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Friday, May 29, 2009

DJ Wendy Returns Tonight!!!

Girl Bros. Radio returns tonight with another guest appearance by DJ Wendy! The show begins at 9pm Pacific Time (12am Eastern).

To listen to the broadcast on your PC, click the following site: http://luxuriamusic.com/

To listen to the broadcast from your iPhone, purchase the ShoutCast iPhone APP!

Wendy always brings a good variety of great music to Girl Bros. Radio. There is also (normally) a cool chat run by Wendy's famous sidekick Lisa Coleman!

So, if you can make it, come to luxuriamusic.com at 9pm (Pacific) and enjoy the party!

ScoreKeeper Chats With Wendy & Lisa About HEROES, Ron Moore's VIRTUALITY, Prince, And More!! With Audio!!

In a terrific interview from aintitcool.com, Wendy & Lisa speak about how they became involved with heroes, what a typical weekly schedule is like, and their favorite movie scores. Below is the intro to the intervew followed by a link to the entire interview (which includes audio).
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ScoreKeeper Chats With Wendy & Lisa About HEROES, Ron Moore's VIRTUALITY, Prince, And More!! With Audio!!

Greetings! ScoreKeeper here peddling a two-for-the-price-of-one conversation with a pair of rising stars in the scoring community.

Composers Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have been exercising their superpowers for quite some time on both the large and small screen but with the success of their latest venture, HEROES (2006-2009), this dynamic musical duo find themselves in the best creative shape of their professional lives.

I had the pleasure of chatting with Wendy & Lisa about their work on this vaulted series and also dabbled a bit into earlier chapters of their lives. They’ve been in the business a long time and their tandem approach to scoring is truly one of the tightest and most enduring collaborative relationships in show business.

While you’re reading you’ll stumble upon several audio responses I’ve inserted into the text portion of the interview in order to enhance the experience. It was a pleasure talking with them. I hope you enjoy their time as much as I did.

…and don’t forget…
Save the cheerleader, save the world…

To read/hear the full interview, click here: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41227

(site last visited on May 29, 2009)

Monday, May 25, 2009

Wendy Melvoin: Director?

In a very funny short film, Producer Wendy Melvoin puts down her guitar, gets out the play-doh, and re-creates the cast of the Family 2.0!

The Family 2.0 has a brand new teriffic website where you can see more videos (including this one), hear exclusive music, and can contribute to the album!

Click the following link to be re-directed to The Family 2.0 website: http://thefamily2point0.ning.com/

To see Producer Wendy Melvoin in action, see the vidoe below!


Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Girl Bros Radio is BACK! Plus NEW Show!

DJ Wendy returns as the host of Girl Bros Radio on Friday, May 29th at 9pm Pacific Time (12am - Eastern) on Luxuria Music. Tune in for truly great and diverse music plus a cool chat (location of chat to be announced).

In addition, Luxuria will be having a brand new DJ on Friday, June 12th (9pm Pacific Time): DJ Shecky (I just made that name up - it's probably not the name she will go by :)! Lisa will be taking over the DJ booth and will be hosting her own show called MusicLAB. The show will be discussing the "life of a musician by exploring sounds, ideas and stories".

Please see the Official Wendy and Lisa Website for more information on the radio shows!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Wendy & Lisa Will Be Performing Live June 13th and June 27th!!!

Wend & Lisa will be performing live at Largo at The Coronet on June 13th and June 27th, 2009! Both performances will begin at 9pm and tickets are currently priced at $25.

For more information, please see the Wendy & Lisa Official Website and the Largo at The Coronet Website.

Additional information will be provided as available.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Wendy & Lisa continue the Revolution with "White Flags of Winter Chimneys" by Carl (We Heart Music)

For those who are unfamiliar with Wendy & Lisa, the duo of Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman are the most celebrated members to work with Prince as members of the Revolution; Wendy on rhythm guitar and vocals and Lisa on keyboards and vocals. They are widely acknowledged as having contributed substantially to Prince’s sound during his most creative and successful period: Purple Rain, Parade, and Around the World in a Day.

In 1986 when Prince disbanded the Revolution, childhood friends Wendy & Lisa went on to start their career as a recording duo. The next year they released their first album simply titled Wendy & Lisa, with the lead single “Waterfall” receiving some airplay. The album was moderately successful and it opened the doors for them to continue as recording artists.

To read more, please click here: http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2009/05/16/music-wendy-lisa-continue-revolution-white-flags-winter-chimneys.html

(site last visited May 17, 2009)

Monday, May 11, 2009

Exclusive! House Petrelli Wendy and Lisa interview, part 2

House Petrelli: What makes the themes for the different characters unique to them? Instrumentation, obviously, but are there certain keys or scales that you’ll use for certain characters?

Lisa: Yes.

HP: (laughs) Would you like to elaborate?

L: (laughs) Sorry, suddenly the finger pointed at me. There are different ways to establish those things. My favorite that I like to talk about in terms of that is, Hiro. Yatta! Because of his ability to move through space and time, the space/time continuum, and stop time, and it’s all pretty much about time and that sort of thing. We used a marimba for Hiro specifically and I’m sure you’re familiar with his “ticky-tocky ticky-tocky” kind of...

To read more, please click here: http://www.housepetrelli.com/default.asp?Display=90

(site last visited May 17, 2009)

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Housewife in Hollywood Wendy & Lisa Interview

Like many teens in the 80’s I was a loyal Prince & The Revolution fan. I drew the eyes, lips and side swept hair picture from the Purple Rain album artwork onto every book cover and Pee Chee folder I could find. My zip up hoodie vest was adorned with Prince & The Revolution pins. My bedroom walls were decorated with Prince crawling out of his bathtub and riding his purple motorcycle.

Not only was I infatuated with Prince and the sounds of his music I was intrigued by the two woman in the group, Wendy & Lisa. They added a female vibe and contributed their own musical talent to The Revolution.I was inspired by their style, confidence and attitude.

In 1986, Wendy & Lisa became a musical duo creating their own albums, a few being Fruit at the Bottom, Eroica & Girl Bros. They also started scoring music for film and television shows such as Heroes, Nurse Jackie, Soul Food and Dangerous Minds.

When I heard Wendy & Lisa had a new album out called White Flags of Winter Chimneys I wanted to learn more about them. Here is my interview with Wendy & Lisa:

To read more, please click here: http://housewifeinhollywood.com/wendy-lisa/

(site last visited May 17, 2009)

Friday, May 8, 2009

Review: The Heroes soundtrack proves that Heroes' true heroes are its composers

At least two seasons past due, here is a disk of soundtrack goodies from Heroes, composed by Wendy (Melvoin) and Lisa (Coleman). It's more a collection of character themes, for the most part, aside from the main theme and two tracks taken from important scenes (9, "Kirby Plaza," and 10, "Fire and Regeneration"). But let's not quibble. This is meaty stuff, and it repays multiple listenings, preferably on headphones, so you can tweeze out the production layering, which is very satisfying.

To read more, please click here: http://scifiwire.com/2009/05/review-heroes-soundtrack.php

(site last visited May 17, 2009)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Jody Watley Praises WFOWC on Twitter!

Recently, on Twitter, singer Jody Watley praised White Flags of Winter Chimneys as being 'beautiful' and mentioned liking the songs 'You and I' and 'Sweet Suite' in particular.