yeah, so having 6 weeks of recuperation after the accident has gotten me to where i am having to go back to doing things i haven’t done in ages (or so it would seem). i wasn’t seriously injured or anything, i just lost the drive to get up off my ass and do things like i used to do. so i made up for it tonight by going to see some amazingly amazing women play music tonight.

first was theresa andersson. she is a one-woman band and manages to put so many layers on top of each other at one time and keep them all in tune and in time it’s a wonder she doesn’t completely lose her place in the songs. add to this a fantastic voice and command of about five different instruments and the effect is mesmerizing. one thing i very much liked about her performance (besides these things) is that she was more moved by the music than the crowd was. it’s very rare to see a musician spontaneously dancing to their own music and even rarer still that they actually seem to enjoy it. :)

next was emily wells. she also uses loop effects to essentially be a one-woman band, but she puts a bass and drum set behind her and sets up her own harmonies on voice and violin. then she puts on a hip hop flare by rapping over the top of this multi-layered experience. i have been nothing but impressed with her ingenuity onstage and tonight was no exception.