One of My Biggest Regrets is.......
I'll get to that, but first, I must tell you about my evening. Do you know who Regina Spektor is? If your answer is "no", you are truly missing out on something special. www.reginaspektor.com
I scored tickets to a private concert tonight featuring Regina Spektor, at an amazing venue called the Angel Orensanz Center For the Arts in New York City. Its an old Synagogue built in 1849, now a converted hall for concerts and events. This hall has possibly the coolest vibe of any place I've veer seen a concert. Maybe the ancient church in Prague that i saw a string section perform "might" have been cooler, but the string section was so out of tune that it killed any charm the venue lent. Conversely, Regina sings nearly pitch perfect and with such expressive charisma that you cannot help but be completely drawn in to every word, and this setting enhanced the vibe of the night. I took a picture of the venue with my camera phone, but i cannot figure out how the heck to get the picture out of my phone (how i make all my mixing gear work is a complete mystery). Anyway, here's a pic from the venue's website. Imagine it with chairs and Regina playing a grand piano.
Anyway, Regina has a new album coming out in 2 weeks, you should definitely check it out, as well as her other works. She's unique and captivating. I've known Regina, well kind of, since long before she was signed. A good friend of mine called me one day and said "Ken you have got to hear this girl" and i went to a show and was blown away. I spoke with her after that show for a long time and we talked about the possibility of having me produce a song for her and just see how it came out. She was up for it, I was up for it, but somehow it just never materialized. I cant remember the specifics, but i think it got postponed, then put off, and she had out of town shows and well, it never happened. I even had my baby grand piano completely overhauled so it would sound and play amazing when she got to my studio. She never played it, but if you listen to Kanye West's song "Family Business", thats the piano (or actually on my home page, the clip of Noah Levi, thats my piano too. Its beautiful and has its own charisma.) Anyway, next time i saw Regina, she was working with a couple other guys on parts of what would become her last album "Soviet Kitcsh".
I don't like to chase people to work with them. I treat my clients like gold, but i really dont chase people for work. I figure I'm very good at what i do, and there are other people that do what i do that are very good as well. I've never got a shortage of work, so if you want to work with someone else, my feelings arent going to get hurt. If you want to work with me, I'll work my ass off to make sure that the end result sounds amazing. HOWEVER.........
One of my biggest regrets of my entire career is that i did not pursue Regina Spektor more persistently and make sure we at least tried one song together. I think it would have been magic. It was just one of those things that never came together. I am very glad though that she went on to get signed and I will always be a big fan of her and her music. If i ever get asked in an interview "if you could work with any artist, who would it be?" the answer would be Regina Spektor.
-Ken Lewis
I scored tickets to a private concert tonight featuring Regina Spektor, at an amazing venue called the Angel Orensanz Center For the Arts in New York City. Its an old Synagogue built in 1849, now a converted hall for concerts and events. This hall has possibly the coolest vibe of any place I've veer seen a concert. Maybe the ancient church in Prague that i saw a string section perform "might" have been cooler, but the string section was so out of tune that it killed any charm the venue lent. Conversely, Regina sings nearly pitch perfect and with such expressive charisma that you cannot help but be completely drawn in to every word, and this setting enhanced the vibe of the night. I took a picture of the venue with my camera phone, but i cannot figure out how the heck to get the picture out of my phone (how i make all my mixing gear work is a complete mystery). Anyway, here's a pic from the venue's website. Imagine it with chairs and Regina playing a grand piano.
Anyway, Regina has a new album coming out in 2 weeks, you should definitely check it out, as well as her other works. She's unique and captivating. I've known Regina, well kind of, since long before she was signed. A good friend of mine called me one day and said "Ken you have got to hear this girl" and i went to a show and was blown away. I spoke with her after that show for a long time and we talked about the possibility of having me produce a song for her and just see how it came out. She was up for it, I was up for it, but somehow it just never materialized. I cant remember the specifics, but i think it got postponed, then put off, and she had out of town shows and well, it never happened. I even had my baby grand piano completely overhauled so it would sound and play amazing when she got to my studio. She never played it, but if you listen to Kanye West's song "Family Business", thats the piano (or actually on my home page, the clip of Noah Levi, thats my piano too. Its beautiful and has its own charisma.) Anyway, next time i saw Regina, she was working with a couple other guys on parts of what would become her last album "Soviet Kitcsh".
I don't like to chase people to work with them. I treat my clients like gold, but i really dont chase people for work. I figure I'm very good at what i do, and there are other people that do what i do that are very good as well. I've never got a shortage of work, so if you want to work with someone else, my feelings arent going to get hurt. If you want to work with me, I'll work my ass off to make sure that the end result sounds amazing. HOWEVER.........
One of my biggest regrets of my entire career is that i did not pursue Regina Spektor more persistently and make sure we at least tried one song together. I think it would have been magic. It was just one of those things that never came together. I am very glad though that she went on to get signed and I will always be a big fan of her and her music. If i ever get asked in an interview "if you could work with any artist, who would it be?" the answer would be Regina Spektor.
-Ken Lewis
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