chaos
With anybody else but you
Hey Blackjack
 
Were good out of suitcases
Were good out in open spaces
I only want to swim at the beach with you….
And Larry Love
And the llamas running
Protect the wedding cake
And the rats of New York
And Casa Bonita
 
Copyright 2011
Words and Music by Camille Brightsmith
Inspiration provided by K. Speth
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copyright 2010 by Camille Bright-Smith and Travis Dickerson

the way you wear your work boots

the way you hold your grey guitar
the way you move your tired body
old enough to be my father
but i’m not thinkin’ along those lines
I ‘m thinking way outside the box
I’m tired of carrying this burden
I need a man that holds my spark
the way you sit and hold your bottle
the way you sing it all comes through
ain’t puttin on ain’t pretending
you’ve been around and you got through
and I could curl up on your long legs
and I could sleep there on your lap
and I could let you hold it all above my head
and I could let you have it all….
and we could sing some songs together
and we could break each others hearts
we better leave these ugly barstools
I think its time to fall apart
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Miss California
How I adore ya
Despite your bizarre religious streak
And your bizarre altered physique
Miss California
How I adore ya

Sex workers Unite Unite Unite
C’mon sister lets fight lets fight lets fight
You are a bigot and trite and trite and trite
Still its your body, your right your right your right  Miss California

Miss California
How I adore ya
But isn’t it just a little bland
Pretending you aren’t selling a brand
To hide behind dogma and behave
As though you aren’t in the sexy trade

Sex workers Unite Unite Unite
C’mon sister lets fight lets fight lets fight
You are a bigot and trite and trite and trite
Still its your body, your right your right your right  Miss California

Miss California take the money you make
Have some fun and get paid
Have some fun and get laid
Stomp on the old school parade
This is Hollywood babe
Were all in the sex trade sex trade sex trade
We’re all a little bit gay
So get over it babe

copyright 2009 all rights reserved
Words and Music by Camille Bright-Smith

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