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Tea with Hungry Lucy #124 (You Are the Carnivale)

February 7th, 2010

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This week brings the blathering duo to you, mudslides in hand, in a most excited fashion. Not only does CB talk, and talk…and TALK about the photography in the cd artwork, but Warren tells all on how to get the album, “Pulse of the Earth”, RIGHT NOW!!

The featured new track of the week, the first of ten, is “Balloon Girl”. Named in part for the memory of a dearly departed fan, (known as “The Carnival” on the HL Shoutout message board). This track exudes a rich, colorful, even playful, backdrop of darkly bright happiness. You can almost see the Not-So-Merry-Go-Round spinning, painted animals-a-plenty, with the Balloon Girl and all of her devoted companions at her side. She is never alone, nor will she ever be. The Balloon Girl is always with us. Always.

Until next week, when Hungry Lucy will bring you another story behind the song, enjoy the new album. Stay happy. Stay focused. Stay brave!

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Tea with Hungry Lucy #123 (Finger on the Pulse)

January 31st, 2010

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They’re back! After nearly a year and a half, Hungry Lucy return to the podcasting world with great news! Finally, Warren and Christa Belle announce the title of their new album, “Pulse of the Earth”, and discuss the writing/recording process. No previews yet, but it’s definitely worth one more week of waiting.

Amongst the writing and recording of the album, Christa Belle shares some fantastic news. CB has written her first novel, “Days with Indigo”, which will be released shortly behind the new HL album. Brilliant! Can you sense a combo-pack in the making?

It would seem that Warren and Christa Belle are no doubt back in business after a much needed quiet spell of creating and exploring the musical world. The new album is indeed a tribute to quietude, solace and what happens when you allow the music to speak to you, not the other way around. As the duo discovered, you can’t force a good song. You must be patient. Patience pays off…BIG TIME!

Until next week, prepare your ears and eyes for a fabulous treat! Can you feel the pulse?

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State of the album

November 15th, 2009

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Work on the next album (title TBA) continues, though at a far more glacial pace than desired. Truth is, I (War-N) am gone for 12-hour days during the week so the weekend is Hungry Lucy time. That said, we are making great progress and these songs are our strongest material to date. We are cutting no corners for this album. If it’s not 100% awesome, it’s no good.

As you may recall, we got to a point last year… or was it 2 years ago (blimey) where we had an album’s worth of songs, but only a few that we truly loved. So, we trashed them all and started again. It’s possible (though unlikely) that these songs will see the light of day sometime. But, if their not great… why bother, right?

So, what we have at the moment is ten bloody good songs. Nine of these are arranged, recorded and in the final mix stage. That’s the point where we get even more picky and nothing is quite good enough. It’s the point where every slight adjustment can produce a thousand permutations of the same thing. It’s the point we have to get over ourselves and recognize that it’s the song, the story that counts. Pick one permutation and commit to it. As any of you “perfectionists” out there can attest to, this is easier said than done. But, it shall be done. The tenth song is one that just came about one night as we tinkered. It came to be a beautiful combination of Tori Amos and Fever Ray and we loved it. It needs everything done to complete it… it shall be done.

So… timing? Not yet. How’s that for avoidance? But… we’re edging ever close… and you’ll be the first to know. Thanks for listening. Thanks for waiting.

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