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A Little Sketchy
By Joy Lynn Clark July 8, 2024 During the period after college graduation and in between contracts, I decided to apply to school for production. I was eventually accepted but in the meantime I was back up north looking for an apartment. At night I was still doing promo when I was introduced to a really cool lady with locks at my favorite reggae spot. It was a little hole in the wall with cheap drinks. She and I took to each other quickly. I handed her a CD and some promo stuff. The very next week I am taking my usual stroll near the beach. On the other hand,…
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Things
By Joy Lynn Clark 06/17/2024 I wrote this song sixteen years ago as I was watching the tale of the “infamous” Burr Oak Cemetary scandal https://daisyfriday.net/burr-oak-on-the-colored-side/ unfold on the local Chicago news. I still had not known that I had ancestors buried there but I was asking around. As I heard the story, my mind drifted off about vampires, zombies, and grave robbers. Things is part of a larger work that I was going to make a, “rock opera”. I never managed to finish it but, there are a few more tunes. I also arranged the original duet to a solo. I never got my settlement. Below is a palatable,…
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Burn Out
By Joy Lynn Clark June 15, 2024 Before I became a mother and back home with my little one, I was experiencing, “burn out“. All of the club nights, parties, and shows had me exhausted. I would record in the morning and sleep a few hours if I’m lucky. I would always catch a nap in the car or on the way to events and during any wait in any waiting room. My schedule consisted of recording early in the morning, shopping for the evening’s outfit and/or, “store drop“, which was visiting different retailers with promotional items. Next dinner, change clothes, runway show, club gig till the morning and, then…
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Digitizing Records
By Joy Lynn Clark 05/24/2024 While in between contracts mom introduces me to one of her friends in radio. He asked me all about my education and I mention all of my skillsets; especially audio. Her friend hires me to make cd copies of his vinyl. I take on the task and hook up mom’s old record player to my computer. The second I start ripping the first album, it becomes clear that I am going to have to mix and master this too. Her friend hadn’t offered me that much money. On top of that he brought me like, 10 records. I really wanted to impress this guy but…
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Echo
By Joy Lynn Clark 04/30/2024 What a glorious day for accessibility! Echo is completely acted out in sign language and subtitled. What for the mouth talkers like myself, I loved it! I never minded the reading, and the emotions of the actors can be seen and felt.
