Laura Lee (LL) Schultz, formerly of Vancouver's
New Years Resolution, has been quietly writing, playing, producing, and recording a new album under the name
Down The Lees. She's excited about the release of
The Guest Room in November, but there's one hitch: she hates performing live.
Sweaty palms, sound troubles, drunken fans throwing bottles - I'm sure many of us have had the pleasure of trying to play a live show in the face of overwhelming obstacles, and some have chosen to give it up entirely. Swedish Songstress
Victoria Bergsmann famously left
The Concretes to start her own solo project due to terrible stage fright, and is now happily churning out sounds under the name
Taken By Trees.
What's a studio musician to do when faced with a room full of fans, and no live show? Should she go the way of Vancouver's
Swank, who recently threw a karaoke CD release party in which fans sang along to the band's songs? Should she hire a doppelganger to play her set? Jump out of a cake holding a pile of CD's?
Unfortunately, these were the only ideas I could come up with, which is why Lauralee requested that we turn to you, Canada's music-savvy listeners, for ideas. Here's your chance to post your finest, craziest, most enjoyable ideas for a CD release that put the "rec" back in "recluse."
Post your ideas here on the blog, and Lauralee will put them into action in November, at a yet-to-be-determined date.To get you thinking, give a listen to "
Bullies of The Pool":
