It’s hard for me to believe that Hungry Lucy turns 10 years old this month (Nov. 2008). Although our cover of Depeche Mode’s “Blue Dress” kicked everything off earlier in 1998, November of that year marked the first time we put pen to paper and fingers to keyboard to create our first original song, “Bound in Blood“. I remember getting up one morning and finding that Christa had left the lyrics with a little description of the “sound” for me. It was like a little present. Using that description as “instructions” I began to form the music. And Hungry Lucy was born!
We’ve sure come a long way since those days. Working in our own little bubbles was the way we both dealt with the very personal work of songwriting back then. The shear distance we’ve come was reinforced this past weekend when Christa and I (close to giving up completely) threw away several of the songs we had for the next release. Although this seems rash, it was just the catharsis we needed. Within a few hours of this decision, we had sat down together and created what is my current favorite song, “Pulse of the Earth“. Gone are the attempts to emulate the artists we love and respect. Frankly, that was the problem with the songs we threw out. It can be tough to trust one’s own instincts when you’re creating something for which you know people are waiting. Casting all the expectation aside is what it takes, and where Hungry Lucy is headed (once more) as we go into our 11th year as a band. We’ve never been a normal band. We never will be… and that’s OK. We are nothing more than husband and wife, creating the little pieces of art of which we can be proud.
Coinciding with our 10 year anniversary, we recently took a trip down memory lane for the excellent “Music for Midnight” podcast. Austin Beeman (our gracious host) did an excellent job of producing something that provides a lovely audio scrapbook of our past 10 years.
Thank you Austin for shining a light on what we do!
In the absence of our podcast, “Tea with Hungry Lucy“, I’ll be writing more about the album’s progress in the next few days. For those of you that have emailed, TWHL will be back… just not yet! For all the people that have emailed and commented with your supportive patience, we thank you. Something special is brewing and we’ll share it with you all very soon!
The Teatime Sessions is a collection of 9 live recordings made during the Tea with Hungry Lucy podcast over the past year and a half. These are nicely mixed & mastered versions of the original recordings and sound much better than the low quality podcast MP3.
We’re going to try live streaming as we record Tea with Hungry Lucy tomorrow (Sunday, July 6) at 3:30 PM EST. If you can make it, join us here. Before and after the podcast we’ll be chatting with anyone that is interested.
Last week we chatted with Guy David for his Night Guy podcast. Episode 64 (Tea and Vegetables) featuring CB and me is now online. We talk about organic food, music freedom and how Christa shoots herself!
Just a quick note to let fellow podcasters know that you can now get EVERY Hungry Lucy song via the Podsafe Music Network (AKA Podshow/Mevio). We’ve always stated that we’re totally cool with podcasters playing ANY of our songs. After all, you’re helping to tell the world about us! Until now, though, there hasn’t been an easy way to actually acquire these tracks.
So, head on over to the Podsafe Music Network and grab our music for your podcast. We have 65 tracks up there to choose from. Everything from ambient/downtempo to dark-and-gothy to bumpy-bumpy club mixes. If you do play our music on your podcast, please let us know. Then we can tell the world about your fab podcast as well. It’ll also make us feel all special and tingley.
