Wednesday 01 March 2006: Heidi and Sarah belt out some tunes for you in the shower!

Heidi says:
I have always dreamed a little bit of being a singer in a band. When I was 15, my friends (B, S and D) and me started a little band called 'de Halogeenverbindingen'. We all played something, B played upright bass and djembe, S played the clarinet and djembe, D played piano and djembe, and me, well, I played djembe... And we all sang. I had no musical training like the others, so the only thing I could do was hit that African drum. As I was sick of not being able to read notes, I decided to go to school. In the second year, I learned to play the flute. I only did that for one year, but I do remember taking that flute with me on stage. What was I thinking? Anyway, when I look back on those years, I had so much fun, it were actually some of the best years of my life thanks to B and S, but it was not what I would wanna do right now, if I'd ever decide to have a band again. I tried again, one year ago. There was a Gent band that plays 60's beat and garage and rock'n'roll that needed a singer. I jumped on it, sent an email to ask if I made a chance. They did invite me to one of their rehearsals and there I blew it. My voice was that of a little bird and the musicians' noise made it totally unhearable. They were nice about it, told me that I could always try again later, but I knew this was my last attempt to be a singer in a band. I could still try to sing folksongs but that's not my style. I wanted to be wild, ass-kicking, powerful on stage (like Sarah), but having and loving that style isn't enough to keep an audience interested... So i'll keep on listening to wild, ass-kicking, powerful music and imagine that I am the singer. A girl can have dreams... And if there is ever a Beth Ditto or a Karen O that wants to come out of me, you'll definitely hear about it!!!


Sarah says:
So Greyn is recording some singles as you may well know. For the last two nights I have been doing my vocals on three songs: Route 59; Loose Canon and Unarmed. We'll also record a song called Arnica in our drummers home studio soon -- live, so-to-speak. It's FUN! Recording I mean. But HARD! I love what Filip Tanghe our drummer and producer is doing with the songs. I wasn't convinced about two of the song but slowly but surely he's working some sound magic and I'm starting to be persuaded. Last night was particularly fun because I got to record some pretty "sexy" vocal parts. Loose Canon is about a woman who uses sex to build up her self-esteem and it doesn't really work. In one quite part I got to make a lot of noise -- bedroom noise let's say! I enjoyed that! Yelling out lines like: "it's harder than I thought" and "you push and you pull" and "I"m a good lay, I'm a really good lay"! Fun! Fun! Fun! That stuff will be great to perform! I love being another character. I love being able to pretend to be a woman scorned! A woman torn!
Unarmed is a bit less interesting right now but we are working on it. I have to figure out what that song is all about. Maybe that will help. And Route 59 -- well, Greyn is counting on that song to pay for their pool! (we can only dream:-).
Now back to singing in the shower with my pal Heiditje. TWO MORE DAYS TILL I GET MY HAIR CUT!!! Yippy! Hi snowbro! You'll be happy to know it snowed here in Belgium! Hey -- any chance you can draw me and Heidi as cartoon superheros? We like the photo below from your blog. You seem rather talented. HEIDI AND SARAH EACH LONG TO BE A SUPERHERO! CAN YOU HELP US?