AMY CLARKE LIVE SOLO @ THE BITTER END 8*10*09
performing her original piece TAPESTRY (c) 2009/2010 MAAT MUSIC
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AMY CLARKE crafts a eclectic blend of dramatic, orchestral rock/pop with compelling lyrics and depth. Skillfully blending her classical training with modern experimental and world influences, she is a dynamic stage presence whether commanding a grand piano or remixing electronic effects at her synth keyboard.
AFTER THE FALL EP available at Amy's website www.amyclarke.comiTunes iTunesCDBaby CDBabyAMAZONwww.amazon.com
MARY (her story) SINGLE ~ available from LIVE SHOWS, iTUNES, AMAZON & online retailers.
YouTube: WOLF ~ solo electroacoustic LIVE Nette Radio 3*13*09
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Soulful keyboard songstress & dynamic performing artist Amy Clarke continues to receive positive industry attention, media coverage, and domestic & international exposure.
From Ultraworld to Burning Man, from The White House to The Viper Room, Amy Clarke has performed at some of the prestigious & infamous rooms in the country. Born to two schoolteachers in Silver Spring, MD, Amy took cues from her self-taught classical pianist father and was playing keys by 3. She trained to be a concert pianist for ten years while singing in church choirs, and was composing her own music by 14.
After winning multiple vocal arts & music competitions, she chose an academic scholarship to Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service to broaden her knowledge of global affairs. Amy took every opportunity there to create and shape music at grand pianos in hauntingly beautiful acoustics of historic campus chapels. Graduating with a Lifetime Membership in the M&B Dramatic Society, she performed at The Studio Theatre & other professional stages in DC, singing her original music only at full moon gatherings, local clubs, and underground house parties. As numerous trendsetting local & international DJs, producers, tastemakers and record labels (Doug Singer of NYC's Sunday Best, Holmes Ives of Perceptual/Ova/Bedrock, & Aaron Hedges of District of Corruption-DC/Berlin) discovered her talents, Amy was encouraged to move to New York & wider audiences in order to further her artistic development.
After heading north, Amy Clarke emerged on the downtown underground music scene in 2004, opening as an experimental synth keyboardist & vocalist at a resident series of DJ parties in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She played extensively on the downtown circuit - from solo grand piano shows to electronic synth sets to a hybrid of both (Rose Live Music, Rockwood Music Hall, Bitter End, etc.) then independently produced and released her debut "After The Fall" EP in 2006 to rave reviews and notable acclaim. Amy's music has been featured on national, cable & internet TV; FM, Internet, & Sirius Satellite Radio; she has been interviewed on both TV and radio and played numerous high-profile gigs at top festivals and venues including SXSW, Burning Man, Burning Man Decompression, Playhouse Hollywood, The Viper Room, King King, The Red & The Black, The Bitter End & The House of Blues - Sunset Strip. SEE FULL PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS BELOW
Amy released the single "MARY (her story)", engineered by Sejo Navajas of the Vicious Licks & Kamikaze Red and co-produced with Steve Leavitt in Spring '09, received her 4th ASCAP Plus award in January 2010, and finishes her full-length A NEW WAY album project in Hollywood, CA, for a 2010 release, producing & recording both solo and in collaboration with select partners.
While primarily a solo artist, on occasion Amy enjoys experimenting live with guest musicians and occasionally produces music, mixed media, and arts events to benefit various environmental non-profits through her developing initiative GAIA GROVE (www.gaiagrove.org) which aims to benefit both local communities and the environment at large by helping heal the earth. Amy's label MAAT Music invokes an Egyptian goddess of truth, justice, divine order, balance, cosmic harmony, and healing, reflecting Amy's affinity for global culture, social/political activism, and modern day spirituality. Amy continues to compose, create, produce, perform, grow a sustainable base, plan eco-music tours, and make frequent trips into nature. Clarke has earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University (with a focus on Culture & Politics in International Affairs), and a certificate in Electronic Music Production from the SAE Institute of Technology. She is currently drawing in strategic alliances, grants, and sponsors for her international sustainable tour(s) in 2010 - 2012.
Clarke has performed her innovative, acoustic or electro-acoustic music (whether on a grand piano, upright piano, pipe organ, her synth keyboard or both) at: Pre-Grammy Drukpa Foundation Benefit w/POE, BEN LEE (Jan '10), Los Angeles Women In Music Night (May '10), Gaia Grove/House of Blues ~ Earth Day Show (4/10), LA Burning Man Decompression '08 & '09, The International Alchemy Conference 2009, Indiegrrl/HC Festival for Change ('09 & '07), SXSW Music (Mar'08) South Park Music Tour (Jun'08 Festival Performance) Indiegrrl!/HC Festival for Change (Aug '09, Sep'07) Burning Man 2008 - American Dream (Black Rock City, NV) & notable rooms from NYC to LA, DC to Denver, Austin & Nashville.
In New York City: Amy has performed at The Bitter End (repeat solo & band shows), Rockwood Music Hall (repeat solo shows), The Cutting Room, Pianos, CBGB's 313 Gallery, Marion's on the Bowery, Rose Live Music, Sidewalk Cafe, Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction, Caffe Vivaldi, The Triad, The Duplex, P.S. 122, M Shanghai Den, BAP (Bushwick Art Project '06), Hope Lounge, outdoor concerts, and benefits for Theatres Against War International, Planned Parenthood, The FCW Society, GoGirlsMusic, Habitat for Humanity International, The Tree of Life Grove, the Amazon Conservation Team & Conservation International.
In Washington, DC: Amy has performed from the downtown underground club scene of DC house parties, The Black Cat, and The Red & The Black to the All Souls Church & the National Ellipse of The White House. She has also performed at Studio Theatre, Georgetown University, Catholic University, & The National Theatre, numerous house concerts, and produced & headlined a benefit for Americans For A Department of Peace.
In Los Angeles, CA, Amy has performed at Playhouse Hollywood, King King, The Viper Room, The House of Blues (Sunset Strip), The Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, The Derby, The Den, The Bel Age, Tangier, Genghis Cohen, Club Lingerie, M Bar Hollywood, Crane's Hollywood Tavern, Home, Kulaks, The Talking Stick, Cafe Muse, Karma Coffeehouse & The Verity Room, as well as the the LA State Historical Park, Tree People's Coldwater Canyon Park, the Methodfest Film Festival, The Los Angeles & Anaheim Convention Centers, and in benefits for non-profits such as Tree People, Indiegrrl, Songsalive!, the Drukpa Foundation, GINA/SWT, Code Pink For Peace & The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation. In early 2010 she performed and arranged Help Heal Haiti Benefit Concerts in New York & Los Angeles, charted as high as Top Ten & finished in Top 40 Finals for the Lilith Fair DC talent Competition, played with Poe, Ben Lee, Astrella Celeste & Amrita Sen in a pre-Grammy benefit event in Hollywood, and surfaced at The House of Blues Sunset Strip, the DEN, & Playhouse Hollywood along with several private events.
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"beautiful, magical, original" Mary Ishimoto Morris, The Washington Post
"A gifted musician with a lovely voice" - The Eclectic Collection: A Celebration of Women in Music
"When I first heard Amy sing 'From Here', I knew that she had arrived! It's brilliantly crafted, with a tag and melody that haunt you.The story draws you in immediately, gets to the tagline effortlessly at the end of each chorus, yet means something new each time.Amy has come into her own, with vocal stylings and dynamics that hold back just enough to keep you hanging on every word. This song has a very appropriate title, because to me, it defines a new phase of Amy as an artist, starting right 'From Here'." - Lorraine Ferro, Multi-Platinum Winning Songwriter, Songwriters Hall of Fame, National Academy of Popular Music
"Magnificent singer/songwriter/keyboardist" - Peter Quinones, Editor, Alternative World Fanzine
"Accomplished, amazing, and really going places" - Larry Wines Host, Tied To The Tracks, Acoustic Americana
"A wicked piano player and fantastic songwriter" - Drew Brody, Songwriter/Producer, M-Lab"After the Fall is an album that only Amy Clarke could create.
every one of the tracks is a bona fide masterpiece. The singer-songwriter pays tribute to strong, independent women and the men and women who love them, reinforcing the need for love, equality, and tolerance for all. And while promoting these causes, she makes music that sounds really, really wondrous."
- Jed Ryan, PM Entertainment
"After the Fall is beautiful, haunting yet phenomenal songs.wow. Knocked me out with the lyrics, the arrangement, the production and the delivery. Awesome music from the heart and soul. I listened several times, over and over, because it was so powerful.I believe this is just the beginning of a beautiful, poignant and fruitful artist's journey"
- Toni Koch
"an extremely talented artist" - gilli moon, President, Songsalive!, Warrior Girl Music
"A dramatic piano enchantress.as a performer, she could start a revolution." OUTmusic
"full of dark, quirky and experimental sounds and complex lyrics"
- Pete Harris, Indie Sounds NY / Harris Radio
"simply beautiful" - GoGirlsMusic
"lyrically great" - Mark Hudson, Multi-Platinum Hit Songwriter/Producer(Aerosmith, Ringo Starr)
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