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October 24th, 1998 In an entry to the message board, Kristen posted the following news: "friends in australia, hello! friends in uk, hello! friends everywhere, hello! big smiles on this end. well, i have great news... i just put a band together. i'm as surpised as you are! anyway, i met these great guys, kyle & jamie, and it just kinda happened... why does this sound provocative? LOL... so, we just immediately hit a groove that pleases my soul. i cannot wait to play it for you. live and in person. we will we doing local shows in LA hopefully as soon as december. i'll keep you posted cause we'll appreciate your support when we start showcasing for labels. cool huh? monday is my birthday and i'll be celebrating at the mint where my friend joanna deseyne is playing with her new band. thanks again for all the kind thoughts, they really are felt and appreciated. :)kh"
October 3rd, 1998 GreetingsFrom the west coast...
It's hard to believe that a year has gone by since I moved to LA. Life has been incredibly busy and productive. I've written almost 30 new songs with some extremely talented folks. Hopefully, one day you'll hear some on the radio. I am slowly working on a new Kristen Hall CD. It's being recorded in LA at my new recording studio, StudiOrange, and will be on my new label, Hook. Tentatively titled, 10 is 10, it will be distributed by Amy Ray's, Daemon Records, which should make it easy to get. Look for all of this to come together in April 99. Let me tell you about some of the people I've been working with... My first project was with writer/producer, Peter Rafelson (who wrote "Open your Heart" for Madonna ) and the band Fem2Fem... We wrote a song called "Darkest Part" for their next album which Peter is producing. Fem2Fem is an LA-based, all-girl, hyper-erotic, dance band. You may remember their top 40 single "Obsession". Anyway, we've become friends and I'm incredibly fond of them. Coincidentally, we are on the same album, Lesbian Favorites, by Rhino. FYI, it also includes tracks by Sarah McLachlan, Ani Difranco, Wendy and Lisa, k.d. lang, and more... My next project was with Joanna DeSeyne, who just moved here from London to start her debut album. Joanna's music is kinda like Annie Lennox meets Radiohead. Very cool. Joanna is currently putting together a band with members of Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, and Sheryl Crow's band. We have become regular writing mates, and have finished several songs including one or two you'll likely find on my new CD. Have you heard of Kieran Goss? He had a number one album in Ireland this year, and is a lovely man with lovely songs and a lovely voice. Can you tell I think he's lovely? LOL. Well, he came to LA awhile back and we wrote a song called "Hand upon Heart" that I adore. Hopefully, it will appear on both our new records. One of my favorite new artists is Jennifer Stills. (yes, the daughter of Stephen) People, this babe has a voice that I just adore. It is soulful, rich and destined for legendary stardom. Bonnie Raitt meets Bette Midler meets Concrete Blonde. Just awesome. We have written a happenin' song called "Figure it Out" for her new record. I can't wait for you to hear her. Also, Jen has recorded and is performing "Memory #1" from my thumbprint cassette... it has been retitled for a movie as "Coming Over Me". I'm hoping to bring her along to Atlanta in the spring to play for folks there. In the meantime, you can see her performing locally in LA at places like: The Mint, Café Largo, and the Troubador. 20+ years ago, I had an enormous crush on teen idols, the Williams Bros. They were the super-cute nephews of Andy Williams, and used to appear every year on his Christmas special, not to mention my favorite show at the time, the Partridge Family. In 1994, they had a top 40 hit "Can't Cry Hard Enough". I met David and Andy when they were touring for that record, and, to make a long story short, ran into David again recently at Peter Rafelson's house. We got together and wrote a song called "Love Will Show Us How" for an upcoming Michael Keaton Movie. It is the first duet I've ever written, and to sing it with David Williams... well, it was dreamy... sigh... David has promised to take me to his warehouse and show me all of their old TigerBeat and 16 Magazine memorabilia. We'll see. I'm excited about it, he's not... LOL. Other co-writes include: "It Can Be Magical" written with and for my friend Gail Dorsey, aka bassist/vocalist for David Bowie. Gails' solo stuff is kinda like, Grace Jones meets Sade. It's a wonderful sort of Euro-Diva love song. "Falling Water" written with my friend Barbara Gogan from Ireland. The best way I can describe Barbara to you, is ghostly. Beautiful and haunting. We wrote this song for the movie "Snake Eyes". It didn't make the movie, but we still believe it will make another. Cool, kinda Portishead sounding. "Nothing Changes" written with my pal Stacy Piersa. A fellow peermusic writer, Stacy is a child prodigy who has written R&B hits for the likes of Take Six, All 4 One, etc. She is about to embark upon her own recording career and I can't wait to hear it. I'm sure it'll be amazing! "It's Gonna Be Me" written with R&B producer, Robert Palmer- aka former member of Chaka Kahn's band, Rufus. We wrote this song for the Backstreet Boys or N SYNC. My sister says it's a HIT! We'll see... Believe it or not, I'm leaving alot out. It's been quite a year. As for performing, I haven't been. I'm sorry if I've disappointed anyone, but I really wanted a change and a chance to explore other interests. As you can imagine, the daily routine of touring did not allow me time to do anything else... just by virtue of proximity. My experiences here in LA have been just what the doctor ordered. I have learned so much about writing, producing, engineering, and film it's unbelievable. I have met incredible people and been a part of amazing things that I can't imagine having missed out on. I must say though, now, after a year, I'm ready to make my own record. So... I'll keep you posted as it starts to assemble. I really want to thank Martine and Chris for doing so much work and such a wonderful job on this site. The first time I looked at the setlist page I cried... figures... lol. It brought back a ton of memories for me. I hadn't read the interviews or anything. Anyway, I just want you know how much I appreciate it... and, all the messages. I read them on a bad day and they really cheered me up. I even got in touch with some childhood friends, how cool is that? Martine and I discussed adding sound and video soon. I'm totally into it... With love and gratitude Kristen
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