Joanie’s Blog

Hi friends, fans and family!
I hope all of you had a happy and healthy new year! 2007 is off to a very busy start already…

1) BIG NEWS- JOANIE NEEDS YOUR HELP TO WIN!
Watch my very first music video for my song "You Are"!!!
Help make this debut a success by clicking on this link and giving me a 5 star ***** rating!

http://talentload.tv/video/104/
With
the best score, you can help me win the MUSIC & LYRICS song contest
brought to you by VH1 and the new movie starring Drew Barrymore and
Huge Grant. There are 14 voting days left till they pick a winner!

Also, not that I am condoning this, but if you clear your cookies you can vote favorably multiple times.
Please forward this on to your friends and ENJOY!

"You Are"- Music Video Credits

*Directed by Joanie Leeds, Robb Sapp and Harris Cohen
*Starring: Joanie Leeds & Robb Sapp (amazing actor and photographer)- http://dirtysugarphotography.com/

*Videographer & Edits: Harris Cohen (also my very talented webmaster and drummer)-http://wormofoblivion.blogspot.com/
*Lighting: Robb Sapp
*Big
thanks to Rachel Merritt for believing in me and telling me to "get to
work" last week when she heard about this opportunity!

2) THANKS
Thanks to all who came out to the Wallflower Gallery gig in Miami over November.
It was so much fun to play all my new songs for you and see the hometown faces.

Random fact: I have no idea what’s up with the weather here in NYC
today but it feels like Miami. 60’s in January? Al Gore help us!

3) CALLING ALL CITY KIDS
My new birthday party business "Joanie Leeds- Music for Kids" is going extremely well!!!
It was a busy fall and the winter is booking up fast.
If
you have kids or know anyone who does in the NYC area and need birthday
party entertainment… check out my kids website for party pictures,
videos, testimonials and even apparel! - http://www.citykidmusic.com
Last but not least a kids CD is on my list of to dos in 2007. You’ll be getting some more details soon!

Best,
Joanie

http://www.joanieleeds.com
http://www.myspace.com/joanieleeds
http://www.citykidmusic.com

http://talentload.tv/video/104/

Come on out this Saturday to my first band gig at the Living Room in two years. It is going to be an awesome time with a brand new song called "Because of Me" and Bad Girl sung in a way you have never heard it before. Check it out…

This Saturday!
June 17th @ 7:00 PM
The Living Room
154 Ludlow (Stanton/Rivington)
FREE!

with…
Ben Elkin- Guitar
Harris Cohen- Drums
Evan Jacob- Vocals
and Joanie on a surprise instument!

For all of you that will be around on Friday Aug 26th @ 8PM, I will be playing at the Bitter End with a new band. It’s going to be my first band gig in more than a year so please come out and support!
The Bitter End
www.bitterend.com
147 Bleecker St (btwn Thompson and LaGuardia)

Ok, I know that March is supposed to be "In like a Lion and out like a Lamb" but this is ridiculous! I am so sick of the snow and the cold. We were totally teased with this beautiful 50 degree Monday and then JUST KIDDING- here’s some more snow and we will drop the temp. 30 degrees in a half a day. Lovely. When is the Lamb supposed to take over the job? This winter is killing me~

OMG. Do NOT see “Be Cool”. If you were like, me, you were impressed my the excellent cast (could they get one more star power?) But do not be fooled. It’s nothing more than dropping references from ‘Get Shorty’ and making fun of itself being a sequel, along with horrendous cameos and terrible direction. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I was so much more impressed with the trailers for Amityville Horror and Sin City, both Dimension movies. While I only watched the dailies on Amityville (which they made so darn scary I must say), I actually helped cast Sin City. While it too is packed with mega stars by the dozen, it is actually an awesome movie Robert Rodriguez mirrors Frank Millers graphic novel so perfectly, comic book geeks from across the world will give it two thumbs up. While I am a bit bitter for being one of the many that got tossed in the can by Miramax this year, I stand by this movie. Go see it when it comes out!

Blogeydey Blog Blog

Its a cold, cold day in NYC and I am working at the friendly Gymboree. Basically I am getting paid to sing songs, speak in rhymes to 1 year olds and dance with clowns. This makes most little ones happy as hell, but it would terrify my friend Jen who is afraid of clowns. One would think that by the time you are in your late 20’s, being scared of clowns is something you grow out of, but alas, Jen and clowns don’t mix.

I have been working on writing some new tunes to play at some spring gigs with all of my free time lately and I have 2 new ones! Very exciting!!!

Not much to report on my new blog, so I will keep it short and sweet.

Hope all is well with everyone reading.

Always,

Joanie