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Berklee Developing Your Artistry: Final Portfolio

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Electronic Press Kit

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My dad likes to tell a story about a trip we took to the grocery store when I was maybe four or five. We were singing along with the radio as we often did, when I started harmonizing with the lead vocalist, which was new for me.

Parents all want to believe that their kids are geniuses and my dad was astonished, but the way I remember it, my harmony wasn’t anything special. I just instinctively knew that the note I was already singing would sound good over the next phrase of music and held the pitch.

It’s a simple old trick to create a yummy, attention-grabbing harmony – my brain just happened to find it early. From that point forward, my voice became a tool of exploration, allowing me to dive instinctively between layers of melody and harmony. It was absolute creative bliss.

I haven’t always done that early promise justice. I used to take myself too seriously and suppressed my own inclinations so that others would think me worthy of respect within the norms of our broken society. I spent a lot of my youth running from the roving restless force inside of me that demands to be expressed. Now, I’m making up for lost time.

I’ve never had the single-minded discipline to focus on just one arena of creation, so my career is littered with hyphenates: Activist-artist. Actor-singer-songwriter. Inventor-composer-culture critic. I’ve been arrested inside of the United States Senate for protesting with a guitar in my hand and performed in sports arenas and on Equity stages. I have software patents and awards for filmmaking. I literally cannot pick a lane.

What I can do is tell anyone who will listen, in as many different ways as I can, that the way things are is not the way they have to be. In my view, our entire species is an improbable emergent consciousness and art is the means by which we engender the empathy necessary for that consciousness to be born.

That’s why my work focuses on themes of social justice and solidarity across the dividing lines of race, gender, and class. That’s why I will always feel more comfortable performing at a protest than in a music venue. That is why I do what I do.

When I am remembered, I hope it is because I presented my perspective and deepest truths in a way that people found moving enough to impel them to do something about the dangerous and deplorable situation in which we find ourselves interpersonally, politically, and economically.

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To: Tara Arroyave, COO, Margam Fine Art

Dear Ms. Arroyave,

My name is Tae Phoenix. I’m a student at Berklee College of Music and a longtime fan of Sir Anthony’s work, both as an actor and as a musician.

I recently noticed that the live recordings of his album “Composer” are no longer available on streaming services. I’m sure this was an oversight on the part of whoever is handling digital distribution of his music. I would be more than happy to help you iron that out if that would be of use to you and your team.

I’d also welcome the opportunity to learn more about what Sir Anthony has in the works musically and find out if there might be other ways my skills might be useful to you. I’m attaching my resume and an example of my creative work.

Many thanks for your attention! I hope to hear from you soon.

Best,
Tae Phoenix

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Press Release

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PRESS RELEASE

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Seattle-based singer activist arrested for using music as a form of protest in the Senate’s Russell Rotunda

               Tae Phoenix arrested after performing a song to encourage senators to stand up to President Trump

January 16, 2020 |Washington, DC — Seattle-based activist singer-songwriter Tae Phoenix was arrested by Capitol police yesterday after performing Sara Bareilles’ song “Brave” in the Senate’s Russell Rotunda. Singing or engaging in any form of political demonstration in the Rotunda is illegal. Phoenix joins a long line of musicians and activists who have used singing as a form of protest, including faith leaders who in 2017 gathered at the Russell Senate Office Building to advocate for a Clean Dream Act.

Phoenix is part of a group of “Swarm the Senate” activists who are calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office on the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress contained in the two articles of impeachment, which were delivered to the U.S. Senate yesterday by the newly-appointed impeachment managers.

“I am here to call on Republican Senators to live up to their oath to do impartial justice and uphold the Constitution,” said Phoenix. “I chose to sing ‘Brave’ because it’s going to take bravery for Republicans to stand up to Trump, but they must because he is a menace to everybody now living and all the generations to come. We have urgent issues that need to be front and center: the climate emergency, poverty, systemic racism and sexism, and chaos on the world stage. We do not have time to waste on his cruelty and corruption; to say nothing of the atmosphere of bad faith he chronically engenders. Trump must go.”

The impeachment trial is headed into its second phase this week and next, as Senators are sworn in as jurors and hear arguments from Trump’s legal team and House impeachment managers. For Trump to be removed from office, at least 22 Republicans will need to break with him and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In that eventuality, Vice President Mike Pence would become President.

“As an artist, I have experienced firsthand the power of music to move people in unexpected ways. I chose to put myself at risk today with this action because I am certain that many Republican Senators have substantive reservations about this President, perhaps even enough to remove him from office. I thought that even the possibility that the votes could be out there called for a protest that might inspire them to come forward and be brave,” said Phoenix.

Video: https://twitter.com/myraslotnick/status/1217514378762821634?s=21

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ABOUT SWARM THE SENATE
Swarm the Senate was initiated by a loose and diverse network of grassroots organizers from many movements, including Women’s March, Indivisible, Rise and Resist, March for Truth, and By The People. They hold that President Trump’s crimes against the Constitution, our democracy, our humanity, and our future make him utterly unfit to serve as President. They are committed to a nonviolent convergence in solidarity for liberation of all people and with honor and respect for the indigenous peoples whose land we walk upon.

ABOUT TAE PHOENIX
Tae Phoenix is a Seattle-based activist-musician. She has performed at the Village Theatre, The Paramount, Safeco Field, and Key Arena and has toured nationally and internationally. Tae participated in the protests against Brett Kavanaugh in Washington, DC. She was arrested (along with hundreds of other activists from around the country) for singing “Somebody’s Hurting My Sisters” outside of Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) office, in front of the Supreme Court, and in the lobby of the Hart Senate Office Building. She is active within a wide range of organizations including Indivisible, Poor People’s Campaign, Never Again Action, and Women’s March.

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About “The Girls You’ll Be”

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Artist Statement:

“The Girls You’ll Be” is a five-song EP about big dreams, late diagnosed autism, and all the ways the world tried and failed to crush my spirit. I’m trying to really capture what this period of my life feels like, both personally and politically, and give it the feel of timelessness.

I’m looking forward to working with my community to make this project a reality on Kickstarter.

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I know you feel like you’re on the wrong planet

And you keep looking for the crash site where you landed

Taught to see weakness in your greatest strengths

So shut all those lies out if you can and listen to me

Don’t worry baby, there will come a time

Don’t worry  worry baby, you’ll be alright

 

I know you’re angry, you’ve every right to be

I know you’re sensitive, excruciatingly

No one will save you, but girl you can save save yourself

So go on and do it, forget about everybody else

 

CHORUS

 

Just when you think the ground you’re standing on is solid it changes

That’s what happens when we write a song with G-d and she never stops arranging

 

CHORUS

 

I’ve counted our blessings, I’ve been all the girls you’ll be

I’ve witnessed the broken parts you didn’t wanna see

I’ve seen your dreams dear, I’ve walked down their halls and stairs

I am the doorway you didn’t know was there

 

Don’t worry baby, there will come a time

Do not worry baby, you’ll  be alright

Oh listen to me when I say we’ll be alright

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Teachers used to take us to the operas and the ballets and the shows that came through town

I’d be bouncing in my seat, flapping hands, feet wiggling, tears rolling down.

Every nerve in my body screaming, “please let me do that! I can be that good!”

Kids are so predictable, hate the atypical. Grown ups say what they think they should:

 

Dreams don’t make you very much money

They can be a nice hobby. But you’ll be disappointed honey

You’re such a little oddball, and the world wants cool

They already think you’re crazy. Don’t play the fool.

 

  I sensed the danger, picked a sensible major. Stopped flapping my hands

Kept climbing up the ladder but no rung was ever high enough to save me from drowning

I wouldn’t go to shows, couldn’t sing with the radio through the knot in my throat.

Dancing with the lights off every night, exhausted by the nine to five, still feeling every note.

 

Dreams don’t make you very much money

They can be a nice hobby. But you’ll be disappointed honey

You’re such a little oddball, and the world wants cool

They already think you’re crazy. Don’t play the fool.

 

Am I too late now? Did I throw away my shot?

Was I ever good enough to make a mark?

How many dreamers got lost trying to fit in and make a living? 

 

Dreams don’t make you very much money

They can be a nice hobby. But you’ll be disappointed honey

You’re such a little oddball, and the world wants cool

They already think you’re crazy. Don’t play the fool.

 

Teachers used to take us to the operas and the ballets and the shows that came through town

I’d be bouncing in my seat, flapping hands, feet wiggling, tears rolling down.

Every nerve in my body screaming, I can be that good!”

 

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 I wanna be a free woman.                                            

I wanna live with free people cuz it’s my privilege and my pride to be my sister’s keeper.

I wanna be a free woman.

 

There’s plenty tried to hold me down

Who know I’m not easy to drown.

Cuz I’m the truth and holy rage. 

The wild voice they can’t contain.

And I refuse to show proper deference.

To the artful deal or the best defense of complicity.

I wanna be.

 

Been breathing lies all my life.

Now I’m gonna make it right

I criticize, I terrify.

I’m crucified or burned alive

Or they laugh at my impertinence

That a girl like me could take such offense

When my body is the least that they deserve

I’ve got some nerve.

 

I wanna be a free woman.

I wanna live with free people cuz it’s my privilege and my pride to be my sister’s keeper.

I wanna be a free woman.

I wanna be a free woman.

 

I am done with deals with the devil.

I’m ready for the glory

Cuz the people my blood keep telling stories.

 

I wanna be a free woman.                                   

I wanna live with free people cuz it’s my privilege and my pride to be my sister’s keeper.

I wanna be a free woman.

I wanna be a free woman.

My sister’s keeper       Free woman

My sister’s keeper       Free woman

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These days I feel like I’ve swallowed a stone

And it’s stuck down somewhere in the the middle of my throat

There’s so much love and yet I feel so alone

Always on the edge of running away from home

 

And all I dream about are big waves

A mile tall and half an ocean away 

But crashing towards me  at such a pace

It always startles me awake

 

It’s all I dream about these days

Days of sorrow and unspent rage

I’m rushing in and I’m running away

That’s what I’m up to these days

    

I’ve been staring at this screen too long

My eyes are blurry and my mind’s just gone

But if I look away I’ll lose everyone

All these little pictures one by one

 

They’re all I have these days

Of muted sorrow and unspent rage

I’m rushing in and I’m running away

That’s what I’m up to these days

I wanna run like a river and burn every bridge so no one can cross me after I’m gone gone (x4)

 

These days

Days of sorrow and unspent rage

I’m rushing in and I’m running away

That’s what I’m up to these days

Days of sorrow and unspent rage

I’m rushing in and I’m running away

That’s what I’m up to these days

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I used to think I was better than you, I’m ashamed to say

I walked my shiny shoes past your face every day

I sleep in a bed and I drink clean water

I am rich man’s daughter

 

After school you got a job on Aurora Way

Seems dignified enough to me, girl you had bills to pay

By the time I had my degree, you had a toddler

There’s doctors for sale to a rich man’s daughter

 

It should have been plain to me

Everyone works, but some people have to work for free

I wasn’t meant to see you led to the slaughter

They shield the eyes of a rich man’s daughter

 

But even when my back was turned, I could hear you crying

And I didn’t understand the truth, but I knew they were lying

When they said, “don’t worry honey, all boats rise with the water.”

Comforting lies for a rich man’s daughter

 

And now I don’t know what to say, I don’t know what to say to you.

There’s nothing I can say, but there’s plenty I can do.

To honor you, my sister from another father.

And make a world with no more rich men’s daughters

Let’s make a world with no more rich men’s daughters

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Some nice things people have said:

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Credit: Danielle Barnum

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“Whether bringing life to other people’s words or her own, Tae Phoenix is a natural-born storyteller with the polish of an accomplished actress and the authentic edge of a seasoned blues musician.” – Seattle Weekly

“Tae Phoenix’s beautiful voice and moral clarity pack quite a punch.” – Alyssa Milano, actor and activist

“Supremely talented, eloquent and sassy.” –  Brooklands Radio London

“Damn this is great great stuff. Tae has a beautiful voice and stage presence.” – Nadamucho.com

“Without a doubt, Tae Phoenix will be the one that future artists look to when starting their music careers” – Guerilla Candy

“Tae Phoenix’s Lilli Vanessi was sympathetic and dimensional, and she has impressive vocal range.” – Broadway World

“Tae Phoenix perfectly captures the mixture of confidence and self-consciousness the modern public have come to expect in the wildly famous. Her character, Melanie Wheeler, is exactly how you’ve always dreamed your favorite singer would be in person, tough but compassionate, deeply proud of their art and even more deeply touched that you love it so much. Additionally, her powerful voice swept me up until I felt like I was at a bona fide concert.” – Drama in the Hood

“In a wounded world filled with betrayal and hate, Tae Phoenix lifts the spirit and inspires us to make the difference we know we can be.” – Washington State Senator Lisa Wellman

“Whether on a street march for immigrant rights, or a grassroots rally to tax Amazon and other big businesses to fund affordable housing, Tae Phoenix brings vital culture into today’s leading struggles. Tae’s passion and fighting spirit, combined with her extraordinary singing, poignant lyrics, and vivid story-telling, elevate organizing events and protests from the mere ordinary to the extraordinary.” – Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant

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Creative Work

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Music Videos
We Shall Not Be Moved (2018)

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Brave (2020)

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Play the Fool Lyric Video (2021)

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Audio
(selected tracks from two decades worth of recordings)

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