My Life At The Piano
I spend about as much time at the side of James Lent's many pianos these days as I do behind my computer and THAT is just a little hug from Jesus, let me tell you. This seat rye-cheer behind the laptop has been my most frequent place of residence for way too long and as I've mentioned before, I'm looking forward to getting away from that. First it was just a couple of rehearsals a week for my Friday night performances at The Other Side, but when we decided to combine forces for Porn Star Games at here Lounge in West Hollywood (every Wednesday from 8 pm - 10:30 pm starting this coming week!), we needed to build up a bigger library of songs and added rehearsals for the second event. Plus, James hosts a similar show called James Games at The Other Side on Tuesdays at 9:30 pm where I am also now frequently performing to promote Porn Star Games. It also serves as a good rehearsal for Friday nights because there's less of a crowd and it's easy to try new material.
It's seriously gotten to a point where someone can request a song and if we both know it well, we can just turn it out on the spot without rehearsal. It was someone's birthday the other night and they asked for "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." All I had to do was tell James, "Tori did this once on MTV's Unplugged. Slow it down, make it dark because no one can be Judy," and he freaking played it right down to his solo bridge exactly like it was in my head without him even having ever heard it that way. Bra-zill-iant. This is what you can do when you're a doctor of music. Literally. He has a PhD in music. I didn't even know you could get that.
So here's some of the songs I've been working on that you may have missed -- or if you've attended and wondered, "What the fuck song was that he just rocked out?" or even "What the fuck song was that he just ruined?" here's what we've done since we last spoke:
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
When You're Good To Momma
How Lucky Can You Get?
I Love A Piano
Excuse Me Mr.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
The Grass Is Always Greener (Duet w/ James Lent)
Friday, August 10th, 2007
SET ONE
When You're Good To Momma
Arthur In The Afternoon
How Lucky Can You Get?
Cry Me A River
SET TWO (w/ sax)
Sweet Transvestite
Jailhouse Rock
SET THREE
The Grass Is Always Greener (Duet w/ James Lent)
Horses
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Hello Bluebird
Arthur In The Afternoon
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
Cry Me A River
The Grass Is Always Greener (Duet w/ James Lent)
Crucify
Tomorrow night, James will be appearing with me for a special live performance on The Jason Sechrest Show from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm (PT) to promote Porn Star Games. And after that, of course, we'll be at The Other Side in Silverlake from 9:00 pm - 1:00 am for anyone in the Los Angeles area.
POST SCRIPT: I totally forgot the point of this blog in the first place was to mention, my two worlds are starting to collide and it is a little strange. One of Angel Benton's recent blogs goes into detail on his experience coming to see me perform at The Other Side that is actually a very positive review, but there's a voice post right above it from another night he came to see me there where he rips Tod Macofski a new asshole. Tod is another singer at the bar who actually starred in the original L.A. production of Naked Boys Singing! Angel doesn't want to see him naked anytime soon. Maybe not even singing. ... Meanwhile, it's weird seeing pics of James Lent pop up on Brandon Baker's blog now that he's attending porn events regularly and I think Andy Kirra will also be talking about his "unique" take on an evening at The Other Side in the near future, should he ever rise from the dead to update his blog with something substantial. One thing's for sure, my friends sure do support and promote me. Even when it's not their cup of tea. ;-)
posted by Jason Sechrest at 11:30 PM
6 Comments:
OMG! That was an awesome show today with James.
Finally got to hear your songs where I could understand all the lyrics. The sound system at TOS is so awful, and my little digital camera doesn't pick up sound very good either. So when the videos are played back, not too good a quality.
But on your show, it was terrific. Loved it. Also it was great that you included the female porn star in your last number. Wonderful!
Anxious to see the live shows on Wednesday and Thursday next week.
Take care. Have a great weekend.
Paul (PSfromPS)
P.S. Does your show replay later? I heard your interview with Chi Chi Larue the other day, and know it was a replay but don't remember what day it was. Since then, I have joined and was able to WATCH today's show. :)
Jason,
Just a quick note to let you know how much I liked your first Musical
show! It was fun to see you as a real performer. Loved your songs!
Your pianist/singer is a real find, too. He has great stage presence,
and he certainly is talented to the max. Not bad to look at, either!
:-)
Maybe you and he should... Hmmm... you know.
The big off-the-cuff Finale you did with Kim was hysterical, too.
Nice work! Excellent show, overall.
I wish I was on the opposite coast so I could see your upcoming
weekly live performances. Maybe a National Tour is next?
Bob
Dear Jason,
It was wonderful hanging with you at THE OTHER SIDE. I wanted to thank you for your talent and sharing it with all of us. I LOVE Watching you perform. This is your calling and I am glad that you found it. Keep having FUN!!! xg
PSfromPS - The show usually replays throughout the weekend. I hope you were able to catch it. If not, it will probably end up in the archives here at some point in the next few months. SO glad you're coming to the new shows at here and MJ's on Wed and Thurs too. See you there! ;-) xo L, J.
Bob - Wasn't the Kim finale hysterical? We weren't planning that at all and we decided we have to make it a part of Porn Star Games now. lol I wish you could be here for it but maybe sometime in the near future. I'm sure I will have James on the show again soon though. And yeh, xo L, J.
G - You work in entertainment so that you would see me and say it's "my calling" when you've seen me do so much for so many years really means a lot to me and makes me think very hard about the future I could actually build for myself in this line of work. Furthermore, I soared on Friday night namely because you were sitting with me so if you don't mind I'm going to bug the hell out of you and ask that any Friday you have free, you please please please come with me until I really get my legs under me. Your advice really helped me to be the best that I have been yet and you managed to help get me to a place where I was just having fun with it and not seeing it as work or feeling any level of competition whatsoever. It really, really, really meant a lot to me. Thanks for being there. xo L, J.
Jason,
You are always doing something interesting, first a talk show and now singing!
If you ever decide to do book reviews, let me know. I have a couple of new books out and they are about (OMG!) sex. No surprise there.
Keep up the good work.
Forgot to mention I enjoyed the "singing episode". When I com to L.A. I definitely wonna come see you and Jason do one of your shows. Well done.
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