Mary Carmel Project
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I met Bobby...at an audition...he was the guitarist filling in...they wanted me to sing some 80's Pat Benatar(Promises in the Dark).....I sang it , he played it....As Bobby once said...the rest is magic,..... History.................he was playin with another band and was getting tired of the 80's mold for songwriting...so I threw some blues and jazz his way, and he responded ....the chemistry we had when writing was the magic...We just finished each other's musical sentences..nothing was ever really discussed.....We were a duet....and then when we decided to lay some stuff down in the studio, we called Bob Catalano(Voyager,Moving Pictures)...at his studio in Seabrook NH(he was an old bandmate of Bobby's and they recorded well together, he did the Bass tracks for us, and some keys....Jeff Bishop(Moving Pictures, Destroyer)Laid down Drum Tracks in the beginning .......Bobby played all guitars,,,,,,I played piano, some keys, and sang lead and all backups......The Mary Carmel Project came to an abrupt stop in 2006, for Bobby was sick and passed on............someday I would love to finish the other songs we had lined up.....some drum tracks are there and a few scratches of acoustic from Bobby...................
Thank you to all who contributed, we had alot of laughs (and some fighting), ...but I will consider all of you family forever..................especially Mike Hughes ..he held that audition for a singer...Thanks Mikey
Love Always, Mary Carmel................Golden Slumbers Bobby.... Kitten XOBand/artist history
Not much...we layered everything ourselves with the help of Bob and his Pro tools.......Have you performed in front of an audience?We did a couple unplugged at the fundraiser for the Group recording..every moment was special...with Bobby!!!!! you just had to know him....one of the greatest natural talents in the world...and modest about it...he NEVER really knew the depth of what he brought to the table.....and my God he was funny...to say the least..we goofed alot together.
Your musical influences
For me it was Beatles, Stones, Johnny Cash(my brother Louie and my Uncles were into it)....I sang in Choirs all my life....my Mom took me to musicals...Dad was into Jazz and Opera..which is why I went to Berklee to study, I was a self taught pianist for a long time, til dad brought me into Boston to study....Then 80's...Pat Benatar...Pretenders, Bobby was influenced by alot of the 80's guys, the classic superbands, and anything new that came along..he had his own sound though.(He loved Barbra Streisand)...go figure!!!
We both did!!!!!and Cher..he loved Madonna and the Dance acts.What equipment do you use?
Whatever sound we needed...Bob Catalano had us equipped at the studio(Bob Cat recording Studio..NH)...Bobby played his Ibanez usually....I remember him playing through the Marshall..in Ammunition, playing his Takamine 12 string oneverything else he did near the end.(believe it or not...that is where he found the riff for Ammunition..we were playing Acoustic.LOL)......and a Martin 6 string
I have no idea what mic I used til this day..I just remember Bob running in and changing my mic during a session..he said..I sounded much better when I worked harder, and my piano on" You've Dressed me up in Black" was the Yamaha P80 that I had from home.I wanted to retake the piano track..I had not thought it out...but never got around to it. I had hen scratches and chord changes on a piece of steno paper..the day I did piano....oops!Anything else?
Thanks for listening..................Thanks again to Mike Hughes, Bob Catalano, & Jeff Bishop,
Special thanks to John Gonsalve,III , my friend Don Sanni for his constant Advice, Patience, and Ability to listen to my rambling .........................
Love Mary & Bobby......(Good night......Love Kitten. XO...........Golden Slumbers til we meet again.........)Alls I Have to say Is MEWOWWWW !! This is a classic top notch rocking Statement of Music . & Needs to be heARD THROUGH THE AIR WAVES..>>A STAR IS BORN !now this is something i would like to hear on the radio ! words cant describe your incredible voice and talents! hope to hear this on my way to work one day :)wow! what a beautiful voice ! so peaceful , someone need to sign this women ! seriously. dont give up !Great music...Love it.All comments (11)
WOW...A very talented artist....loved it!