with this blog…
hi. welcome. my name is holly palmer. i am a singer, songwriter and actor. i have been on a very rich, equally arduous and delicious trip in the music industry for a number of years. i have been signed three times and made 4 albums. i’ve sung with david bowie, billy preston, dr. dre, gnarls barkley, michael buble and many other fantastic musicians. i am in the middle of a new
project with my creative partner allee willis. it is a
collaboration between she and i and our respective alter-egos, bubbles & cheesecake. you can find out more about that here.
i have been a working musician for much of my life. my first record came out on reprise records in 1996. you can find it here . i toured quite a bit on that album and frequently these days i get emails and myspace messages that say, “where did you go? i saw you open for paula cole in florida and bought your album, and then i lost track of you.” or “hey, i heard you singing with david bowie and then you disappeared! what happened?”
i feel always a little pang when someone asks me that. it’s so nice to get an appreciative flow from someone about my music, and then that question of, “what happened to you?” which comes next makes me feel a little sick like, “fuck! what did happen?”
so, instead of staying in my head about it for one more minute, this morning i woke up and decided to start to communicate about it, with whomever out there is interested.
there’s not a quick answer to the question. there’s no one thing that happened. i suppose if i’m really honest, i have to say that i’m kind of stubborn and like most people, don’t like to be wrong or make mistakes. these three attributes combined can make for a certain type of creative and administrative paralysis. in addition to that i was a willing participant in the old school music industry that has been less than kind to artists. but above all, since i am responsible for what happens to me, to even say that something “happened to me” is a wrong road to start down.
so, in this blog, i think i will air out some history, enough to dispel some mystery but not so much to get dug back into the past.
in this blog, i would like to create my future.
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the new site looks amazing!
and this blog holds no punches!
yr a genius!
Comment by Joe — November 14, 2007 comment link
You are a musical melting of so many things…it’s impossible to know where the art ends and the soul begins.
I had a great time tonight at your AWESOME video screening! You were-slash-are amazing.
Comment by Jorjeana — November 15, 2007 comment link
Love the new site and blog Holly. Your biggest UK fan….Lee.
Comment by Lee B — November 15, 2007 comment link
Holly, I love the photo from the 100 Club show. I was there! What a special time, just a few days before the birth of my daughter! Do you have any more pics from that show?
Comment by Lee B — November 15, 2007 comment link
Very nice. Been following you since your first video made in to the Best Buy in-store demo, where I worked at the time. Love the bluesy feel and love the site.
Comment by Masakatsu — November 17, 2007 comment link
Recently got “Songs for Tuesday” from eMusic. It’s wonderful – thank you very much. I love the diversity in the music – from your voice to the arrangement of the instruments. Perhaps in future blog posts you could answer some/all of the following: “do you write all the lyrics if so where do you get inspiration for the lyrics from”, “when you got ‘paralysed’ as you put it, what happened to get you movnig again”.
Comment by Mandala Reopens — November 18, 2007 comment link
Been listening to the I Confess album today. I particularly enjoyed If You Believe…..radio woulda loved that song had it been a single. I also played You Help Me on repeat for a while. I love the whole “I got 2 sides of fighting in me” idea and can relate!
Comment by Lee B — November 18, 2007 comment link
Holly,
You are the greatest musician. More people need to hear about you. I’m spreading the word about you online and offline. I love this new site you made for yourself. Talk to me.
Elaine
Comment by Elaine from Chicago — November 19, 2007 comment link
elaine! hello lady. i loved that you put that salmon recipe up on myspace! your support is so appreciated!!
Comment by Holly — November 20, 2007 comment link
Hello Ms P.,
welcome to the new blog.
All the best & bye for now
Yannick, the GeneralEclectic (maybe I drop that moniker soon, who knows?
Comment by GeneralEclectic — November 28, 2007 comment link
Hi Holly-
LIFE has a way of “doing” those things…and it seems to me for reasons unknown–til we’re in a spot to see–wherever that vantage may be.
Like how is it I live in Arkansas? Try figuring that one out.
I love this new site, your collaboration work w/b&c, your honesty, your courage, your music.
It’s been a long time, but strange enough I found a handwritten letter from you in an old file from ‘95 or ‘96? It sparked a search…and here you are and I am.
The past is gone, for good. And I really, really hope your future holds the best yet…and I’ll throw that same wish in there for myself too…
lots of love,
Meg
Comment by Meg — November 29, 2007 comment link