SHOWTIME!!!!!

So yesterday I played guitar in a glam rock show for an artist named Kenyon Phillips. His shows are always over the top with the costumes, makeup, and guest performers, but this show, was by far the craziest! for hair, I had crimped teased giant 80's hair and dark cat eye makeup with bright lips! The costume was a black blingy corset top with blingy rhinestones and a ballerina tutu with high heels! So basically, I was a punk rock glam ballerina guitar shredder! :) I absolutely loved being dressed over the top and rocking out with my poofy hair on stage!! Even though it's not my show, I still get my fair share of guitar solos which I absolutely LOVE and so did the audience! The back up singer in the show was Cheryl Freeman who is PHENOMENAL and played The Acid Queen in Tommy on Broadway!! My manager knew her first and I had met her through him before she was reffered to sing with Kenyon. It was so much fun actually performing with her! While Kenyon had a costume change, we did an improvised number with her full out singing and me shredding along! It was simply amazing and I actually danced a little...or at least attempted to! (Cheryl Freeman is the only person so far who makes me willingly want to dance haha)

My awesome punk glam show look!

Oh..I'm just shredding

The makeup station!

Pre Show love with Kenyon

Cheryl Freeman and I, I LOVE HER!!! 

Speaking of attempted dancing in public, I start dance classes next week! Although most people only consider me a musician, I know I'm a performer. I like to sing, shred, act, and mainly, PUT ON A SHOW! I figure some dance moves can only help me create an epic stage show! I was a competitive gymnast before I discovered music so I can do backflips and any other sort of twisty flippy craziness but dancing has NEVER been a strong point for me! So lets just say...These next few weeks will be...interesting to say the least!!! But like I did for music, I'll work until I get it ;)

XOX Ariel