Vlog #21: A Little Backstory... Bibis Part 2

hey guys! Sorry this came pretty late today. Hilarie has been throwing me off by these early-morning posts! On week days, I'm not home until about 3 p.m (Eastern time)... So whenever there is an early post I will usually post it around then..

but anyways, check out the kick ass interview!

[Hilarie and Bibis are sitting on a couch]

Hilarie Burton: Hey, what’s up guys? Hilarie, hanging out here with Bibis. We introduced you to her a couple days ago. We went and hung out with you in a bar. This is way more calm. That’s a rowdy place that you play at.

Bibis: It is.

HB: You play at a lot of rowdy places all over town, right?

B: All the time. Five or six nights a week.

HB: Yeah, see but you look so innocent right now. I was joking that we’re dressed as good and evil.

B: You have no idea.

HB: [making a face] Which one’s evil? So, you played a song for us, one of your original songs, and I was introduced to you through the boys in He Is Legend.

B: Yup, that’s right. They’re good friends of mine.

HB: They’re very good friends of mine, too, you know. They were some of the first people I met when I moved to Wilmington, and they were a part of the reason you moved down here, right? I mean, you were doing a lot of stuff with them. You’re on their record.

B: I am, I am. Their new record, I sang on. I was living in Chapel Hill at the time, and they asked me to be a part of their record, and I came down here, and I just sort of, met other people who would be good contacts, and I got a job. And it was a great job. So I moved!

HB: Yeah, dude, I remember them talking about you before you ever came down here. They were like “Bibis, Bibis” and I was like, “Bibi – what? Bibi- who? I don’t…” It’s Bibis. Where did you parents get that name?

B: My mom is an artist, and my dad is a musician.

HB: Oh, perfect!

B: And that is the only story that I’ve got.

HB: Were they hippies?

B: Yeah.

HB: Yeah? So you were saying your dad, obviously, is a musician, you told us that last time that we talked. Who were some of the people that you grew up with, like, listening to in the car? Or who is somebody that really shaped your sound?

B: Oh, goodness. You know, it was always really funny in school because I never knew any of the popular artists that were being played on the radio because I had…

HB: Dude, I hadn’t either! I was so square. MC Hammer? What’s that? [laughs]

B: No, I only learned about MC Hammer two years ago. [laughs] I grew up with a lot of Eric Clapton and a lot of the Allman Brothers, and a lot of just, really classic rock’n’roll, a lot of southern rock, honestly. And a lot of classic R&B, too. I mean, you know, Otis Redding put me to bed every night.

HB: Oh, right? I used to drive around with my dad in the middle of Virginia, going to play practice, and just listening to Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, and to hear these stories, and feel like a mean old man, that’s why I’ m evil now. So, yeah, you have the song that we posted for everybody, called “Foxes,” right?

B: Yeah.

HB: And then, I remember the first time I saw you play your own stuff… I had seen you play cover stuff… It was at Soapbox, and I just happened to be there. [to camera] Soapbox is a half laundry-mat, half venue in Wilmington here. And you were up on this little stage, singing all by yourself, and I’m like, “Why the hell didn’t I know about this? This is awesome!” You know? So, ever since then we had been talking about putting you in the studio, but, we’re really doing it now, you guys! We’re picking out – what do you want to do? – like five or six songs? Something like that?

B: As many as you want to let me.

HB: We’ll just keep going!

B: We’ll just keep going!

HB: So we’re going to put her in the studio. We’ve got some really great sound facilities here in Wilmington. We are going to get some professional recordings of these amazing original songs. You’re also doing the music for Pedestrian, a cover song that will remain nameless… So, you’re doing music for the film, you’re going to be recording some of your own stuff, and then we’re going to put it out there for you guys! And I promise you, you’re gonna love it. Look at the girl. She’s perfect!

B: I hope you love it!

HB: She’s perfect! So, keep an eye out, and she’s going to keep hanging out with Nick, Kelly, and I, and we’ll keep you updated, and maybe we’ll trick her into singing for you some more here and there. So, until then, see you guys later!

B: Bye!

HB: Bye! 

Vlog #20: BIBIS

okay, first of all, let me just point out that this is VLOG TWENTY!!!! that's crazy. I hope the SGP team knows how grateful we are for everything they do...

speaking of being down-on-our-knees grateful, SGP has entered an OUT OF THIS WORLD artist into our lives. I know she has worked her way onto repeat in my world, now let her change yours.

here is BIBIS:

[Just Bibis and her guitar on screen]

Bibis: Hey Southern Gothic fans! This is Bibis singing. I am going to play you a song I wrote, and it’s called “Foxes.” [begins song]

 

Oh, you will ride your foxes

And swim with armies

You said you’d build us a tower where we could

stretch our legs and be free

 

Oh, you have built this tower

Made of lies and misery

You scraped the skin from my bones

Tied knots in my veins

you have built this hole of me

 

Oh, you will ride your foxes

You say you’d save me

You swore you’d love, love me

 

Oh, I could swim these waters that have poured out of me

I almost threw out my arms and swore you were the calvary

But every mask, every day

Through porcelain I see

This fairy's tale is fading

But I’m a little bit brighter

Than you knew me to be

My spine unwinds, you see

 

Yeah, this vision is fading

And these walls don’t sing

And I wonder if you ever think of me

Oh, I wonder if you ever think of me

(and a big thank you to Niamh and Vero for helping me check the lyrics :) )

and also, for all you spanish speakers, go visit http://sgpstreetteamespanol.blogspot.com/ for SGP tutorials in espanol!! =]

Vlog #19: SoGoPro Muse at the Market Street Saloon...

for those who haven't heard this AMAZING singer yet... visit her myspace and be ready to have your world rocked ;)

[Bibis, Hilarie, and Nick on screen]

Hilarie Burton: Hi guys! It’s Hilarie, hanging out here with Nick, obviously, and we’ll introduce her in a second. Obviously you have heard us talk about muses quite a bit. I call Nick my muse all the time. We actually have a local muse that inspires us on a regular basis.

Nicholas Gray: Every Tuesday!

HB: Please allow me to introduce you to the one and only Bibis.

Bibis: [waves] Hey guys!

HB: This girl is the best singer we have ever heard. We joke that we do all our business in bars. We go out and we meet people…

NG: It’s no joke.

HB: I mean, it’s no joke. We really do!

NG: We just spent the last two hours here doing meetings.

B: We’re in a bar right now.

NG: Yeah.

HB: We are in a bar right now. We are in Market Street Saloon. She plays here on Sundays.

B: I just got done playing.

HB: She just got done, and, you know, you play cover songs for town, but you have a repertoire of original stuff that’s unbelievable.

B: Aw.

HB: And I want to announce to everybody right now that Southern Gothic is taking Bibis under their wing. We’re putting her in the studio, and we are gonna record her stuff and put it out there for you guys. She’s unbelievable and we’re actually… we’re going to come by your house tomorrow and record some original stuff, and we’re gonna put it up later for you. But what it is about Wilmington that makes you want to be here and create? Why did you pick here to live?

B: You know, my dad, who also played music, is from here…

HB: Okay.

B: He played music for a really long time and I moved down here because I got a job singing for a living. I’ve always done anything but singing.

HB: Weren’t you teaching, like, preschool?

B: Yeah. I was teaching preschool at Chapel Hill, which was wonderful…

HB: [laughs] Preschool… singing in a bar… whatever.

B: I went from one extreme to the other so… But I got a job singing cover songs down here and it just inspired me to do some of my own stuff more often, you know, and the beach is here, and I love it, and, you know, creatively, I’m really inspired here.

HB: Awesome. Well, you know, Nick and I go to see her if not once, twice a week, and I feel like we do most of our creative stuff while we’re sitting in a bar, watching Bibis.

B: Is that true?

NG: Well, Bibis is my American Idol.

[Hilarie and Bibis laugh]

B: Oh, dear!

NG: It’s not funny. It’s like… it’s real.

HB: It’s so true!

B: I love this guy.

NG: She recorded a cover song that is very close to my heart, I’m not going to say anything more than that but…

HB: We’ll put it out there for you guys.

NG: Eventually, yes.

HB: So, this is your warning, Bibis is about to invade your world. So get ready, folks!

B: Invite me over!

HB: Invite her over! She’s a good time! Until then, we’ll see you later! Bye!

B: Bye! 

Vlog #18: Inspired by...

I dare you to not laugh out loud at this.

They are plain awesome...

[“Young People’s Speaker” book shown on screen. Hilarie and Nick are talking from off screen throughout the whole blog]

Hilarie Burton: “The Young People’s Speaker,” circa 1895. Acting lesson one.

[opens to book to two pictures]

HB: [referring to picture on left] Silence. "Shhhhh. Only that is not silent."

NG: [referring to picture on right] Secrecy. "Bridget is pregnant."

[Hilarie flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Meditation. "I done f-ed up!"

NG: [referring to right picture] Indecision…

HB: You can’t make up your mind, can you?

[Nick flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Defiance. "Oh, hell no!"

NG: [referring to right picture] Repulsion. "Sacrebleu!"

[flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Exaltation. "This is awesome! I love Cadbury Eggs!"

NG: [referring to right picture] Wonderment. "Oh, shit!"

[flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Gladness. "I really meant it. I love Cadbury Eggs!"

NG: [referring to right picture] Anguish. "My diet sucks!"

[flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Remorse. "I really wish I hadn’t told her she needed to go on a diet."

NG: [referring to right picture] Ah, appeal. "I am sure!"

[flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Horror! "No, no, don’t eat the baby! Don’t eat the baby!"

NG: [referring to right picture] Dispersion. Actually, [reading from book] “scatter and disperse the giddy Goths!” That’s weird. I’m gonna go with that one.

[flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Discerning. Wh… uh… what do you think he’s discerning?

NG: I don’t know.

HB: We don’t act this way!

NG: Yeah, [referring to right picture] this one’s better. Tender rejection. "Talk to the hand!" Clearly.

[flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Self-reproach. "No, no. It was me, it was me. I farted."

NG: [referring to right picture] Grief. "It was her. She farted."

[flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Malediction. “What? Well curse all his intrigues, they’ve undone his country!” That’s literally what it says. [points to book]

NG: [referring to right picture] Accusation… O.J.!

[flips page]

HB: [referring to left picture] Easy repose. "I… am packin’!" [points to… male body part ;) ] This is so immature!

NG: Last one. [referring to right picture] Invocation. "I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!"

HB: [closing book] There it is, folks. Acting lessons circa 1895, “The Young People’s Speaker.” 

Vlog #17: SGP Logo & T-Shirts are here!!!

okay i am bursting with excitement about these t-shirts...

so after you read this you better go BUY A SHIRT! =]

[Hilarie and Kelly sitting on a bench]

Hilarie Burton: Ladies and Gentlemen, the man behind the magic, Mr. Kelly Tenney. [applauds] Clap with me! Whoo! Kelly, you are joining me here today because we kind of have a big announcement for everybody online, right?

Kelly Tenney: We do.

HB: Do you want to tell them?

KT: No.

HB: Shut up! Do it!

KT: [laughs] Well, we are going to start selling Southern Gothic T-shirts.

HB: That’s so true. We are raising our own money for this movie. It’s a weird economic time. Studios don’t have any money. Producers don’t have any money. And damn it, we are going to get this movie made and we’re gonna make Southern Gothic something awesome, so we are putting it out there to you guys to become members of our crew. We’ve got t-shirts for you, they say “crew” on the sleeve. You guys have been so supportive and we want to include you in all of that. And so, this is kind of like, our grown-up version of a high-school bake sale.

KT: A bake sale. Exactly.

HB: Right? It’s the great bake sale! So, we’re selling these t-shirts. They’re a really cool design. We have some photographs of them we’re gonna put up for you guys. My little brother Conrad took them. Didn’t he do a good job?

KT: A very, very good job.

HB: It’s a family business, to be perfectly honest and sincere. You know, everybody that we’re working with is someone that we love very, very much, and so it’s exciting for us to be able to include you guys in on that, and so… yeah, here we go! Let’s make a movie! Right? Who needs all the baggage of studios and stuff?

KT: Let’s just roll cameras.

HB: Let’s roll cameras. And with that being said, please join us! Roll camera.