Last
night I was told three things.
1) I
should go on a diet (Yes I could do with getting fit but diets do. not. work. and I'm not too bothered about my size).
2) I
was the most beautiful woman in the room (By the legend that is Lady Miss Kier herself).
3) That I should go mainstream. (Wah?!)
Now
while I'm not adverse to crossing over (on my own terms of course) the
likeliness of this happening is utterly minuscule. Can you imagine....”And coming up
next on This Morning, Tranny with a Fanny, Holestar shares her tips
on boil washing nappies and making shortbread”.
But
where would I be placed if I wanted to pursue mainstream success
especially as I've chosen not to specialise in just one thing?
Pop
star....It's highly unlikely I'll ever be a mainstream pop star; I'm
over 30, plus sized, rather outspoken and lets face it, a bit odd.
Realistically,
there’s no place for me in the current market. Blandness reigns
supreme and pop producers have raped the recent history of dance
music and churn out sound-a-like drivel with the same pumping beat
and lyrics such as 'get on the floor, put your drinks up, drink, get
sexy, yeah we living it big time' ad nauseum...
So you
know what, I'm going to keep on making music DIY style, perform as
and when because I love it, rather than wanting to be a bland pop
princess.
DJing...
After my early rave education, delved into house before that turned
to tacky trance. Learnt about pop, bootlegs, disco and electro which
informs what I play out now.
I was recently accused of taking DJing seriously...well yes I do. Even if I'm “just playing pop”, I still want to entertain and create as much as a storm on the dance floor as if I were performing or playing any other genre (though my ideal set would be a bit like 2 Many DJs in their early years, quality music across genres. Essentially, fun).
I was recently accused of taking DJing seriously...well yes I do. Even if I'm “just playing pop”, I still want to entertain and create as much as a storm on the dance floor as if I were performing or playing any other genre (though my ideal set would be a bit like 2 Many DJs in their early years, quality music across genres. Essentially, fun).
I bloody love music. As long
as people keep booking me and dancing to my musical concoctions, then
I'm more than happy to continue.
Entertainer.....
It seems incredibly tough to break the cabaret circuit as a woman
unless you're doing burlesque (yawn..) or a sultry singing chanteuse
and I'm neither. I gave
up performance art some time ago, some of the work I did was
terrible. I'm creating and sculpting every time time I drag up
anyway.
At the moment, I'm currently in the midst of putting new work together that could be considered cabaret but is quite simply performance.
My early
performances were live bootlegs/mashups (long before they started
doing them on TV talent shows) so taking that concept and paraphrasing The Residents concept for their Commercial Album (that
the best of a pop song can be summed up within a minute), I'm creating pieces of storytelling, by compiling themed megamixes made up of various pop songs. I'll be
singing cuts of different songs with a smattering of spoken and hopefully doing
something a little different to standing still and singing full songs.
So as
for going mainstream, pah. Nothing I do could be placed in the current Cowell culture and I'm not inspired to adapt or chase it. I know my place, way
down in the lower regions of entertainment. The best I could ever
hope for is some kind of minor queer cult status, travel a bit more and continue to do what I love.
The
première of my new work will be at the Applecart Festival and a few
other gigs I've on the horizon (all listed on my website), festival season looking juicy too.
See you in a tent, club or on the dancefloor.
x
