We’re doing this in steps right now because we’re trying to make a little cash so we can get to the next level because we are distributing it ourselves in a little room with our little postage machines and our little weighing machines and our packaging and this-and-that. Wendy: It will get regular distribution later, yeah. Yours is unique in that you are selling it from your website first and then moving to other electronic distribution channels– is it going to get regular distribution as well? Me: A lot of bands are looking into a self-distribution model. They are kindred spirits with me in a lot of respects, their tastes in music are as varied as mine and their passion for their work is infectious as I found myself re-energized to focus on this blog! They had me on speakerphone and it was a lot of fun talking to them. They were very cool to talk to– funny and excited to talk about their new work. I had an opportunity to talk to Wendy & Lisa during a short break in their busy schedules last week to talk about their new album, the promise of an upcoming tour, and their unique distribution model. It may prove that the long gap between releases is enough for the pair to be judged upon their own merits as artists and musicians rather than continuing in the shadow of their work with Prince. In the ten-plus years since their last album, the pair have stayed together focusing on studio work, songwriting, production and some significant soundtrack scoring for shows like HBO’s “Carnivale,” Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” and NBC’s “Heroes.” At the end of 2008, Wendy & Lisa self-released White Flags of Winter Chimneys which seems to be a new declaration of purpose with a vision towards the next phase of their partnership.
While the four albums released through 1998 had been received well critically, none of the albums really took off for them– quite a bit of it due to label switching that was outside their control and it was this experience that formed their approach to their new album. After Prince dissolved The Revolution Wendy & Lisa stuck together and continued to work through the 90’s on their career as a songwriting duo. It’s my opinion as well as others that it was Wendy & Lisa who were a strong (and necessary) compliment to Prince and that relationship fostered the creative energy of the three that spawned music that was more than the three could have achieved individually. You can read the rest of Badu’s startling conversation with Vulture here.Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman– collectively known as Wendy & Lisa are probably best known as the creative songwriting force in Prince’s 80’s backing band The Revolution. “ You can’t roll a joint on the cover of a digital download,” she explained. In the interview, the singer - who said she is “ gathering ideas” for possible new material after an eight-year break from her last album - also addressed the change in how millennials consume music. But if he’s sick, why would I be angry with him?”īadu, 46, also acknowledged that she knows she doesn’t have “ the most popular opinion sometimes.”
“ Because I love Bill Cosby, and I love what he’s done for the world. “ Even what you just asked me, I would have to really think about it and know the facts in each of those situations before I made a judgment,” she responded. “I love what Bill Cosby has done for the world” I guess it’s just the Pisces in me.” Dallas-born singer Erykah Badu says Hitler’s “terrible childhood” might be the only reason he became a monster.Įlsewhere in the wide-ranging interview, Erykah Badu was asked what she thought about the #MeToo movement, after a string of allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent men in the entertainment industry, including Harvey Weinstein, Roman Polanski, Louis C.K., and Bill Cosby. “ That means that when I’m looking at my daughter, Mars. I could imagine her being in someone else’s home and being treated so poorly, and what that could spawn,” she explained. Hitler was a wonderful painter,” Badu continued, before going on to add: “ Okay, he was a terrible painter.
It was the latter comment that drew surprise both on social media and from Marchese himself, who asked in the interview, “ Come again?”
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