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Creative Endeavors / Sonata in G

« on: April 09, 2005, 07:23:50 pm »

yeah, so i have to play this at a competition in a couple weeks along with another song

it's not ready.. but i decided to record it

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/jazzymanda/S_in_G.mp3

Amanda

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Completely Off-Topic / Happy Birthday Manda!

« on: April 09, 2005, 01:08:35 pm »

have an awesome 18th b-day

Amanda

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Completely Off-Topic / Question for string players (violins, violas, cellos.. etc)

« on: April 03, 2005, 08:30:58 am »

i just have one question regarding written music for strings:

lets say you're a violin or viola player.. does your music only have you play one note at a time, or does the music sometimes call for you to play multiple notes at a time?

Amanda

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Polls / NCAA Basketball Championship

« on: April 02, 2005, 08:04:59 pm »

who's winning it?

i vote Illinois of course

Amanda

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Bargain shopping with Vanessa

« on: March 28, 2005, 04:20:39 pm »

The New York Post chronicled a bargain shopping trip with Vanessa from last week. Take a look at her buy- from VC.com

"But as long as there was an Escalade and a chauffeur, the teen pop sensation agreed to go shopping with us for an $100 spring outfit.

Carlton is no stranger to bargain shopping, having worked as a struggling artist/waitress in Hell's Kitchen before she hit the big time with three Grammy nominations in 2003.

"I don't shop on a budget anymore," she admits, "but I try and not spend too much money at once." The 24-year-old Pennsylvania native, who is currently on tour promoting her latest album, "Harmonium," enjoys shopping at BCBG, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney and Jill Stuart, but they are all off-limits today.

Instead, we begin the day at Mexx, in Union Square, a chain store with chic, reasonably priced basic clothes.

"I want to find a really good outfit to go out in," Carlton says. "I'm thinking of something that's appropriate for many different occasions, from brunch to dinner. Something casual, but cool and an outfit that works for anything you might do in the city."

Mexx

 

19 Union Square; (212) 929-9925

This Netherlands-born chain has definitely upped its banal standards since opening its flagship store on Fifth Avenue a few years ago.

Gone are the black-and-white neutrals, replaced by a classic spring line of pinks, greens and camels, along with a funky accessories line of belts with change purses and dangly earrings.

"Mexx takes the most popular custom styles from designers and makes it super accessible," Carlton says. "It tickles every woman. You can find a little Marc Jacobs-style jacket for $40."

Carlton is drawn to a sheer white silk top, but it's too steep at $54. Time to head upstairs to the sales racks, where many leftover winter items are available.

Carlton's personal publicist pulls a "Flashdance"-y striped black-and-white top that's only $8.99.

"I want you to have this top," she says. "You should try it on."

Carlton tries it, and likes the top. But she needs a belt and some cool jeans to go along with it.

"Let's go to Urban Outfitters," she says. "I'll find everything I need over there."

Instead of walking, Carlton hops into the Escalade and sifts through a Botkier bag catalog while traveling one, yes one, avenue over to Urban Outfitters.

Urban Outfitters

526 Sixth Ave.; (646) 638-1646

It's hard not to be tempted by the new spring line here. Antique-looking, ripped, cut-up clothes are neatly displayed, along with colorful camisoles, cool T-shirts, cowboy hats, beaded necklaces, metal-studded bags and peasant skirts.

Carlton grabs a pair of vintage black boots, some jeans and a few belts. She then heads downstairs to the sale racks and picks out several items to go along with her striped shirt.

In the dressing room, Carlton emerges with the shirt, a cool brown belt, the black leather boots and a pair of jeans that "just don't fit right."

Salespeople start bringing more clothes and sizes over to Carlton, whose cast-off pile is getting bigger and bigger outside her dressing room.

She tries on a red bohemian skirt. No go. She tries on a pair of flat black suede flats. No go. She tries on a pair of cute knickers. Yes.

The outfit looks great, but when she adds it up, she's $80 over budget.

"Can you lie and just say that it's $100?" asks Carlton's publicist. No. This is not Hollywood, honey.

Carlton sighs and walks out of the dressing room to dig through more racks. She finds a pair of jeans on the "$19.99 and under" rack. They look great. We are done, and Carlton has to run. She has a music tour to worry about.

She did a good job finding the outfit that everybody wants.

"If you really find something you love and it looks great, you should always buy it," says Carlton, explaining why she went $35 over. "Especially if it's a basic that you'll wear all the time. The test is, if you want something and you leave the store and you think about it, go back and get it. I always do that. Or if you forget about it, then you don't really want it."

from the homepage http://www.vanessacarlton.com/index2.htm

Amanda[/i]

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Creative Endeavors / Rhapsody in Blue

« on: March 25, 2005, 08:16:02 pm »

EDIt: yay, so now i can play the whole first theme. wohoo

i'm proud of myself. haha

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/jazzymanda/Blue.mp3

Amanda

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Completely Off-Topic / English Paper Help...

« on: February 06, 2005, 10:44:16 am »

ok, so in my english 2 honors class we've already read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. My teacher is having us do a paper. She has assigned us to specific chapters, and we (the students) are supposed to pick a passage out of our assigned chapter, find 3 different literary devices, and write a paper about how they affect the chapter we're doing etc...

so, i've found 2 good ones, each with more than 1 example. And i found simile, but i can only find one example in the passage, and i need two in order to make simile a paragraph. so... can anyone find another example of simile?

Presently after, he sat on one side of his own hearth with Mr. Guest, his head clerk, upon the other, and midway between, at a nicely calculated distance from the fire, a bottle of a particular old wine that had long dwelt unsunned in the foundations of his house.  The fog still slept on the wing above the drowned city, where the lamps glimmered like carbuncles; and through the great arteries with a sound as of a might wind.  But the room was gay with firelight.  In the bottle the acids were long ago resolved; the imperial dye had softened with time, as the colour grows richer in stained windows; and the glow of hot autumn afternoons on hillside vineyards, was ready to be set free and to disperse the fogs of London.  Insensibly the lawyer melted.  There was no man from whom he kept fewer secrets than Mr. Guest; and he was not always sure that he kept as many as he meant.  Guest had often been on businnes to the doctor's; he knew Poole; he could scarce have failed to hear of Mr. Hyde's familiarity about the house; he might draw conclusions: was it not as well, then, that he should see a letter which put that mystery to rights? and above all since Guest, being a great student and critic of handwriting, would consider the step natural and obliging?  The clerk, besides, was a man of counsel; he could scarce read so strange a document without dropping a remark; and by that remark Mr. utterson might shape his future course

the bold part is the one simile i found. and i need another example

i'm thinking with a sound as of a might wind might be another but i'm not sure..

if you're not sure what a simile is it is a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as: The warrior fought like a lion

so... if anyone can find another simile that would be awesome

Amanda

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Completely Off-Topic / Working Age....

« on: January 18, 2005, 06:11:00 pm »

ok, so i'm kind of mad because it seems like, even if you are 16 there are no jobs out there for you, with the exception of fast food.

so i was thinking, 'ok, i'm turing 16 in april and i should get a summer job. hmm, i wonder where i could work'. so i'm thinking how about Border, Barnes and Noble, Guitar Center, the library, local pool, Khols, Gap, Famous Barr, etc. and i'm talking to people i know at school who have jobs, and i'm talking to them about these possible job ideas, and they say that, every store i listed above with the exception the local pool don't hire under 18! and i'm like "waaaa? i thought there was a huge demand now for teen workers" but my friends are saying employers want "more mature workers e.i. people 18 and older"

so i'm a little dissapointed that these types of stores don't hire under 18. i mean, i could work at the pool... but it seems like the same people work there every freak'n summer, and i doubt there will ever be an opening because the summer pool people come back from college to work there so arggggg.

and working in the food business is the last thing i want to do....

just thought i'd share how much this sux!

Amanda

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Completely Off-Topic / Be sure to Watch my Band and I New Years Day on TV!!!

« on: December 26, 2004, 04:40:32 pm »

hey there. so my band, The Spirit of St. Louis Marching Band, got chosen out of 17 highschool bands around the world to march in the Tournament of Roses Parade, also known as The Rose Bowl Parade (parade before the Rose Bowl football game).

400 million people watch this each year. it's the biggest parade in the world, and it is broadcasted worldwide each year.

my band is the smallest band (163 memebers) but we still kick butt!! haha
we're in Green Black and Gold. so look for us. we're in the second half of the parade

here's how you can watch:

HGTV is doing a special on just our band only before the parade this Saturday morning. it's a cable channel, so check your listings. we will be on 9-10 central time (10-11 eastern) in the morning. then the parade will be on that same channel, comercial free, at 10 central time (11 eastern time) to whenever the parade ends

Good Morning America is doing a special on just our band only before the parade also. This will be shown Saturday morning 7-8 central time (8-9 eastern) in the morning before the parade on ABC. ABC is also showing this parade

12 different networks air this parade every year so there's no way, cable or no cable you could miss this

for those of you who don't know about the parade...

This is it's 116th year. It is held in Pasadena, California. The floats in this parade are of the most intricate in any other parade. The parade is known for its rule that all floats must have some organic herb, flower, fruit, etc. on ever square inch of it. Float teams work on their floats year round. millions of flowers are used each year. There is a theme each year for the parade. this year the theme is Celebrate Family. Last year it was Music Music Music with John Williams as the grand marshall.  The grand marshall this year is Mickey Mouse (yeah i know, waaaay not as cool as John Williams)

My band will be visiting Hollywood, Universal Studios, Disney Land (also performing in that parade). The whole band is also helping build one of the floats in the parade i.e. putting on flowers etc. We're also going to go to one of those Midevil dinner things where they have jousting.

its going to be the biggest trip of my life so far and i can't wait!! i've never been to Cali...

i hope you guys can see me.

in the parade block i am the 6th person from the front, 5th person in, right in the middle. i play the trumpet.
ttyl guys  

Happy New Year from Pasadena!! wooohooo

Amanda

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / New Merch on Vanessa's site

« on: December 23, 2004, 09:49:54 am »

2 new shirts i think






Amanda

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Polls / Do you open your presents (or some) on Christmas Eve?

« on: December 21, 2004, 01:09:41 pm »

i don't. i don't get why people do, but oh well
so do you?

Amanda

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Creative Endeavors / Little Piano cover of Uptown Girl by me (audio included)

« on: December 17, 2004, 07:49:08 pm »

gotta love Billy Joel

http://atlas.walagata.com/w/jazzymanda/Uptown_Girl.mp3

oh yeah, and i did this by ear (without music) so the chords might not all be right, but i'm pretty sure the melody is

Amanda

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Vanessa Carlton's 'Womaly' Perspective, a story by CNN

« on: December 02, 2004, 03:59:24 pm »

Already posted
http://forums.nessaholics.com/viewtopic.php?t=7341
-Vulturemod



here's the link http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/02/vanessa.carlton.ap/index.html

it's a headline in the entertainment section today

Her piano-infused "A Thousand Miles" became an anthem of 2002, garnered her three Grammy nominations and helped her sell more than 2 million copies of "Be Not Nobody," her first album.

But as she releases her sophomore set, "Harmonium," Carlton prefers to define herself as out of the mainstream.

"I am kind of an alternative to kind of the very popular hip-hop stuff and other really mainstream pop artists," says the 24-year-old singer-songwriter, sitting in a studio at New York's famed Hits Factory. "I'm an alternative to the Simpson girls."

Carlton has done well by defining herself as the alternative to commercialized pop; with her first album, the brunette was cast as one of the emerging anti-Britneys -- female artists who wrote their own material, played their own instruments and rejected the role of pop's oversexed vixen.

Carlton hopes to cast herself next as a career artist, instead of the hot singer of the moment.

Q: You were among a rising group of female singer-songwriters considered an alternative to Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Do you feel you were lumped in with other artists?

Carlton: I did, but I thought that the trend of that time probably helped propel me forward. When you're part of a trend, it tends to be easier to kind of break through, and at this point now I'm just kind of standing on my own and it feels nice to be one of the few people that are doing what I am attempting to do. I'm not really scared by it at all. To walk the bold path is not something that I'm not afraid of, and if I'm releasing a song to radio and it's the only song on radio that sounds that way, that to me is a plus as opposed to me being concerned that I'm not fitting a preconceived mold.

Q: You say this record is more serious -- why?

Carlton: It's a darker-themed album. (When) you're a writer and you're 16 and 17 years old, you kind of like go through a diary stage where you're kind of mostly narcissistic and dealing with yourself, and writing for me is a very selfish thing, where as it's solely about comforting myself. And just as you grow up, you kind of start to absorb your environment in a different way, you develop a different perspective.

Q: What was the whirlwind like when you were nominated for the Grammys?

Carlton: It kind of went over my head. ... It was almost too easy. I was working for years and suddenly it came, and as much as someone could say, "You worked for four years, five years, and it all comes and it feels so good" -- it's all going at such a fast pace that it doesn't feel easy, it just feels like it's whipping through your fingers as it's happening and there's no real way to absorb it or appreciate it, and that was really what was happening. Now I don't think it would be like that. (But) the Grammys to me was dealing with the battery pack strapped around my leg, making sure I could hear my vocal and the piano at the same time.

Q: Did you enjoy it?

Carlton: Being at the actual Grammys? No. I enjoyed the attention ... but it's one of the most stressful awards. I couldn't even get a cup of water backstage.

Q: Do you think this album is more of a mature record?

Carlton: I think the album is a reflection of a more womanly point of view on the world. There was something kind of innocent and girlish about the first record ... But with that said, I tend to have a very wholesome image. I don't really strip or do anything like that.

Q: You haven't done the Maxim layout?

Carlton: (laughs) No, and I don't have a desire to, because the bottom line is I feel womanly and sexy and confident ... I feel like taking off all of your clothes (is) doing it to get attention from men, and I don't feel like I need to fight for it. I feel sexy in pajamas. I think as a woman growing up in this society, it's really easy, dangerously easy, to kind of fall into the trappings of what your image should be, how you should look. The expectation for women has gotten about out of hand. I try to separate myself from the whole thing.

Q: How do you not fall into that? So many women have vowed to never do it, and then a few months later they're showing skin.

Carlton: Well, I think that I'm perfectly happy that my brain is bigger than my boobs, and that's quite all right with me. There's a pressure to stay thin and pretty, but I don't feel a pressure to be naked or get a boob job or anything like that. I'm sure I would sell more records ... but I couldn't care less. I have friends and family and a boyfriend and I don't have to prove myself to anyone. And with that said, I definitely have one of the better (behinds) in the music industry, and no one will see it because I'm sitting at the piano!


Amanda

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Polls / Cardinals vs. Red Sox

« on: October 22, 2004, 01:47:27 pm »

who's going to win the World Series?

Cardinals, duh

Amanda

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Completely Off-Topic / Homecoming 2004

« on: October 10, 2004, 08:48:33 am »

so my school's homecoming dance was last night. i went stag this year with a group of friends and i had a bunch of fun. here's some pics.


yeah, did wanted to get a bunch of pics and i just wanted to leave! haha. but yeah, i got curlzzz


here's some of the people i went with in my group. i'm the third one if you start from the left. my two best friends brandon and lindsey (3 and 4th starting from the right) went together. so cute! but yeah, that's at my friend Amy's house. we had a little before party


and that's me at my house. ta da

ok, so everyone post their pics and stuff of your homecoming

Amanda