LEENI

Here are some upcoming show dates:

- This SUNDAY - June 4th - 9pm @ the Rainbow in the U. District.
722 NE 45th St. 98105
www.therainbowlive.com

- Next TUESDAY - June 6th - 9pm @ the Conor Byrne Pub in Ballard.
5140 Ballard Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107
Price? TBA

- JULY 1st 9pm @ the Mars Bar
WITH KATIE DAVIS AND JON AUER
$8
www.cafevenus.com


See you at the shows!!

xoxo,
Leeni

www.leeni.us

Click the link to read what the Stranger Music Blog has to say about Leeni!
http://www.thestranger.com/lineout/2006/05/leeni.php

Congratulations Leeni!

Listeners on American Idol Underground have rated your song among the top 50 tracks in the Pop genre during the previous week.

See your place on the charts by clicking here.

See you on the site,

The American Idol Underground Team

I am number 24 this week out of 50!!

Go to www.idolunderground.com and vote for Perfection Interrupted! Let's get me in the top ten! I'm only 14 places away!!!

: )

Check the calendar page of my website often for new shows.

Here's the most recent added shows:

FRIDAY, MARCH 31st (this friday)
8pm (free)
Trabant Chai Lounge.
45th between Brooklyn and University Way.
with Bright Red Paper


FRIDAY, April 7th
11pm (7 bucks)
Annex Theater Spin the Bottle cabaret
10th and Pine


Saturday, April 8th
9pm - free (+donation)
Live Girls! Theater, Ballard
2220 NW Market Street


Saturday, May 13th
11pm - price TBA
The Stay Up Late Show
CHAC - 12th and Pine


Sunday, May 28th
9pm - 5 bucks
Rendesvous Jewel Box.
2nd and Bell

Hope you can make it to one/a few/all of these!!

Sorry, folks. But somehow I missed the fact that I have a show TONIGHT at the Flying Lion Cafe!! 7551 35th Avenue SW Seattle, WA 98126 - www.flyinglioncafe.com

And don't forget tomorrow night at the Rainbow - 8:30 pm. www.therainbowlive.com

Hope some of you can make it!!!

:)

-Leeni

I just got a booking at the Rainbow in Wallingford this Sunday. Here's the lineup:

> > Leeni...8:30-9:00
> > Lisa Marshall...9:15-9:45
> > Older Master Cute: 10:00-10:45
> > Fastgirls 11:00-11:30

There's a $3.00 cover. 722 NE 45th St, Seattle, 98105. www.therainbowlive.com

Hope to see some of yous there! I am planning to play a song that's on my album that I have NEVER played live...

;)

Review of Leeni album Are We There Yet?

Simple yet sumptuous, Leeni's pop melodies flow across your skin like

aloe, seeping in and changing you in the subtlest of ways. Her voice,

soft and breathy, sighs lyrics that turn around and bite you when you

least expect it. By turns obsessive and morbid, yearning and hopeful,

sad and resigned, Leeni's words float on shimmering tunes with echoes

of everything from the Beatles to the Magnetic Fields, but all these

influences are distilled into something distinctly Leeni-esque. The

production of her cd is cheap and a little dirty, but that only makes

the songs more potent, the way a picture that's been crumpled then

smoothed out can stick in your memory far longer than a crisp, clean

image. This is the soundtrack for a movie that David Lynch has yet to

make.


It's always so cool to hear people's very personal experiences with my songs. I love hearing that I'm on people's iPods and they listen to me when they go for a walk - or that they wake up to me, or go to sleep to me...or drive to me. It's always really neat. I never thought even a tiny distribution of a homemade CD could really become a part of people's lives like that. It feels good and it makes me happy that I did it. Production value be damned! People still want to listen to it.

Dear friends,

You can't imagine how cool it is to look up from the stage and see this WALL of AWESOME people smiling back at you.

Warm fuzzies doesn't even begin to describe it.

Thank you all for being there. I had a great time. In fact, it was my best/favorite show thus far.

Those of you who were not there, here's a detailed set list:

Hello (on omnichord)
Raw footage for a montage (on omnichord) - New(ish) song
Magic Machine (on electric git)
Pretty Girl (on electric git)
Dream Away (on omnichord) - NEW DooWop song
Everlong (on electric git) - Foo Fighters Cover
Gorgeous (on electric git) - NEW song I wrote for Nenu
Unravel (omnichord) - Bjork cover
Over and Over (on ukelele)
Ballad of the Broken Hearted Girl (on ukelele)
Nothing in Between (electric git)
Inside Out (electric git)
Live Asleep (omnichord)

The audio situation made me happy because the sound board was close enough to the stage that I could use my headphones as a monitor. Not struggling to hear myself makes any show way more comfortable! My vocal effects box sounded very pretty as well. I was pleased with the set all around.

Let's hope TOST LOUNGE works that well. (March 14th, 9pm)

Reminder: come see Leeni tonight at the Hopvine at 10pm!

Details on my website: www.leeni.us

You'll hear lots of new material - and some older stuff made new.

Please be there and bring friends!

:)

ISC (International Songwriting Competition) announced their semi-finalists - and, sadly, I am not on the list.

Out of thousands that submitted, they could only choose 40 artists per category to move in this round.

I'm still happy I made it as far as I did - but it is a let down.

Oh well - the beat goes on.

I am back to actively booking shows again. So, hopefully soon there will be more dates on my calendar. I am totally sold out of CDs, so I'll be making new (prettier ones) for sale and recording new stuff in addition to that. I've got my work cut out for me!

NEXT SHOW: Feb 6th, Hopvine, 10pm. Details on www.leeni.us

Come to the Re-bar for the Ukelooza!!

Starts at 7:30 pm.

Here's the blurb from "The Stranger Suggests":

Ukelooza
(BENEFIT AND AUCTION) There is a nice little organization called Rain City Projects that helps Northwest playwrights with travel grants and publishing, but you don't care about that. You care about improvised text and performance by the Vis-à-Vis Society, comic theater by Troy Mink, jazzy tunes by Mamie Lavona and Her White Boy Band, the live auction, and more ukuleles than anyone cares to count. (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 233-9873. 7:30 pm, $10, 21+.)

Of course, I will be playing, too - but *le sigh* I'm not noteworthy enough to mention...

^...yet...

Go to my MySpace Profile and download my ukelele song Over and Over today!!!

I'm only going to keep it on there for a limited time - so do it now!

You can hear me perform this song at Ukelooza on Monday, Jan 23rd at the ReBar :)

Details on my website www.leeni.us

Thanks to all who showed up last minute to Conor Byrne last night! I'm sorry for those that missed the set - but it's always good to see your faces :)

Here's what you missed:

SET LIST
Guitar:
Magic Machine
Pretty Girl
Inside Out (sung to Jesus)
Everlong (Foo Fighters cover)
Ukelele:
Motion Picture Soundtrack (Radiohead cover)
Over and Over

Short set but it went well, allthough there were some sound issues. Namely that I couldn't hear 3/4s of my set myself. But...whatchugonnado?

The place was packed thanks to you all and the Kate Noson fan club! That girl knows so many people!!

It was indeed a good time.

My next gig is MONDAY, the 23rd at the RE-BAR for Ukelooza. I'll be playing 1-2 songs on ukelele. Please come! It'll be cool!

Following that, I have a gig on Feb 6th at the Hopvine on 15th in Capitol Hill. Should be swingin'.

I am all out of CDs at this time. There are still some available at CDbaby.com and it's always available for download on iTunes. It may be a while before I make more - cause I want to make them pretty this time :) -- but in the meantime, keep up with my MySpace profile. I'll be putting rotating free downloads of new songs on there soon! Right now, you can download Perfection Interrupted for free! Next, I'll be posting my ukelele original "Over and Over"....so you can hear it over and over...for free :)

Stay smooth, everyone. And remember, Leeni loves you.

I received FOUR emails today from the ISC.

EACH of them told me that my songs have now advanced to the THIRD round of judging.

But, unbeknownest to me, I have FOUR songs that have been selected: Death's Little Brother, Ballad of the Broken Hearted Girl, Nothing in Between and Into the Sea!!

For some reason, I didn't get the email about the last two songs advancing to the second round - but they're all in the third.

So, this is NOT the semi-finals. The third round is the LAST round before the semi-finals.

I should know in a few days if I made it to semi-finals/finals.

Double-cross your fingers!!!

REMINDER:
CONOR BYRNE PUB TONIGHT!!! 5140 Ballard Ave. NW - 9pmish.
:)
I'll be playing my ukelele tonight - don't miss it!

Poor Katie Davis has the chicken pox! What?

So, she has to duck out of her slot at the Conor Byrne Pub tomorrow night and she's offered it me!

Tomorrow night: Conor Byrne Pub in Ballard (on Ballard Ave.)
Be there.
Here's the lineup:

Kate Noson 9-9:40
Leeni 9:40-10:20
Jerin Falkner 10:20-11

Also --- UKELOOZA NEXT MONDAY, the 23rd at the REBAR!! 7:30pm start time.

Bellingham was a fun time! Amy Bleu was great and the Bay Street Coffee House was a very nice (and very LARGE) venue. And, now, I only have 5 CDs left! Time to make some more...

Dear Leeni,

We are pleased to inform you that the songs "Death's Little Brother", and "Ballad of the Broken Hearted Girl" which were entered into the Rock category, have advanced onto the second round
of judging for the 2005 International Songwriting Competition.

We received almost 15,000 entries this year and want to congratulate you on this achievement.

The 2005 finalists will be announced by the end of January, 2006, and winners will be announced in March, 2006.

Best wishes for a healthy and successful New Year.

Regards,
ISC
International Songwriting Competition

stronggay, you were credited with co-authorship of Ballad, just so you know! We could be winners! ...Just for one day....

NEXT SHOW:
Sat. Jan 14th, 9pm
Bay Street Coffee House
Bellingham, WA

www.leeni.us for more details.

...and some taken away...

Sorry to disappoint, but I had to cancel my appearance at Hotwire on Friday night. I have two other shows that conflict.

BUT!

Check out my CALENDAR often and you'll see more upcoming dates.

Next Show:

DEC. 20th, 10pm
CHAC Lower Level
XTREME THEATER CHALLENGE
Leeni is the musical guest

Thanks to all who showed up to my gig at The Press Room last week in New Hampshire! Dan and Chris rocked the house also, I might add!

Hello to all ---

I can't believe I'm seeing snow in Seattle! It's so pretty :)

This Saturday night I'm playing The Stay Up Late Show. It's at 10 pm at the CHAC Lower Level!

For details visit their website: www.stayuplateshow.com

Hope to see you all there!!

Next week, I'm in Portsmouth, NH at The Press Room on Dec. 8th - opening for Dan Blakeslee. Details on my website: www.leeni.us

:)

I made two very exciting eBay purchases this week:

1.) a Theramin!!! - I've been wanting one FOREVER and this one is in the shape of a lighted disco ball!!

2.) a Korg electribe drum machine:
-- and it was a steal. Bought it from a guy in Bellingham who doesn't charge shipping. He said it would be in my sweet hands by Monday. I tested one of these babies out at Guitar Center once. It's bad ass and professional quality.

:)