#10 - Updates, Surprises and Photoshoots

First of all, I would like to apologize for not posting for the past 3 days. I have just been so busy and still quite sick. I was feeling very nauseous today and it might be a bug going around, or probably not enough sleep due to so many things happening with my music career. And I am so happy to share it with you all! For the past few days, a lot of great things has happened. Yesterday, I went to a Hebrew School with my manager, Hal Eisenberg, and Gabriella Neglia (one of the directors of Shortstack Modeling Agency). Hal was doing a stress management program with these 13-17 year old teens. And he apparently had a surprise for them, which I found out, was me talking to them and performing two of my songs. I talked with the kids about my experience with bullying and how I managed to take myself out of that situation. I told them that I went to music when I was troubled and whenever I felt a deep emotion, I had the inspiration to write about it. They were nice and attentive. There were about 4 of them that I can remember clearly because they stood out a lot and asked questions and interacted with me. I love reaching out to my fans and supporters and would love them to feel as comfortable as me when I talk to them.

I sang my two songs, "BELIEVE" and "BURY ME". We're planning on getting to the studio to record these two songs and to create a professional music video to it. I mentioned to the class how I would like some of them to be a part of a scene in my music video for "BELIEVE", and they were ecstatic! I handed out my business cards and told them to contact me and that we would be holding casting calls. It was really nice to talk to these kids and perform for them. They kept mentioning how they would vote for me if I was on X-FACTOR and that they would tell their friends that they met someone famous. It was very flattering. OH! And how could I forget?!

So, my manager had a big surprise for me then and the kids in the room were the first to see it. Can you guess what the surprise was? :)

MY OWN PERSONAL WEBSITE!!!

I was so happy! I couldn't express myself! And I wasn't even able to see my website til I got home much later. Before I forget, here's my website:

http://www.marydesireemusic.com

GO CHECK IT OUT AND SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Obviously, it's still on the works. But, I'm so grateful for my manager and his team for doing this for me. It was an absolutely amazing surprise :)

Alright, so enough about me for a moment. I want to talk to you guys about a person I will be working with tomorrow. His name is Kasheem Daniels. He is a professional photographer and an amazing audio engineer whose long resume includes working with 1228 Lounge Recordings, Rock Ur Heart Out, Windows of Opportunity, Inc. and Atlantic Records. Tomorrow, he will be doing a photoshoot for me and I am soooo excited! And nervous too! You guys have no idea how shy I am. Ahhhh! Haha...I'm typing with excitedness there. Anyways, this is going to be my first official photoshoot. Can you believe it? :)

Here is a place where you can find some of his site online:

http://www.kasheemdaniels.me/

There are other people I will be working with soon. Two I can mention from the top of my head, are Jason Waters and Jason Lapin (both different and amazing guitarists and songwriters).

I will be doing a duet with Jason Waters and posting a video up on my YOUTUBE once it's done, as well as singing a Christmas classic with him.

There are so many great things happening and I'm just overall grateful for the sudden, but wonderful changes in my life. Oh! I will also be going back to my old high school (like I usually do every year), to perform and talk with the vocal training classes. My old choral teacher has always supported me in my music and welcomes me to share my experiences and my music with his vocal training classes to show them that you can still do music after high school. And I intend on inspiring some of them when I go there on Wednesday. Well, that's it for now. i'll keep you guys updated on what's going to happen tomorrow!!! I hope you're as excited as I am!

Much love,

MD

#9 - I NEED To Get My Sleep Schedule Back To Normal

Yay! It's my 7th day post! Just so you all know, my favorite number is 7. And I think what I'm going to do, is that every 7th post, I will post lyrics to my originals and videos and links to it. This is just the start. I'll figure out something better as we go on. And my goodness, I really need to get my sleep schedule back to normal. I have been sleeping all day and going to bed around 3 am. I don't know why, but I feel more lively at night. But, I MUST GET IT BACK TO NORMAL! Haha. It's hard, but I must try!

Anyways, today, I'm having another band rehearsal and I always look forward to these nights. I really enjoy playing music with these dudes and I feel really comfortable around them. They're like my brothers and that's how bands should feel like; a family. Anyways, right now, we're working on material to play for our first show, whenever that will be. But I assure you guys that we're going to sound amazing one our first show :) So, stay tuned! And also, I think we're going to be discussing what our band name would be tonight! :)

Okay. I wrote my original, "THE WAY I AM", two years ago in my bathroom at around 3 am. Yeah...most of my stuff was written in the bathroom at times as early as that. I don't know why, but I would get a sudden inspirational wave in my mind at that time, and it just so happens I've written a song a few minutes later. I'll write in another post soon of how I get my songwriting done. But for now, here are the links and videos to my song, as well as the lyrics. Everything is copyrighted, just for your information. So, if you would like to cover my song, please ask me for permission first, just so you won't get into trouble if anything :) Here you go, guys. Enjoy!

THE WAY I AM

Lyrics and music by: Mary Desiree Full band (members): Darius Nazario & David DiTrapani (Trombone and Trumpet), Hiro Yamao (Guitar), Derrick Rice Jr. (Bass) and David Guevara (Drums).
Studio Recording: New Royalty Records (Nick Gardino)Music Video: Mighty Mayo Films (Ling Mai)


Verse One:
How does it feel to be me?
How do I deal with these things?
You ought to know it ain't easy, baby
But I know, I'm sure, definitely

Chorus:
Everywhere I go
People wanna know
Where I'm going and who I'm with
And if I'm sleeping with him
But, no, no, no
Darling no
I'm all by myself
So, don't go talking 'bout this nonsense
And live your life
Coz your chance with me is now
Shot to hell

Verse Two:
Maybe I need to be rude
Maybe I need to be cruel
Coz I hate being walked on
Like some kind of fool

Verse Three:
Maybe I should be a bitch
Coz I'm done with your shit
Maybe I'm through with all the things you do
And I just need to be free
Oh

Chorus 2:

Everywhere I go
People wanna know
Where I'm going and who I'm with
And if I'm sleeping with him
But, no, no, no
Darling no
I'm all by myself
So don't go talking 'bout this nonsense
And live your life
Instead of talking 'bout the way
The way I am

Bridge:
Does it make you wanna cringe?
The way I am
Like I'm some kind of an itch
The way I am
I don't think I can resist
The way I am
You don't wanna meet this bitch
The way I am

Repeat Chorus 2


Studio recording audio by NEW ROYALTY RECORDS (NICK GARDINO) &
Music video by MIGHTY MAYO FILMS (LING MAI)

Full band performance at TAMMANY HALL NYC

#8 - Styling My Hair Differently and Cutting My Bangs

I was bored and decided to just cut my bangs and style my hair differently tonight. I really like it actually. Here's a pic for you all to see what my boredom does haha.

#7 - Picture from The Marine Corps Ball, As Promised

I'm so sorry to not have updated the day right after the ball. The reason was merely the fact that I was absolutely tired from enjoying myself that night. I must say, since I didn't get to go to my prom in high school, this ball made up for it. And the best part is, I get to go to the ball more than once. Since it's annual, I get to go every year, and I don't even have to think about missing my high school prom, because I'm reliving it in some way. Anyways, the ball was absolutely amazing and I had so much fun! The food was scrumptious and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves on the dance floor. Everybody was dressed so spiffy and I was quite admiring some of the ladies' dresses! But anywho, here are some pics for you all to see.